Milton Williams, Kyzir White Reveal What Eagles-Cowboys Means to Them

White said his dad is a fan of his son fan first, so he joked that he continues to get his dad tickets to games.

Williams, 23, grew up a half-hour from Dallas’ AT&T Stadium, in Crowley, Texas, with a father, Milton Williams, Jr., who was not a Cowboys fan. He instilled that dislike in his only son, who idolizes his father.

“Dad was driving 18-wheelers, but he always figured it out and never missed a game for me, both of my sisters,” said Williams who spoke at length about his family to SI Eagles Today on Thursday. “He always supported whatever we did. That just motivated me. He would get off work, like 5 o’clock and he’d come to our games at 7 o’clock.

“By the time our game was over, we’d go home, and he would get ready for bed because he was going back to work in two hours. So, just watching him do that a long time, motivated me…I have no excuse.”

Williams’ sisters played basketball and ran track. He is the middle child, with Mishayla the oldest, and Mia, his twin, two minutes younger.

Their dad and mom made sure they were always there to support them. Their mother, Willanette Williams, an elementary school counselor whose first name is a merger between her father's name William and her mother's name Anette, never missed a high school game, either.

Given how much he admired his father for his work ethic and dedication to family – his mom and dad have been married for nearly 30 years – it was the only right thing to do to dislike the Cowboys after his father told him a story about the team a half-hour away while growing up.

Milton’s dad once tried out for the Cowboys after playing safety at a junior college. Dallas passed.

“Growing up, he was like, I tried to get an opportunity with the Cowboys, but they said, 'Nah,'” said Milton in the locker room earlier this week. “I never had any type of respect after. They cut my pops, so now I was like OK, I have a grudge against them and I’m not going to be a fan.”