By his freshman year, he stood 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall, possessing elusive moves, a fantastic shot, knowledge of backboard action and an seemingly innate ability to work crowds.

[3] According to sportswriter Terry Pluto, Williams assumed the nickname as an homage to singer Curtis "Super Fly" Mayfield.

[5] After Williams completed high school, he was recruited by assistant basketball coach, Leonard Hamilton, to attend Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

When the Austin Peay Governors won a bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament, Williams scored 26 points in a first-round win over Jacksonville University.

In 1975, Austin Peay was able to follow up Williams' two years of scoring numbers by opening the Dunn Center, a larger gymnasium, which accommodated the increased attendance at basketball games.

Costas would later contribute to the book, "Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association," written by Terry Pluto.)

He did not play during the following year (1975–76), after which the Spirits of St. Louis were one of two teams, along with the Kentucky Colonels, to fold as a result of the ABA-NBA merger.

[9] Williams then played in the Continental Basketball Association and the Eastern League,[10] but he failed to attract attention by NBA scouts.

He later played for a team in Israel, eventually admitting that his temperament probably predicated his lack of serious offers after the leagues merged.

In May 2017, Williams was arrested in Brooklyn, NY, and charged with being the alleged leader of a large heroin distribution ring.