2025 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: DE Mykel Williams, Georgia

Patriots Football Now provides continuing coverage on the 2025 NFL Draft until the big event in April. This includes prospect profiles, mock drafts, positional rankings, coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine, and Top 30 visits. In last week’s Prospect Profile Tennessee edge defender James Pearce Jr. was highlighted. This week’s spotlight shines on another top edge prospect in Mykel Williams.

Get to know the Georgia Bulldogs defensive end:

Background

Mykel Williams was a bonafide five-star prospect coming out of Hardaway High School in Columbus, Ga. He was ranked the consensus sixth-best recruit in the Class of 2022 per On3.com. The rankings placed Williams as the No. 2 defensive line prospect (behind Walter Nolen) and the No. 2 prospect from the state of Georgia (behind Travis Hunter). He participated in the 2022 All-American Bowl.

Williams committed to USC after taking his official visit in June before his senior season. However, he decommitted on Oct. 20, 2021, and committed to Georgia that same day. Williams had unofficial visits with Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, and Florida State, in addition to his official visits with the Trojans and Bulldogs.

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