Nebraska basketball star Brice Williams might not have gotten selected in the NBA Draft, but as it turns out, he will get to try and live out his NBA dreams anyway. The cherry on the cupcake is that the budding superstar didn’t have to wait long to get his chance to move onto the next level.
Williams took his game to a totally new level during the 2024-25 season for the Huskers, averaging 20.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.1 steals while shooting 47.1 percent from the field and 37.0 percent from three over 35 games, he went from someone who had no shot at playing the NBA to someone who some mock drafts believed he could go in the second round. The former Cornhusker is a proven scorer, though questions about his athleticism could limit his impact at the NBA level. Those concerns are also why he ended up going undrafted.
Undrafted Nebraska star Brice Williams signs with Detroit Pistons for NBA opportunity
On Friday, the former Nebraska Cornhuskers guard signed a deal with the Detroit Pistons. While the deal doesn’t guarantee him a roster spot with the squad, Williams will get a chance to show what he can do and that he deserves to play at the pro level.
Williams becomes the third Nebraska player in the Fred Hoiberg era to reach the NBA, joining Bryce McGowens and Dalano Banton, who were both second-round draft picks. He is the first since 2022 when McGowens was selected.
During the leadup to the NBA Draft, Brice Williams credited Hoiberg for helping him get to the next level.
“I definitely got out of it what I was hoping for, and I definitely got out of it what I put in,” Williams said. “It was a lot of hard work, but it wasn’t without the help of my coaches at Charlotte and at Nebraska. But I felt like when I got to Nebraska, I took major leaps and bounds in my development, and also what the scouts saw in me. It was a good, educated move for me, and it turned out to work in my favor.”
Now the Nebraska basketball star will try and show he is worthy of the chance he’s given by the Detroit Pistons.