Brook Williams, 18, chose Aurora University for his college home. Just 30 minutes from home, the Plainfield native liked the picture of brotherhood that the program painted for him. The reality was far from that. Less than a year after signing, he’s moving to the portal, alleging that the school shunned him after he accused two of his teammates of racial harassment.

Since the age of five, Brook had dreamed of being a football player. After receiving a $60,000 scholarship from the Aurora Spartans, Brook joined the college last December. However, within the first few weeks after enrolling, Williams saw a drastic change in his peers’ attitude. The locker room that had promised him a safe environment turned hostile as he experienced racial harassment. “I was racially harassed by two football

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