7 KAILIK WILLIAMS

JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts … voted Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year by media … first Bulldog named media’s SoCon Defensive Player of the Year since 1986 … first-team All-Southern Conference … 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: 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: Son of Sheri Williams-Patterson ... majoring in business administration.