When watching his brother play on his former team, Bennett Williams sees a group that’s learned how to finish.

Evan Williams (JJ Anderson/The I-5 Corridor)

Former Ducks defensive back Bennett Williams isn’t one to phone his brother Evan bearing advice. 

It’s not that he and Evan — who has slotted in excellently on the backend of the Oregon secondary for the graduated Bennett this season — don’t like to catch up. They do, often. It’s just that Bennett doesn’t want to overdo it on the whole, “now here’s what I would do” side of things.  

“I let him play,” Bennett told the I-5 Corridor, “because that’s what he does best.” 

All told, there is one small detail that was passed down brother-to-brother this week as Evan and the Ducks prepare to venture North to Seattle for a top-10 matchup against the rival Washington Huskies. 

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Tyson Alger covered the Ducks for The Oregonian and The Athletic before branching out on his own to create and run The I-5 Corridor. He brings more than a decade of experience on the University of Oregon sports beat. He has covered everything from Marcus Mariota’s Heisman Trophy-winning season to the Ducks’ first year in the Big 10.