Micah Williams Has Big Hopes With Oregon. Here's Why.

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* Micah Williams is the top returning sprinter at 100 meters in 2020

Photo Credit: USA Today Sports

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By Garrett Zatlin - Recruiting Correspondent

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Some athletes are built for the big stage.

The best of them have a few things in common.

That instinct for knowing how to win in crucial moments;  that ability to thrive in the public eye; that diligence to execute in a pivotal moment;  that patience to maintain composure in the most tense of surroundings. 

Those qualities separate. And sometimes, we can bottle this into one term. 

The "It" Factor.

Micah Williams, a senior from Portland Benson High School and the University of Oregon's top sprint recruit in the Class of 2020, may just have that.

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The Portland, Oregon, native and superstar sprinter signed with Oregon in January. While Oregon hasn't always been the same sprinting powerhouse that LSU or Houston have been, Williams' future move still seems to be...appropriate, doesn't it?

What is sometimes referred to as the "Mecca of Trac...