Linebacker, Ole Miss, 2003–06
Patrick Willis
- Born
- Jan 25, 1985, in Bruceton, Tennessee
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Patrick Willis played linebacker at Ole Miss (2003–06). He won the 2006 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2006. The San Francisco 49ers took Willis in the first round, No. 11 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019.
At a glance
- Best season
- 2006
- Butkus Award, Jack Lambert Trophy and 3 more
Honors
- Inducted 2019College Football Hall of Fame
- 2005, 2006First-team All-SEC
- 2006Butkus Award
- 2006Jack Lambert Trophy
- 2006Consensus All‑American
- 2006SEC Defensive Player of the Year
All-America: consensus 2006; AP second team 2005; Walter Camp second team 2005; College Football News 2005; Pro Football Weekly 2005
Regional honors: Conerly Trophy 2006
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ole Miss | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | 90 | 38 | 128 | 9.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2005 Ole Miss 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26 | at Mississippi State | L 14–35 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅛″ |
| Weight | 242 lb |
| Arm length | 34″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.56 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 sW |
| Vertical jump | 39″ |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.23 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.46 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 111 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
Pro Bowls: 7 (2007–13) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 5 (2007, 2009–12) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2008
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2007, 2009–12; AP second team 2008; Pro Football Writers first team 2007, 2009, 2011–12; Sporting News first team 2007, 2009, 2011.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 159 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2008 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 120 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 136 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 119 | 6 | 0 |
| 2011 | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 89 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 113 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2013 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 111 | 863 | 21 | 8 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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