http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/101446739.html
- By SCOTT HOTARD
- Advocate sportswriter
In track and field, Armand Williams won the Class 5A high jump championship in back-to-back seasons. In basketball, he wowed crowds at Slidell High School with dunks so ferocious they could have awakened the neighborhood.
In football, Williams gave his quarterback simple advice.
“Throw it high,” he’d say. “I’ll go get it.”
The hop in his step helped Williams garner a scholarship offer from LSU football coach Les Miles. But away from athletics, Williams cleared obstacles even his 42-inch vertical leap couldn’t match.
Hurricane Katrina rerouted the 6-foot-3, 195-pound wide receiver, demolishing the home in New Orleans East where he grew up. He and his mother landed in Slidell following a brief stop in Nashville, Tenn., but they struggled to discover the life they knew.
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