Kentucky's Boom Williams Named to 2015 Paul Hornung Award Watch List
- Jul 6, 2015
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Congratulations Stanley Boom Williams from Kentucky Wildcats - Big Blue Nation!
This is not the first time Boom Williams has been noticed. He was named top five SEC East sophomore by Saturday Down South. Williams rushed for team-highs 486 yards and 6.6 yards per carry and five touchdowns.
He was named to The Sporting News All-True Freshman Team last season, led Kentucky in kickoff returns with 19 returns for 511 yards and a 26.9 average last season. Williams ranked second in the nation among true freshmen in kickoff return average, checking in 11th overall. Williams' longest return of the season was 75 yards against ULM, marking the longest kickoff return for Kentucky since 2009. A native of Monroe, Ga., Williams led Kentucky in all-purpose yards with 1,159, averaging 115.9 yards per game. That total ranked him 59th nationally and sixth among freshmen.
The Paul Hornung Award Watch List contains 18 of the top 100 all-purpose players from 2014, according to yards-per-game average from NCAA.com. The watch list is comprised of 11 seniors, 22 juniors and 11 sophomores who start at a total of eight different positions and represent 40 universities and all 10 conferences that are part of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Pac-12 leads the conferences with eight players followed by the ACC and Big Ten with seven players and the SEC with six players.
The winner and his family will be honored at the annual Paul Hornung Award Banquet presented by KentuckyOne Health, to be held at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville in February 2016. The 2015 Watch List was compiled by a panel of college football experts based on a combination of 2014 statistics, career performance, SID recommendations and expectations heading into the 2015 season. Profiles of each player and information about the Award can be found here. But, if you want to go right to Boom's profile, go here. Players may be added to the Watch List during the 2015 regular season based on performance.
The Bio
High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals.com, 247Sports.com and ESPN.com … Ranked as the No. 118 overall prospect in Rivals.com Top 250 and the eighth-best player in the state of Georgia … At one point, Rivals.com ranked him the No. 1 all-purpose back in the nation … Ranked No. 208 in ESPN.com’s Top 300 … ESPN.com rankd him the 16th-best running back in the nation and 19th-best player in the state of Georgia … Played in the 2014 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, rushing six times for 45 yards and a touchdown, earning Most Valuable Player honors in the process … Rushed for 1,416 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior … Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro first-team selection in 2013 … Great junior season with 207 carries for 1,948 yards and 24 rushing touchdowns … Four-year starter … Burst on the scene as a freshman when he accumulated almost 500 all-purpose yards in one game … Coached by Don Williams … Ran the 100-meter dash for the track team … Member of the National Honor Society … Originally committed to Georgia before coming to Kentucky and chose the Wildcats over offers from Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
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