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2014 Football Roster

Tom Weishaar
Scott Rowan
Bert Garbutt
Scott Rowan
Tom Weishaar

52 Ronell Williams

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 245
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chester, Pa.
  • Highschool Chester

Biography

All-America middle linebacker ... named to three preseason All-America squads this fall ... named an honorable mention All-America by two organizations after last season ... Cliff Harris Award semifinalist in 2013 ... named AFCA All-America in 2012 as well as Associated Press “Little All-America” first team selection ... first sophomore in school history to be named AFCA All-America … only third defensive player in school history to earn All-America accolades from the coaches’ association … two-time All-Super Region 1 selection by the region’s sports information directors … led the conference in tackles in 2012 … very athletic … possesses a great deal of lateral speed ... has good instincts for the game ... swarms to the ball ... craves contact ... the type of player that is never satisfied with what he has already achieved … wants to keep learning and improving his game … his goal is to get better each day in practice … has led the Golden Rams in tackles in each of his first three seasons … was an integral part of the special teams unit, before securing the starting middle linebacker position ... one of the two in the middle in West Chester’s 4-2-5 alignment … one of the most promising linebackers in the PSAC … all-league and all-Super Region 1 candidate and All-America candidate again this fall … reads a play very well … should make more tackles at the line of scrimmage and in the backfield this fall … can run down a play from almost anywhere on the field … three-year letterwinner.

2013: Appeared in and started all 15 games … led the team in tackles with 110 … posted 60 solo tackles and 50 assisted tackles ... registered 9.5 tackles for a loss that resulted in -38 yards ... credited with 3.5 sacks ... intercepted a pair of passes ... credited with five passes defensed ... forced a fumble at Bloomsburg in the playoffs ... recovered a fumble at Gannon ... credited with two passes defensed against Kutztown ... notched a season-high 15 tackles against Kutztown as well ... tied career-high with seven unassisted stops in that game ... was named PSAC East defensive player of the week ... also named ECAC Division II defensive player of the week ... also posted seven unassisted tackles in win over Shippensburg ... registered 10 tackles against California (Pa.) the following week ... intercepted a pass against East Stroudsburg ... and Lock Haven in back-to-back contests ... recorded 10 tackles against Shippensburg and in both meetings versus Bloomsburg ... registered 30 tackles in four playoff games for the Golden Rams ... added two tackles for a loss, a forced fumble and one QB hurry in those playoff games as well ... first team All-PSAC East ... first team All-Super Region 1 ... honorable mention All-America (Don Hansen Football Gazette and D2Football.com) ... finalist for the Cliff Harris Award, handed out to the top defensive player in all of small college football.

2012: Appeared in and started all 11 games … led the team and the PSAC in tackles with 119 … ranked 15th nationally in tackles per game (10.8) … had 39 solo tackles and 80 assisted tackles … his 80 assisted tackles are the second most in a single season in West Chester history … also tied for the team lead in interceptions with three … ranked fourth in the country in interceptions by a linebacker at the Division II level … registered seven tackles for a loss, including 1.5 sacks … broke up one pass and was credited with one QB hurry … also forced one fumble … reached double figures in tackles five times … recorded a career-high 18 tackles against Shippensburg on Homecoming … tied a school record with 13 assisted tackles in that contest … posted 17 tackles at East Stroudsburg earlier in the year … had 12 assisted stops in that game … registered 14 tackles against LIU-Post, sandwiched in-between the ESU and Shippensburg games … racked up 49 tackles in those three games alone … also posted 12 tackles against both Gannon and Kutztown … had nine tackles at both Delaware and Bloomsburg … recorded season-high 2.0 tackles for a loss against Gannon … notched 1.5 tackles for a loss against both Kutztown and East Stroudsburg … had one tackle for a loss at Bloomsburg … had half a tackle for a loss against Delaware and Cheyney … recorded one sack at Kutztown and half a sack against Cheyney … forced a fumble against Gannon … intercepted a pass against Delaware inside the red zone and returned it 13 yards … intercepted a pass against Kutztown and returned it 29 yards … intercepted a pass against California (Pa.) and returned it 10 yards … first team All-PSAC East … first team All-Super Region 1 … first team AP Little All-America … AFCA All-America.

2011: Appeared in 10 games and started three contests … led the team in tackles with 79 … registered 26 unassisted tackles … led the squad with 53 assisted tackles … made five tackles for a loss … recorded 2.5 sacks … credited with one pass breakup and three QB hurries … recovered a fumble against Kutztown … registered double-digit tackles in each of West Chester’s final three games … made 41 of his 79 tackles in the final three games of the season … posted a season-high 16 stops at Millersville … recorded a season-best 11 assisted tackles against Kutztown … finished that contest with 13 tackles … posted 12 tackles against Indiana (Pa.) … registered eight assisted tackles against Bloomsburg … made six stops at Cheyney, including catching RB Marcus Jones from behind at the 1-yard line after a 60-yard run … play saved a touchdown as WCU put together a goal-line stand … recorded one sack at C.W. Post … recorded season-high 1.5 sacks at Millersville … credited with season-high 3.5 tackles for a loss in that contest.

2010: Red-shirted ... did not appear in a contest.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2010Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 230 lbs
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    2011Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 250 lbs
    52
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    2012Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 230 lbs
    52
  • 52

    2013Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 230 lbs
    52
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    2014Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 245 lbs
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