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Cowboys WR Williams teaches kids discernment at his camp

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 3:04 p.m. ET

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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- In his two seasons with the Cowboys, receiver Terrance Williams learned discernment from Jason Witten, Dez Bryant, and Tony Romo. Being a younger Cowboy around affable, jovial players may have sometimes sent mixed messages, but Williams has enough of a feel he can pass it on at the Kroger Unplug and Play Terrance Williams Football ProCamp.

"I've been around them for a few years to where it's kind of one of things where we -- When you watch them, from their demeanor, it's kind of one of those things where there's a time where you can have a great time and there's a time where, 'Hey, there's people that's counting on you,'" Williams said Friday at the Gopher Bowl.

Williams knows how to be counted on, as he came through time and again in 2014. Though he only had nine catches on third and fourth downs, fifth-most on the team, his 259 yards were third-most behind Witten and Bryant while his four touchdowns led the team. Furthermore, Williams was the only Cowboys receiver to catch all three of Romo's postseason touchdown passes.

"So whenever I'm around [the kids], I'm serious because I'm so focused. I like getting the job done because I know if I had Witten or Dez looking at me, they'd tell me, 'Hey, come on, we need this play.' And then that's what I want to do. And I think whenever you mix it in with here, it's kind of serious, but you're not that serious because you're having a great time here.

Williams was not alone in his instruction of football campers. A select group of area college and prep football coaches the nearly 250 kids grades first through eighth in fundamentals of the game.

"I think whenever you tell some kids some stuff to potentially help them out, it's great," Williams explained. "It's great because we're learning but we're also having a great time out here."

Camp was open to kids grades first through eighth. Williams also partnered up with Tide and SunnyD in helping give scholarships to disadvantaged local children so they could attend his camp.

"Just want to thank Kroger and SunnyD for having me here... They did a great job in having some fun kids who wanted to come out here and have a great time. And I'm used to having a good time to where I get caught up with them that now I'm sweating. I'm having a good time out here."

This will be Williams' second year to be involved with ProCamps, and he is currently the second active Cowboys player to be involved with the Cincinnati-based sports marketing firm that aims to create camps where young sports participants can learn from the greats of their respective games. That other Cowboy is tight end Jason Witten.

"I think through Jason Witten's camps, it really started off a great trend because he was such a great guy and a great guy with kids," said Williams. "And I think the more people that watch him, the more they see what kind of guy he is. And then they try to bring in more guys kind of like that. And I think whenever there's a chance for me to hang out with some kids and have a good time out here, I'm all for it."