Bret Beherns first reported that Illinois safety Bennett Williams has been kicked off the team. This is a sad ending to what could have been a legendary career for Williams at Illinois. Beherns mentions that Williams was kicked off the team for a violation of team rules.
Williams wasn’t the most highly rated recruit coming out of high school. He was a 5-foot-11, 192-pound cornerback from St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California. He was rated as a three-star recruit who was the No. 1916 player in the class of 2017 and the No.