Alabama football wide receiver Ryan Williams' season has been checkered with both injuries and dropped passes this season, but he was stellar in the Crimson Tide's 37-20 win over Tennessee on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Quarterback Ty Simpson threw five balls his way – he caught them all and finished with 87 receiving yards plus another 16 rushing on a first-half trick play.

Simpson's belief that Williams is the best player in the country hasn't wavered, and he's expecting the dynamic sophomore's performance against the Volunteers to be more the norm over the second half of the season.

"Ryan's the top player in the nation. He gets in his own head sometimes because he has so much expectation for himself on who he thinks he needs to be. And we've had a lot of talks, because that's like my lit

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