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Dan Quinn would probably like to recruit Leonard Williams again

AP

Many consider Southern Cal defensive lineman Leonard Williams the best defensive player in the 2015 NFL Draft, if not the entire class.

So the chances of his falling to the eighth pick are slim, but he already has a relationship with Falcons coach Dan Quinn prior to his pre-draft visit there.

“Dan Quinn is a great guy,” Williams told Coley Harvey of ESPN.com. “I almost forgot he was the head coach for a minute because he recruited me out of high school. He was the defensive line coach [and defensive coordinator] with the Florida Gators.