Bulldogs' Williams named SEC's top scholar-athlete
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May 3—Mississippi State football wide receiver Austin Williams has been named the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
The award, which includes a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship, is considered the highest academic honor presented by the Southeastern Conference to one of its member athletes.
LSU track and field athlete Lisa Gunnarsson was named the women's winter.
Williams, a redshirt senior from Ocean Springs, already holds an undergraduate degree in business administration/finance and a master's in business administration.
As he continues his football career with the extra season made available by the NCAA because of COVID-19, Williams is working on a third degree. He has maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout his time in Starkville.
Williams has appeared in 50 games with 1,245 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Perhaps the most impressive asset for Williams on the field is his reliability. According to data compiled by Pro Football Focus he has the lowest "drop rate" among SEC wide receivers since 2019 of less than 1 percent of passes thrown to him.
PARRISH ALFORD is the college sports editor and columnist for the Daily Journal. Contact him at parrish.alford@journalinc.com.
