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Jersey Number 43
Will Whitson
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School/Previous School:
- Winton Woods HS (Coastal Carolina)
Carere Honors
2025 SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (Wk 1 at Southern Miss)
2025 Panini Senior Bowl Top 300 Watch List
2025 Shrine Bowl 1000
Career Notes
Played in 17 career games with 13 starts … Following the 2024 season, had 63 career tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, seven QB hurries and one forced fumble.
2024 (Graduate Season – Coastal Carolina)
Played in four games with four starts … Recorded 21 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble and two QB hurries … Made season debut on Aug. 29 … Missed two games before playing against Old Dominion & James Madison … Missed the final seven games of the season ... Earned a redshirt.
2023 (Senior Season – Coastal Carolina)
Played in 13 games with nine starts … Recorded 42 total tackles, including 19 solo stops, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, and five QB hurries … Totaled eight tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 2.0 sacks against Texas State (Nov. 11) … Eight tackles with 0.5 tackles for loss against Army (Nov. 18) … Finished with seven tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 1.0 sack against James Madison (Nov. 25) … Tallied five tackles and two QB hurries against Appalachian State (Oct. 10) … Rated as a three-star recruit at defensive edge in the junior college ranks for the Class of 2023 by 247SportsJUCO and On3 … Rated as the fourth-best defensive edge junior college recruit in the Class of 2023 by On3 … Ranked as the seventh-best defensive edge junior college recruit in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports JUCO … Chose Coastal Carolina over Tennessee, Buffalo, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech.
2020-22 (Independence CC)
Spent three seasons at Independence Community College … Played in 21 games … 2022 Kansas Jayhawk All-Conference Second Team … 2021 Kansas Jayhawk All-Conference honorable Mention … Recorded 63 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @_WilliamWhitson
Instagram – iamwilliam_44
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 8, at Army (11/18/2024) *
Tackles for Loss: 2.0, vs. Texas St. (11/11/2023) *
Sacks: 2.0, vs. Texas State (11/11/2023) *
QB Hurries: 2, at App State (10/10/2023) *
Forced Fumbles: 1, at Jacksonville State (08/29/2024) *
* Career-high set at Coastal Carolina
2025 SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (Wk 1 at Southern Miss)
2025 Panini Senior Bowl Top 300 Watch List
2025 Shrine Bowl 1000
Career Notes
Played in 17 career games with 13 starts … Following the 2024 season, had 63 career tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, seven QB hurries and one forced fumble.
2024 (Graduate Season – Coastal Carolina)
Played in four games with four starts … Recorded 21 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble and two QB hurries … Made season debut on Aug. 29 … Missed two games before playing against Old Dominion & James Madison … Missed the final seven games of the season ... Earned a redshirt.
2023 (Senior Season – Coastal Carolina)
Played in 13 games with nine starts … Recorded 42 total tackles, including 19 solo stops, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, and five QB hurries … Totaled eight tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 2.0 sacks against Texas State (Nov. 11) … Eight tackles with 0.5 tackles for loss against Army (Nov. 18) … Finished with seven tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 1.0 sack against James Madison (Nov. 25) … Tallied five tackles and two QB hurries against Appalachian State (Oct. 10) … Rated as a three-star recruit at defensive edge in the junior college ranks for the Class of 2023 by 247SportsJUCO and On3 … Rated as the fourth-best defensive edge junior college recruit in the Class of 2023 by On3 … Ranked as the seventh-best defensive edge junior college recruit in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports JUCO … Chose Coastal Carolina over Tennessee, Buffalo, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech.
2020-22 (Independence CC)
Spent three seasons at Independence Community College … Played in 21 games … 2022 Kansas Jayhawk All-Conference Second Team … 2021 Kansas Jayhawk All-Conference honorable Mention … Recorded 63 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @_WilliamWhitson
Instagram – iamwilliam_44
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 8, at Army (11/18/2024) *
Tackles for Loss: 2.0, vs. Texas St. (11/11/2023) *
Sacks: 2.0, vs. Texas State (11/11/2023) *
QB Hurries: 2, at App State (10/10/2023) *
Forced Fumbles: 1, at Jacksonville State (08/29/2024) *
* Career-high set at Coastal Carolina
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Sunday, December 28
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Wednesday, December 17
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