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Jersey Number 98
James Williams
- Position:
- Punter/Placekicker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Watkinsville, Ga.
- High School:
- Athens Academy
Bio
Career Overview: Reserve punter who has also been a kickoff specialist in his time at SU ... Has 39 career punts in 15 games played ... 1,499 total yards (38.4 avg) with a long of 60 ... Has two career punts over 50 yards and nine of his 39 attempts have been downed inside the 20.
Redshirt Year (2022): Served as the team's kickoff specialist for the first two games of the season ... Kicked seven times for 443 yards and had one touchback.
Freshman Year (2021): Started the year as the team’s primary punter, playing in eight games and punting 39 times for 1499 yards (38.44 avg.) with two punts over 50 yards and nine downed inside the 20 ... Made his collegiate debut at Ohio (9/4), punting twice for 75 yards, with both downed inside the 20 ... Punted six times (40.67 avg) with two punts downed inside the 20 against Rutgers (9/11) ... Punted once for 38 yards and attempted his first four collegiate kickoffs against UAlbany (9/18) ... Punted seven times (39.86 avg.) with four punts downed inside the 20 vs. Clemson (10/15) ... Punted five times for 199 yards (39.8 avg.) at Virginia Tech ... Had his highest average of the season (43.0) in his five punts vs. Boston College (10/30) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.Â
Freshman Year (2020): Did not appear in any games.
High School: Punter and placekicker for head coach Josh Alexander … Ranked among the top kickers in the country by Rivals.com (No. 2), the 247Sports.com composite index (No. 9) and ESPN (No. 10) … Rated five stars and the No. 4 punter and No. 13 placekicker in the 2020 class by Kohl’s Kicking … Helped the Spartans to an 11-1 record and a berth in the Georgia Class A-Private quarterfinals as a senior … PrepStar All-Southeast Region selection … 2019 Georgia Public Broadcasting All-Star … 2019 Touchdown Club of Atlanta All-State selection … Named to the 2019 Georgia 8A-Private All-Region First Team as a punter by the league’s coaches … Placekicker on the 2018 Georgia Class A-Private All-State First Team … Named the Kohl’s Kicking National High School Player of the week after hitting a school-record, 57-yard field goal versus Prince Avenue Christian as a junior … As a senior captain, converted 52 out of 53 (.981) extra points and 4-of-5 (.800) field goals, while averaging 35.8 yards on 25 punts.
Personal: James Malcolm Williams … Born on November 2, 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia … Son of James and Georgia Williams … One brother, two sisters … Attended the same high school as former University of Georgia kicker Billy Bennett, who holds the FBS single-season record with 31 made field goals in 2003 … Economics major.
Redshirt Year (2022): Served as the team's kickoff specialist for the first two games of the season ... Kicked seven times for 443 yards and had one touchback.
Freshman Year (2021): Started the year as the team’s primary punter, playing in eight games and punting 39 times for 1499 yards (38.44 avg.) with two punts over 50 yards and nine downed inside the 20 ... Made his collegiate debut at Ohio (9/4), punting twice for 75 yards, with both downed inside the 20 ... Punted six times (40.67 avg) with two punts downed inside the 20 against Rutgers (9/11) ... Punted once for 38 yards and attempted his first four collegiate kickoffs against UAlbany (9/18) ... Punted seven times (39.86 avg.) with four punts downed inside the 20 vs. Clemson (10/15) ... Punted five times for 199 yards (39.8 avg.) at Virginia Tech ... Had his highest average of the season (43.0) in his five punts vs. Boston College (10/30) ... Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.Â
Freshman Year (2020): Did not appear in any games.
High School: Punter and placekicker for head coach Josh Alexander … Ranked among the top kickers in the country by Rivals.com (No. 2), the 247Sports.com composite index (No. 9) and ESPN (No. 10) … Rated five stars and the No. 4 punter and No. 13 placekicker in the 2020 class by Kohl’s Kicking … Helped the Spartans to an 11-1 record and a berth in the Georgia Class A-Private quarterfinals as a senior … PrepStar All-Southeast Region selection … 2019 Georgia Public Broadcasting All-Star … 2019 Touchdown Club of Atlanta All-State selection … Named to the 2019 Georgia 8A-Private All-Region First Team as a punter by the league’s coaches … Placekicker on the 2018 Georgia Class A-Private All-State First Team … Named the Kohl’s Kicking National High School Player of the week after hitting a school-record, 57-yard field goal versus Prince Avenue Christian as a junior … As a senior captain, converted 52 out of 53 (.981) extra points and 4-of-5 (.800) field goals, while averaging 35.8 yards on 25 punts.
Personal: James Malcolm Williams … Born on November 2, 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia … Son of James and Georgia Williams … One brother, two sisters … Attended the same high school as former University of Georgia kicker Billy Bennett, who holds the FBS single-season record with 31 made field goals in 2003 … Economics major.
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