NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Before Trick Williams entered the ring, Matrick Belton was tearing up the football field. Belton was a top high school football player in South Carolina before he decided to commit to Hampton University and later join the University of South Carolina as a walk-on. He ended up graduating from South Carolina and attempted to make the Philadelphia Eagles roster in mini-camp. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Trick Williams celebrates during WrestleMania 42: Night 2 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 19, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE) The football dream failed to materialize but WWE would influence him to train as a pro wrestler. He made his WWE NXT debut in September 2021 and quickly became a fan favorite. In an interview with Fox News Digital, he shed some light on how playing college football prepared him to make the jump to pro wrestling. "Just learning how to persevere," he said.…