Background: Played three seasons of varsity basketball at Green Tech Charter School after spending freshman season at Albany Academy... Averaged 16.7 points, 8.1 assists, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game for his father, head coach Jamil Hood Sr., and led the Eagles to a 19-6 record and the New York State Public High School Class AA Boys Basketball Championship in 2013-14... Tallied 18 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals in a 54-49 title game victory over Jamestown and was named NYSPHSAA State Tournament Most Valuable Player... Named First Team All-Section II, Third Team All-State and a McDonald's All-America nominee as a senior... Earned a spot on the New York State Sports Writer Association Class AA All-State Sixth Team after averaging 20.2 points per game as a junior... Member of the Albany City Rocks AAU team, under the direction of Jim Hart.

Personal: Son of Jamil Sr. and Javoni Williams... Has three siblings: Cedira, Jadan and Jordan... Plans to major in health science or physical therapy.