[1] During the summer of 2007, Willis transferred to Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia, and later signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for the University of Oklahoma in November 2007.
[1] On August 31, 2008, prior to the start of his freshman season at Oklahoma, Willis was admitted to hospital with multiple stab wounds he sustained in a nightclub altercation.
[4] However, his freshman season was cut short after he was suspended from the team on February 8, 2009 after he was arrested the day before for driving under the influence of alcohol.
[1] His disappointing tenure with the Sooners program came to an end on March 24, 2010 when coach Capel announced Willis' departure from Oklahoma.
He subsequently earned second-team All-MEAC honors and was named MEAC Player of the Week on two occasions (November 27 and February 6).
He was again named to the second-team All-MEAC and earned All-Tournament team honors in the 2012 Global Sports Hoops Showcase in Laramie, Wyoming, where he scored 20 points in back-to-back games for the Eagles.
[9][10] However, less than two months later, he parted ways with Prievidza before appearing in a game for them and signed with Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov of the Israeli National League.
[13] In February 2015, Willis was approached by the Gladstone Port City Power of the Queensland Basketball League and was offered the opportunity to play in Australia.
He teamed up with his good friend, Justin Baker, with whom he played alongside at both Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov and Kauhajoen Karhu during the 2013–14 season.
[22] Sundsvall finished the regular season in sixth position with a 15–15 record, and in the quarter-finals, they faced the Norrköping Dolphins where they lost the best-of-five series 3–1.
Willis returned to the Gladstone Port City Power for the 2016 Queensland Basketball League season[23] and was named team captain.
[24] The following night, he again played the entire 40 minutes of the match and recorded 33 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals in a 91–84 win over the South West Metro Pirates.
[29] In the Power's season finale on August 6, Willis scored 27 points in a 94–92 loss to the Sunshine Coast Phoenix Clippers.
[32] On November 9, 2016, Willis re-signed with the Gladstone Port City Power for the 2017 Queensland Basketball League season.
[33] In the Power's season opener on April 29, Willis played the entire 40 minutes of the game and scored a game-high 27 points in an 87–66 loss to the Mackay Meteors.
For his efforts in 2017, Willis was named to his second straight QBL All-League Team and was bestowed the honor of the league's leading scorer.
[56] The Rockets finished the regular season in eighth place with a 9–9 record before losing 92–74 to the Mackay Meteors in the quarter-finals.