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Grand Valley State University Athletics

2016 Football

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24 Matt Williams

24 Matt Williams

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Geneva, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2015: D2football.com Second-Team All-American...Don Hansen’s Football Gazette First-Team All-Region and Third-Team All-American...CCA First-Team All-Region...Second-Team All-GLIAC...Caught 72 passes for 1,357 yards and 17 TDs...Broke the 100-yard receiving mark eight times, including each of the last seven games....Pulled down 22 passes for 510 yards and four TDs in NCAA playoffs...Caught eight passes for 158 yards and two TDs at Tiffin...Hauled in eight passes for 161 yards and a TD vs. Shepherd.

2014: Earned first varsity letter...Played in 11 games...Caught 12 passes for 181 yards and three TDs...Returned 17 punts for 181 yards...Caught two passes for 23 yards and a TD vs. Ohio Dominican (9/13)...Hauled in two passes for 34 yards vs. Wayne State (10/11)...Tallied three catches for 51 at Michigan Tech (10/18)...Pulled down two receptions for 31 yards and a TD vs. Ashland (11/1)...Also played for the GVSU baseball team.

Prior to GVSU: Spent two years at Northern Illinois...Redshirted in 2012...2013 - Former QB turned WR appeared in 10 games...Hauled in six receptions for 109 yards and a touchdown on the season...Second on the team in yards per catch with 18.2...Returned five punts for 42 yards (8.4 avg.) on the year...Made two grabs for 23 yards in the MAC Championship game (12-6)...Caught a 25 yard pass from Jordan Lynch to move the chains on a key third down against Ball State (11/13)...Set career highs in receptions (2) and receiving yards (47) against Eastern Michigan (10/26)...Also caught his first career touchdown against Eastern Michigan (10/26)...Made his first career reception against Akron (10/12).
    
High School: Earned Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 7A All-State and Daily Herald Tri-Cities All-Area honors in 2011. Also a two-time Upstate Eight all-conference selection...Threw for 1,451 yards and nine touchdowns on 87-of-152 passing as a senior. Rushed for 426 yards and nine touchdowns on 78 carries in 2011...Accounted for 45 percent of the Vikings' touchdowns in 2011...Recorded 1,725 yards and 18 touchdowns passing as a junior, while also rushing 71 times for 349 yards and eight touchdowns en route to Daily Herald Tri-Cities All-Area team honors...Helped the Vikings win conference championships as a sophomore and junior. Attended the same high school as current Huskie Michael Santacaterina and former NIU standout Pat Schiller. An all-conference pitcher and outfielder for the Geneva baseball team.
    
Personal: Son of Robert and Julianne Williams.
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    2014Sophomore

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    6'2" 195 lbs
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    2015Junior

    WR
    6'2" 195 lbs
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    2016Senior

    WR
    6'2" 195 lbs
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