Shomari Williams enters his first season with the Gaels in 2018 as the Assistant Coach, Football Recruiting.
Williams was a defensive standout with the Gaels 2009 Vanier Cup championship team. He was drafted first overall in the 2010 CFL draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders and played a total of three years with them and one year with Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Prior to Queen’s he attended the University of Houston where he graduated with a degree in business and entrepreneurship and played for the NCAA Division 1 Cougars. While in University, Shomari founded Top Prospects, a web based business that assists high school athletes in obtaining athletic scholarships. To date, he has helped over 700 high school athletes earn numerous scholarships.