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Jersey Number 7
Preston Williams
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 209
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hampton, Ga.
- High School:
- Lovejoy
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Receptions - 5 vs. App State, 9/1/16
- Receiving Yards - 98 vs. Western Carolina, 9/19/15
- Touchdowns - 2 vs. Western Carolina, 9/19/15
2016 - SOPHOMORE
- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 4/2
- Finished with three catches for 25 yards vs. Ohio (9/17) with long of 11 yards
- Had career-best five catches for team-leading 45 yards in comeback win vs. Appalachian State (9/1)
2015 - FRESHMAN
Photo Gallery- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 8/1
- 5-star prospect seeing playing time as a true freshman
- Officially cleared to practice with Vols on Aug. 26
- Played in eight games, with one start, making seven catches for 158 yards with two touchdowns
- Missed four games: at Alabama (10/24) through North Texas (11/14) due to a hamstring injury before returning at Missouri (11/21)
- SEC Freshman Of Week (Sept. 21)
- Two catches for 41 yards in win over #19 Georgia (10/10)
- Two catches for 19 yards vs. Arkansas (10/3) in first start of career
- First-career catch came on 25-yard touchdown reception vs. Western Carolina (9/19), added second touchdown catch for 24 yards for first two scores of career; became first Vol since Justin Hunter in 2010 to have two receiving touchdowns in a game as a freshman; finished with three catches for 98 yards
- One of 15 true freshmen to debut vs. Bowling Green (9/5)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered at Lovejoy High School in Lovejoy, Ga., for coach Edgar Carson
- 247 Sports: 5-star (No. 29 overall prospect, No. 3 wide receiver, No. 4 prospect in Georgia)
- ESPN: 4-star (No. 38 overall prospect, No. 5 wide receiver, No. 6 prospect in Georgia)
- Rivals: 4-star (No. 19 wide receiver, No. 11 prospect in Georgia)
- Scout: 5-star (No. 15 overall prospect, No. 1 wide receiver, No. 1 wide receiver in Georgia)
- Played in 2015 Under Armour All-Star Game
- Participated in The Opening
- Member of ESPN 300
- Named to Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State First Team as a senior in 2014
- Member of Class A first team as a junior and senior
- Starred as a receiver, returner and in the secondary
- Recorded 43 receptions for 916 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior despite missing a portion of the year with a knee injury
- Led Wildcats to Region 2 AAAAAA Championship Game in 2014
- MaxPreps Junior All-American in 2013
- Named Class 6A Offensive Player of the Year as a junior in 2013
- First team all-state as a junior by the Associated Press and Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2013
- Posted 56 receptions for 1,402 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior in 2013
- Also had three punt returns for touchdowns and two interception returns for scores as a junior
- Competed in track and field for the Wildcats
- 2013 Georgia state long-jump champion with a leap of 24-feet, 2 1/2 inches
- Finished as state runner-up in the triple jump as a junior
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Preston Terrance Williams
- Born: March 27, 1997
- Son of Terri Williams
- Recipient of M. Stephen & Chris M. Brandon Endowment Fund
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