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The Legend of Landen Williams-Callis

Sep 24, 2025, 1:54 PM

The origin story of Richmond Randle Lions star running back Landen Williams-Callis, from an announcer's youth football proclamation to 62 scholarship offers.

The Legend of Landen Williams-Callis

The legend of Landen Williams-Callis began in the Greater Houston youth football circuit, then morphed into a folk tale when an announcer at his 11U Championship Game in AT&T Stadium proclaimed the running back was “walking on water.” 

That reputation pulled Richmond Randle head coach Brian Randle to a Navarro Middle School P.E. class. He was on a mission to meet the sixth-grader whom everyone spoke of as if he were a grown man.

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