Will Whitson

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