Pittsburgh Native, Baylor WR Taz Williams Jr. Giving Back with New Business Venture

FOX CHAPEL, Pa. — 2Tenths has become a staple in the Pittsburgh football community providing training resources for youth athletes.

There’s an expansive list of players that DeWayne Brown, the founder of the 2Tenths Foundation, has trained that have gone onto play at the Division I level and even further into the professional ranks.

At the 2025 Top 150 Camp, Aaron Donald and his nephew Elliot, both former Pitt Panthers, were there coaching up the defensive and offensive lines. Current Buffalo Bill Damar Hamlin was in attendance as well.

While camp participants made sure to absorb knowledge from those three and snap a picture, there was another Pittsburgh native and former four-star wide receiver there hoping to also make an impact.

Taz Williams Jr. made the trip with his father, Taz Williams Sr., from Dallas, Texas. Those two had a goal in mind and that was to spread the word on their newest venture that launched this year called Taz Will Consultants — a complete resource for players with college aspirations that will be navigating the world of recruiting, transfer portal, Name, Image and Likeness and more.

“Really just helping to give back,” Williams told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “Just dropping gems, building knowledge and helping them build their brand.”

Williams Jr., who lived in Pittsburgh until 2017 and played youth football at Woodland Hills, is a true freshman at Baylor University and from his own recruiting journey, he and his father felt that they could help those going through the same process.

Pittsburgh native and Baylor wide receiver Taz Williams Jr. at the 2Tenths Top 150 Camp. June 29, 2025 — Nathan Breisinger / PSN

“His eleventh grade year, we were trying to help all of his teammates,” Williams Sr. said. “Down in Texas, it’s a little bit different because we have spring ball, so the coaches will come and sit in on the practices. He had those 56 offers, so he had all those coaches on the sideline. Some of his friends that deserved to get offers weren’t getting a look. Didn’t have Twitter pages, didn’t have this, didn’t have that, so then going into his senior year in June around this time last year we said, ‘We’re going to do it. We going to help people as much as we can so when you get your NIL money you going to invest into it.”

In the past year or so, the father-son duo finally jumped on the opportunity to start up the business that was self-funded by Williams Jr. with his very own NIL money.

The business truly came to fruition during some down time after Williams was sidelined during his senior year with a meniscus injury.

“I would go to rehab, come back home and couldn’t really move when I’m at home sitting around bored. My pops pitching ideas to me. Mind you, my brand was starting to grow. I was getting a whole bunch of more followers, so it was perfect timing,” Williams Jr., who boasts 356,000 followers on Instagram, said.

Williams Sr. added: “He was the one that brought it back up like, ‘Let’s get it done.’ So that’s what we did. It’s just using the social media tools, using the contact with coaches and then helping them with other things. It’s not always about NIL whether it’s media prep, time management, building a workout plan at home, meal planning, transfer portal is a big thing as well. That’s kind of where it came about.”

Baylor WR Taz Williams, who grew up in Pittsburgh, is here at the @210ths Top 150 camp today spreading the word on his new company Taz Will Consultants.

Will have more this week on @PghSportsNow @Taz_1x pic.twitter.com/vw75ojQEwR

— Nathan Breisinger (@NateBreisinger) June 29, 2025

While the business continues to grow, it was important for Williams Jr. to return to his roots and give back at the 2Tenths camp. Brown is Williams Jr.’s uncle on his mom’s side and trained the talented receiver since he was six years old. Despite living in Texas, Williams Jr. returned to participate at the camp when he was a freshman in high school.

“He helped me a lot,” Williams Jr. said about Brown. “He always had me around the people I always wanted be. He had me around dudes that were grinding to get in the league. That’s something I wanted to be since I was in elementary. It’s just great being connected to him.”

Williams Jr. spent time at the camp passing out gear, talking with camp participants and taking photos one at a time.

“It’s big to me,” Williams Jr. said on giving back. “It’s always something I wanted to do. I grinded, I worked just so I could be in this position I’m in right now. I’m not no where close to where I want to be. I want to get that gold jacket in the league. When I was younger, I used to go to camps and always see them giving stuff away all the time. I said, ‘I could do the same thing they doing.’ I’m in that position now and I’m blessed.”

As Williams Jr. spoke to the group of camp attendees, he talked on various experiences, but there was one main takeaway he wanted kids to know who planned on playing Division I football.

Taz Williams Jr. poses for a picture with Central Catholic LB Dennis Jackson. Photo courtesy of Jackson’s X account.

“My advice I would give to anybody that’s going to college, make sure you leave early. If I didn’t leave early, I would probably redshirt. You got to pick up the playbook. You get from January to Mayish-June to pick up the playbook, get acclimated to the college lifestyle. Also, you get paid a little early. Everyone likes that. It’s just better. You can go and balance things out. You get the upper hand on the dudes in your class that are not coming early,” he said.

Ultimately, the trip back to Pittsburgh brought back memories of playing football in the area and Williams Jr. still holds some of those values to him today.

“In Western Pa., we work, we grind for everything. That’s still drilled into me,” he said. “When I go to Dallas, it’s a little different. We are more active; they have sports all year round. They’re more busy. I feel like in Dallas, most dudes are given one ability or certain abilities compared to up here. We grind for everything up here. I feel like we want it more up here. Taking that down there, I felt like it was a perfect fit.”