Top 10 highest-rated Alabama HS football players of all time

No. 7 – Carnell Williams   

Williams’ 247 Sports profile shows he had a player rating of 0.9936. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound running back graduated from Etowah High School (Attalla) in the Class of 2001. More than 20 years later, he’s still ranked No. 261 on 247 Sports’ all-time list.     

Williams totaled more than 4,300 yards and 51 touchdowns during his high school career. He found similar success at Auburn (3,831 yards and 45 touchdowns) and became the No. 5 pick overall in the 2005 NFL Draft. 

Today, the 41-year-old is the associate head coach/running backs coach for the Auburn Tigers. He turned to coaching after seven seasons in the NFL since injuries derailed his career. Notably, he has been labeled as a NFL bust.