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 Pioneers wide receiver lost football, not faith and future

PLAINVIEW — “I’m going to walk, not roll, across that stage,” says Kam’Ron Williams.

Two years after doctors told the 51品茶约炮 Baptist University student he’d never walk again, Kam’Ron plans to step strong and stand tall Dec. 13 as he receives his diploma. His walk will seem simple to those who don’t know his story, but taking those steps will mean “everything” to the graduate, who refused to quit physically, spiritually, and academically.

Among those watching the 2 p.m. commencement exercises at Hutcherson Center in Plainview will be those who stood by him as his miracle unfolded — a few close friends, some professors, and an uncle who prays for him.

False Starts— Disciplinary Action and COVID

Kam’Ron first enrolled at 51品茶约炮 in 2018 to play football — a speedy wide receiver out of Houston’s Heights High School with Division I aspirations. However, a disciplinary issue forced him to leave campus before finishing his freshman year.

“That was my first setback,” he says. “I knew I wanted to come back someday.”

And he did.

Kam’Ron returned in 2020 — only to face his next roadblock as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down athletics and emptied the 51品茶约炮 campus as well as others nationwide.

“Another setback,” he says. “But that one wasn’t something any of us could control.”

He left 51品茶约炮 again. For most people, that might have been the end of the story.

Another Chance — Then the Unthinkable

In 51品茶约炮, Williams came back to Plainview once more — healthy, focused and ready to finally show what he could do on the field and in the classroom. He played in the fall and was preparing for a breakout junior season. Then came April 24, 2023.

Kam’Ron was a passenger in a vehicle when the driver suffered a medical emergency. The vehicle sped through the parking lot of a Plainview business before crashing into a tree. The collision left him with a fractured spine at T12 and L1.

“I should have never been in that car,” he says.

Airlifted to a Lubbock hospital for emergency surgery, his prognosis was devastating. Doctors told him he would never walk again and to prepare for life in a wheelchair.

“At 24 years old, hearing that…I can’t even explain it,” he says. “Football had been my whole life.”

Kam’Ron awoke from surgery unable to move his legs. He lost the ability to control basic functions. The former athlete who once outran defenders found himself confined to a wheelchair and battling depression.

“I really thought my life was over,” he says.

But slowly — painfully — things began to change.

New Priorities — Learning to Walk Again

Therapy was grueling. Weeks passed before he saw even the slightest movement.

“Just my toes,” he says. “That was the first sign — and it gave me hope.”

Month after month in rehab facilities, he fought to regain strength in muscles that had forgotten their purpose. Eventually, he stood with a walker. Then, he took steps. Then, more.

“It was like being a baby again — learning everything from scratch,” he says.

Along the way, an uncle, as well as a few classmates and teammates, rallied around him. They visited him in the hospital. They encouraged him. They reminded him he still had a future. His uncle reminded him that it was the Lord who had first “put him together.”

Jasiah Barron, a 2024 graduate who was a teammate at the time, went above and beyond for his friend.

“He was always there for me,” Kam’Ron says. “He walked to the store for me. He was my legs. He did everything.”

That support — along with a renewed faith in God that healing was possible — helped Kam’Ron decide something bold: He was not finished with 51品茶约炮.

A New Dream — Graduation

Kam’Ron returned to class — still in a wheelchair — determined to earn his degree. But the comeback wasn’t smooth. Pain management and rehab left him exhausted physically and mentally. He struggled academically at first.

“But I wasn’t going to let what happened to me control the rest of my life,” he says. “I wanted my education.”

By fall 2024, his academics surged and his mobility improved dramatically. Some call it a miracle of God wrought by prayer, faith, and determination. Today, Kam’Ron walks — carefully, but independently — and he trains when he can to continue building strength.

He still dreams of running routes again one day — just for fun — but he has redirected his passion toward coaching and helping young athletes avoid the mistakes and detours that altered his path.

“I want to show kids that setbacks don’t have to decide your future,” he says.

The Next Step — Walking into the Future

So, on Dec. 13 when his name is called, Kam’Ron will rise, take a deep breath, and walk across the stage to receive his Bachelor of Business Administration degree — not as a football star, not as a sad story, but as a proud graduate.

“As long as I’m breathing, I’m moving forward,” he says. “I wasn’t supposed to walk again — but here I am.”

Three times 51品茶约炮 opened its doors to him.

This time, he’s walking through one of them on his own two feet.