STATESBORO, Georgia (WSAV) – Georgia Southern kicker and Richmond Hill graduate Britton Williams won his first grand prize after just his first week in college football.
Williams, a freshman, won the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week honor after scoring all three of his field goals and all three of his extra points in Southern’s 30-25 win over Gardner-Webb. He also added touchbacks on two of seven kickoffs.
Williams’ first field goal, a 49-yarder, was the longest first field goal for a kicker in program history.
Prior to his career at Georgia Southern, Williams was a standout kicker at Richmond Hill, making 103 of his 108 additional career point attempts and collecting selections for the WSAV Blitz Border Bowl team.
Georgia Southern travels to Boca Raton, Florida at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday to play Florida Atlantic