ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams regularly takes on students from the host school in one-on-one basketball games ahead of each week’s College GameDay, and he usually does pretty well. He did that again at Kansas this weekend ahead of the Jayhawks’ clash with West Virginia Saturday, beating most comers, but Kansas football safety Derrick Neal came up with an impressive win over Williams, first thoroughly rejecting his shot and then hitting a deep three.
Derrick Neal KU safety gives @RealJayWilliams the work! #filthy #rockchalk pic.twitter.com/in20C3G0gd
— Zachary Hopp (@zacharyhopp3) February 16, 2018
As Williams noted, though, he did pretty well against just about everyone else:
https://twitter.com/RealJayWilliams/status/964991505915138055
Not bad at all for a 36-year-old analyst. But still, watch out for Neal. That guy definitely has some skills at hoops as well as football. He just finished his senior season for the Jayhawks on the gridiron, and he came up with another impressive showing here against Williams.
About Andrew Bucholtz
Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.