ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Antwione Williams got up early Saturday morning and made sure he had his phone close by. He didn’t know when he’d be drafted and had no clue by which team, but he wanted to be sure he could answer the phone.
He started passing time around the house during the draft by helping his father, Leander, around the house in Lovejoy, Georgia. So when his phone rang with a Detroit area code on it, he was a bit busy. He was helping install a dishwasher.
“Our dishwasher gave out on us a couple months ago, so my parents actually bought another one [Saturday],” Williams said.