Troy University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Will Choloh
- Position:
- DT
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 290
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceville, Ga.
- High School:
- Archer HS
2019 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2020 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 (Junior): Earned his third career All-Sun Belt honor after being named to the second team … Sun Belt’s top-rated run-stopper per Pro Football Focus and became just the third Troy player since 2000 to record at least 2.5 sacks, eight tackles and four tackles for loss in a single game when he did so against Liberty … Ranked in the top 10 among interior defensive linemen in the league in pressures and hurries … Finished the year with 40 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks … Forced a fumble in the season finale at Georgia State … All seven of his stops behind the line came in the first five games of the season … Credited with 19 total pressures and 14 hurries … Posted a 12.8 win percentage on pass rushing opportunities … Played 513 total snaps defensively … Graded out at a season-high 90.2 percent overall and 86.6 percent on his rush defense at Coastal Carolina
2020 (Junior): Ranked third nationally among interior defensive lineman with a 90.3 pass rushing grade from Pro Football Focus while his 31 pressures were the fourth most nationally … Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team … Finished with 4.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss from his defensive tackle position … Credited with seven quarterback hits and 19 hurries … Led all Sun Belt interior defensive linemen with his 19 hurries and 17.7 win percent … Recorded tackles in 10-of-11 games with multiple stops in each of those contests … Registered a sack and safety in the opener at Middle Tennessee … Blocked a pair of kicks on the season – Georgia State and Arkansas State – which tied him for fourth nationally and most by a player in Troy’s DI history … Finished with a tackle for loss in seven games and a sack in four different games … Forced a fumble, recorded five tackles and a sack against Georgia State … Recorded multiple quarterback pressures in 6-of-11 games
2019 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team … Ranked in the top 25 in the Sun Belt in both sacks and tackles for loss despite playing from an inside position on the defensive line ... Finished fourth on the team with 54 tackles to go along with four quarterback hurries; he added 28 pressures and 18 overall hurries, both second best on the team … Recorded a career-best 10 tackles at Coastal Carolina … Finished with five or more tackles in five games … Added nine stops against Southern Miss … Recorded a pair of sacks in Troy’s win over Georgia Southern … One of just two Trojans (Carlton Martial) to start all 12 games on defense
2018 (Freshman): Led all Sun Belt freshmen with three sacks on the season and was second with 4.5 tackles for loss … Saw action in all 13 games … Dominated South Alabama with a pair of sacks and three tackles for loss to go along with five tackles as Troy won the “Battle for the Belt” … Added a sack against Louisiana and a half tackle for loss against Florida A&M … Forced a fumble on his sack against the Cajuns … Finished the year with 19 tackles … Rated as the fourth best pass rusher on team by Pro Football Focus with a 74.5 rating; forced 13 pressures with 10 hurries
High School: Named to the Georgia AAAAAAA All-State Second Team following his senior season at Archer High School … Also named all-county and all-region after recording 63 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, seven sacks, 16 quarterback hurries, a pass break up and a fumble recovery … Helped lead Archer to a 12-1 record and a No. 9 ranking in Georgia by MaxPreps; lost to eventual state runner-up Colquitt County in the state quarterfinals … Leader on defense that pitched three straight shutouts and allowed 13 or fewer points in 10-of-13 games … As a junior, registered 40 tackles, four sacks and a pair of forced fumbles in nine games … Finished his sophomore season with 49 tackles and five sacks … Tigers won a state title his freshman season … Named Freshman Defensive Player of the Year on the Archer squad after recording 40 tackles, 18 sacks, three forced fumbles and two interceptions (against other freshmen teams) … Rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals … Ranked among the top 100 defensive tackles in the country by 247Sports … Won a sectional wrestling title for Archer; earned all-region and all-county honors in the sport
Personal: Full name is Williamson Yanti Choloh, Jr. … Son of Princess and Williamson Choloh … Has one brother, Alexander, and three sisters, Lovette, Willimae and Mardia Davis … Cousin Alvin Kamara played football at Tennessee and currently plays for the New Orleans Saints ... Majoring in computer science
