OUTLOOK: Versatile lineman who can play either guard or tackle position.
2007: Saw action in all 12 games, the first seven as a starter ... Played a total of 516 snaps on the season ... Was credited with 21 knockdown blocks ... Was credited with half a sack in one game and a third of a sack in another ... Graded out at 76.7 percent for the season.
2006: Saw action in five games, including one as a starter on the offensive line ... Made his first career start at Nebraska ... Named second team Academic All-District 4 by CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine.
2005: Saw limited playing time on the offensive line.
2004: Redshirted, did not play.
PREP: Played four seasons, two for coach Jay Andrews (2003-04) and two for coach Jim Morrell (2000-02) at Harris County High School in Hamilton, Ga. ... Was team captain and the anchor of the offensive line at HCHS, earned second-team All-State honors as a senior ... Earned first-team All-Bi-City honors and was a nominee for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer’s “Page One Award” ... Was a Columbus Regional Sportscare Scholar Athlete following senior season ... Named to the GACA North/South All-Star Game ... A Chic-Fil-A Peach Bowl Scholar Athlete nominee ... A four-time offensive lineman of the week and three-time co-lineman of the week in 2002 and 2003 ... As a sophomore, earned the team’s most improved player award ... As a freshman, earned Fabulous Freshman and Super 11 honors ... Won the region weightlifting championship in 2001 and 2002.
PERSONAL: Full name is William M. Chambliss III ... Was born on Dec. 21, 1985, in Columbus, Ga., ... Is the son of Stacey and Billy Chambliss ... Has two sisters, Elizabeth (24) and Mary-Catherine (16), and a brother-in-law, Daniel Bridges (26) ... A member of the National Honor Society, graduated from HCHS with a 3.84 G.P.A. ... Appeared in Who’s Who Among American High School Students ... Also a member of teen advisor peer counseling and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Received his degree in social science and will be enrolled in graduate school this fall.
Courtesy: Troy Athletics
