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Will Mattison

Will Mattison

  • Position:
    Line Backer
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    225
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Rock Hill, S.C.
  • High School:
    Northwestern HS

Summary

Biography

2022-23 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted...Competed on the Gardner-Webb track & field team in the spring...Set the school record in the javelin with a toss of 50.41 meters at the Big South Outdoor Championships (5/10) with a seventh place finish

Prior to Gardner-Webb: Starred at Northwestern (S.C.) High under Coach Page Wofford … Mr. Football 2021 Finalist … Two-year starter … Went 18-3 as a starter … Passed for 4,611 yards, 56 touchdowns and only 11 interceptions over final two seasons under center … Earned first-team Class 5A All-State honors from the S.C. Coaches Association in 2021 … Region 4-AAAAA Player of the Year … Named Area Offensive Player of the Year by the Rock Hill Herald … Named Class 5A Tri-County Coaches Association Offensive Player of the Year … Rated as one of the top-100 seniors in the Palmetto State by the S.C. High School Sports Report … Selected to play in the annual Touchstone Energy S.C. North/South All-Star Bowl game … Completed 225-of-349 passes for 3,085 yards and 41 touchdowns in 2021 with only seven interceptions … Added 378 yards rushing and 11 more scores … Led Trojans to the third round of the Class 5A State Playoffs … Passed for a season-high 318 yards and four touchdowns in a playoff win over rival Rock Hill High … Tossed six touchdowns in a win over Ridge View High … Passed for five touchdowns in a win over Clover High … Also completed four touchdown passes in wins over South Point High and Spring Valley High … Completed 132-of-204 passes for 1,526 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior starter in 2020 … Was picked off just four times … Passed for 349 yards and two scores in a win over Rock Hill High … Had five touchdown passes in a win over Hillcrest High … High school program has produced eight NFL players and won seven S.C. State titles … Chose Gardner-Webb over Western Carolina.

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2026
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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    QB
    6'4" 190 lbs

  • 2022Freshman

    QB
    6'4" 190 lbs
  • 48

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    LB
    6'4" 190 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Line Backer
    6'4" 190 lbs
    48
  • 38

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Line Backer
    6'4" 225 lbs
    38

  • 2026Redshirt Senior

    Line Backer
    6'4" 225 lbs