CAREER SUMMARY: Ranks 13th on program’s career tackles list with 195
SENIOR (2015): Appeared in all 13 games with four starts … recorded 37 tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and one interception … made three tackles, 0.5 for loss, in season-opening 69-0 win vs. Davidson … had three solo stops in 28-10 win vs. Western Carolina … recorded season-high six tackles, including 1.0 for loss, at Georgia Southern … made two tackles vs. Charleston Southern … made five stops in 39-12 win vs. Wofford … recorded five tackles and one interception in 44-25 win at Samford … had one solo stop in 21-19 win vs. Mercer … made three tackles in 35-14 win vs. VMI … matched season high with six tackles in 23-22 win at South Carolina … made two tackles in 41-38 in at Coastal Carolina in first round of NCAA FCS Playoffs … had one solo stop at Charleston Southern in second round of NCAA FCS Playoffs
JUNIOR (2014): Started all 10 games he appeared … recorded 59 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and two pass breakups … made three tackles, 0.5 for loss, vs. Coastal Carolina … registered nine tackles, six solo, at defending national champion Florida State … made four stops at Charleston Southern … had two tackles in 37-14 win vs. Gardner-Webb … made five tackles at Wofford … had six stops in 63-56 win vs. Charlotte … recorded six tackles and one pass breakup vs. Chattanooga … recorded season-high 10 tackles and one pass breakup at Western Carolina … made nine tackles in 28-26 win at Mercer … had five stops in 42-35 win vs. Furman.
SOPHOMORE (2013): Played in all 12 games, starting eight at the safety position ... recorded 61 tackles, four tackles for loss, one interception, one sack and defended three passes ... intercepted a pass and ran it back 10 yards in a win over Samford ... made his first career sack for a loss of seven yards against Chattanooga ... had double-digit tackle performances against Samford (10) and Clemson (11).
FRESHMAN (2012): Played in all 11 games, starting seven in his true freshman season … recorded 38 tackles, one forced fumble and one interception which he returned for nine yards … interception came in the final game of the season vs. Furman where he also posted a season-high seven tackles … forced and recovered a fumble in a win vs. Georgia Southern … had six tackles and one pass breakup in a win vs. Appalachian State.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Dunwoody High School ... lettered twice in football and three times in track and field ... served as a team captain ... made 80 tackles and had one forced fumble and one interception which he returned for a touchdown his senior season ... named team's defensive back of the year ... played on two region and one county championship team.
PERSONAL: Son of Bud and Michelle Willis ... majoring in business administration.
