Hasn't it been stated here as well that Williams was not a huge Husker fan, having moved here a couple of years ago? Who's to say he would have come even with an offer?
Did we offer him a scholarship? Don't think we did, but someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
I guess if the coaches got the impression he wasn't going to be N, why waste the energy?
FWIW, this is from an article on Williams from a couple of months ago:
Williams,
a 247Sports 3-star defensive tackle and the No. 2 player in Nebraska in 2018, told Land of 10 this week he recently spoke with coach Mike Riley, who told him the Huskers won’t be offering Williams a scholarship.
“They told me why they aren’t going to end up offering,” Williams said, declining to go into detail. “So interest is gone from them.”
Williams, the No. 49-rated defensive tackle in his class, holds 14 scholarship offers, including from Iowa, Iowa State and Kansas State.
One reason why Nebraska might not be very interested in Williams could be supply and demand: the Huskers took three defensive tackles in their 2017 class and have 3-star DT Masry Mapieu already committed in 2018.