Receiver, Southern Miss, 2007–⁠11

William Spight

Number: No. 27
Height: 5′10″
Hometown: Montgomery, AL

William Spight played receiver at Southern Miss (2007–⁠11).

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2011

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

219

159

7–⁠68–⁠512–⁠2AP 20

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
2008*	Southern Miss	2	29	14.5	18
2010	Southern Miss	25	219	8.8	25
2011	Southern Miss	15	159	10.6	25
On file (2008–⁠11)		42	407	9.7	25

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Southern Miss	27	WR
2009	Southern Miss	27	WR
2010	Southern Miss	27	WR
2011	Southern Miss	27	WR	5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Southern Miss 7 games, 15 catches, 159 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 19–⁠17	2	37	25
Sep 10	atMarshall	L 20–⁠26	2	10	7
Sep 24	atVirginia	W 30–⁠24	1	8	8
Oct 1	vs.Rice	W 48–⁠24	1	1	1
Oct 8	atNavy	W 63–⁠35	4	46	22
Oct 22	vs.SMU	W 27–⁠3	4	38	15
Dec 24 ✦	vs.Nevada	W 24–⁠17	1	19	19

2010 Southern Miss 9 games, 25 catches, 219 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Long
Sep 2	atSouth Carolina	L 13–⁠41	4	21	9
Sep 17	vs.Kansas	W 31–⁠16	1	7	7
Sep 25	atLouisiana Tech	W 13–⁠12	1	13	13
Oct 9	vs.East Carolina	L 43–⁠44	4	40	25
Oct 30	vs.UAB	L 49–⁠50	3	41	22
Nov 6	atTulane	W 46–⁠30	1	9	9
Nov 13	atUCF	W 31–⁠21	2	6	5
Nov 20	vs.Houston	W 59–⁠41	4	39	14
Nov 26	atTulsa	L 50–⁠56	5	43	13