Williams is eyeing largely West Coast schools, with a South Beach exception.

Former five-star recruit Preston Williams, a key piece of Tennessee’s celebrated 2015 signing class for Butch Jones, is eyeing multiple Pac-12 schools, a former ACC power and one outlier after receiving his release from the Volunteers on Thursday.

A 6-foot-4-inch, 209-pounder from Hampton, Ga., Williams departs Tennessee after appearing in 14 career games through one-and-a-half seasons.

247Sports was first to report on Wednesday that Williams already had explored a transfer to the University of Southern Cal, and sources intimately familiar with Williams’ transfer indicate Pac-12 schools Cal-Berkley and UCLA also are on the list of five schools for the promising wideout, who exited Tennessee with 16 career catches for nearly 250 yards and two touchdowns.

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In addition to those West Coast options, Williams also intends to speak with the Miami Hurricanes under the direction of first-year coach Mark Richt, who knows Williams somewhat from recruiting Williams at his previous stop as head coach at Georgia.

The outlier of the group is the University of Hawaii, the only non-Power 5 school among Williams’ top choices.

However, sources indicate that Williams is interested in, obviously, a coastal destination as well as the fashion industry. He’s done some amateur modeling in the past.

Lastly, per a junior college source familiar with admissions and rules, Williams can attempt to follow the recent path of Alabama transfer Blake Barnett, who also is another notable midseason transfer having just left the Tide a few weeks ago. Williams can attempt to take classes, graduate from junior college and be eligible at this time a year from now in the 2017 season.