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Former player Leonard Williams defends Steve Sarkisian

USC football fired head coach Steve Sarkisian, but he still has a supporter in ex-Trojans-turned-New York Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams.

According to Darryl Slater of NJ Advance Media, Williams said he didn’t notice alcohol problems with Sarkisian either as a player or during his return trip to Southern Cal for the team’s outing last Thursday. Williams defended Sarkisian, who is taking heat from people everywhere.

“I mean, it sucks, because a lot of guys who don’t know him just look at him as a bad guy, like, ‘Why is he drinking?’ But he’s obviously going through some things.