Leonard Williams was praised by sports analysts during the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis after showing an impressive athletic performance, the Los Angeles Times reported.
A defensive lineman for the University of Southern California Trojans, Williams became the highlight of the event after running 40 yards in 4.57 seconds.
Although the combine is considered as the stage for top quarterbacks, the defensive player immediately caught the attention of the analysts through his impressive feat.
"I think he has Hall of Fame talent," analyst Charles Davis said during the event.
Davis even compared the young athlete to Merlin Olsen, the defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams who was also the NFL team's number three draft pick in 1962.
"He woke up with something that most people don't," Mike Mayock, another analyst added. "It's called talent."
Williams started his football career in Florida while attending Daytona Beach's Mainland High School. During his senior year as a defensive lineman, he had 103 tackles and was able to stop the opposing teams' quarterbacks at an average of 10.5 times, according to his profile at USC Trojans.
While playing collegiate football, he was named as an All-American athlete by ESPN and the American Football Coaches Association.
As a defensive lineman, the 20-year-old athlete, who stands at six-foot and four and a half inches and weighs 302 pounds, knows that it's his job to put pressure on quarterbacks by tackling them or disrupting their passes to the receivers.
During the combine, he told analysts and members of the press that he will do everything that he can to stop quarterbacks from completing their passes, according to ESPN.
"I would say that, from the previous years, sometimes it's like taking a chance when you take a quarterback," he said. "You never know what you're going to get. I would say that I'm going to bring that disruption and...get to the quarterback and get some sacks."
