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Devin Williams (basketball)

American basketball player (born 1994)

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Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ23771401 ↗
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Devin Jamar Williams (born May 31, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball at West Virginia.

High school career

Williams first attended Withrow High School in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. As a sophomore in 2010–11, he averaged 13.0 points and 10.6 rebounds per game for the school's basketball team. As a junior at Withrow in 2011–12, he averaged 15.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game and earned All-Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference First Team honors.

In 2012, Williams transferred to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida for his senior year. In April 2013, he helped Montverde rally from a 16-point deficit to beat Saint Benedict's Preparatory School 67–65 in the final of the High School National Tournament. On a roster full of Division I recruits, Williams was first-team all-state for independent players.

College career

Freshman year

As a freshman at West Virginia in 2013–14, Williams started 31 of 33 games, averaging 23.3 minutes per game. He shot 41.1 percent from the field and averaged 8.4 points per game while leading the team in rebounds with 7.2 per game.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2010, 2011, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-05-31. The account is most persuasive where Devin, Williams and basketball can be independently traced.
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