Biography
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 All-Southern Conference First Team (coaches)
2017 Preseason All-Southern Conference First Team
2016 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year
2016 All-Southern Conference First Team (coaches)
2016 All-Southern Conference First Team (media)
Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 24, 2016)
Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month (Sept.)
2015 All-Southern Conference Second Team (coaches)
SENIOR (2017): Ended his career tied for 11th in program history for all-time career tackles with 240 … Named All-Southern Conference First Team by the coaches … Appeared in eight games as a senior, finishing the season ranked fourth on the team with 49 tackles despite missing three games … Had a team-high two forced fumbles … Had two interceptions for a team-high 44 yards returned … Started the season off with a season-high seven solo tackles against Newberry (9/2) and forced a fumble … Had a season-high 11 tackles at No. 23 Samford (9/30), including six solo tackles and five assists … Also had a tackle for a loss of two yards and an interception returned for 28 yards against the Bulldogs … Had 10 tackles, including six solo and 2.0 for loss, as well as a forced fumble at home against No 5 Wofford (10/14) … Had five solo tackles and three tackle assists against Mercer (10/7).
JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts … Voted Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year by media, becoming the first Bulldog named media’s SoCon Defensive Player of the Year since 1986 … First-Team All-Southern Conference selection by both the coaches and media … September Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month … Recorded 103 tackles, including 10.0 for loss with 0.5 sack, five pass breakups, two interceptions and one forced fumble … Tackles total was team-high and tied for 3rd on program’s single-season list … Ranked 8th in SoCon with average of 8.6 tackles per game … Had six games of at least 11 tackles … Made 11 tackles, including 1.0 for loss, and one interception on ‘Pitch Six’ in 24-21 overtime victory at Wofford … Intercepted option pitch and returned 13 yards for touchdown to tie game with 5:57 remaining … Named Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Terriers … Recorded career-high 14 tackles, including 1.0 for loss, and one pass breakup in 31-24 win at Gardner-Webb … Made 12 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and one pass breakup in 19-14 victory vs. Furman … Had career-high 2.0 tackles for loss as part of 11-tackle performance and one forced fumble in 37-34 win vs. No. 20 Samford … Registered 11 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and one pass breakup in 22-14 victory vs. No. 5 Chattanooga … Made 11 tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in 30-20 win at VMI … Opened season with six tackles, including 0.5 sack, one interception and one pass breakup in 24-23 victory at Mercer … Interception clinched victory, ending Bears’ final drive with 17 seconds remaining … Matched career-high tackles for loss total with 2.0 in eight-tackle performance in second round of FCS Playoffs vs. No. 19 Wofford … Made four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, in 37-14 victory at Western Carolina … Recorded four tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and one pass breakup in 38-14 win at North Greenville … Made six stops in 45-10 win vs. ETSU … Had five tackles at North Carolina.
SOPHOMORE (2015): Appeared in all 13 games with nine starts … Second-Team All-Southern Conference … Recorded 83 tackles, including 5.5 for loss with 1.0 sack, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception, eight pass breakups and one quarterback hurry … Fumble recovery total tied for 1st in SoCon and for 26th in FCS … Nine passes defended ranked 5th in SoCon and five passes defended in conference play ranked 10th … Recorded career-high 10 tackles, 1.0 for loss, and career-high two pass breakups in first career start vs. Charleston Southern … Also made 10 tackles and added two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry in 21-19 win vs. Mercer … Registered seven tackles, 0.5 for loss, and one pass breakup in season-opening 69-0 win vs. Davidson … Had six tackles in 28-10 win vs. Western Carolina … Recorded three tackles and one forced fumble at Georgia Southern … Made six stops, 1.5 for loss, in 39-12 win vs. Wofford … Had eight solo tackles, 1.0 for loss, and one pass breakup in 44-25 win at Samford … Registered nine tackles, 1.5 for loss with first collegiate sack, in 38-17 win at Furman … Recorded five tackles, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups in 35-14 win vs. VMI … Had eight tackles at No. 9 Chattanooga … Recorded four solo tackles, one interception returned 28 yards, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery returned four yards in 41-38 win at Coastal Carolina in first round of NCAA FCS Playoffs … Made seven tackles at Charleston Southern in second round of NCAA FCS Playoffs.
FRESHMAN (2014): Appeared in 10 games … Made five tackles … Made collegiate debut at Charleston Southern … Recorded first collegiate tackle at Wofford … Made one tackle at Western Carolina … Had one tackle in 28-26 win at Mercer … Registered one solo tackle vs. Samford … Made one solo tackle in 45-25 win at VMI.
HIGH SCHOOL:Â A 2014 graduate of Mainland High School in Ormond Beach, Fla. ... Earned letters in weightlifting, baseball, football and track ... Two-time defensive MVP ... Named defensive MVP by Orlando Sentinel during his senior season ... First-team all-state and all-area ... Defensive player of the year for Central Florida.
PERSONAL:Â Son of Sheri Williams-Patterson ... Major is business administration.
