Will Pickens

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
225
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
High School:
Memphis University School

Notes: Listed as the starter at outside linebacker on the preseason depth chart • Has made nine career starts, all in 2008.

2008: Named to PFL Academic Honor Roll • Started the first nine games of the season and played in all 11 contests • Credited with 31 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a half sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery on the season • Had seven tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble at Lenoir-Rhyne • Made six tackles against Drake • Had five solo tackles vs. Jacksonville • Totaled five tackles, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery vs. San Diego • Assisted with a sack at Campbell.

2007: Played in all 10 games on defense and special teams • Recorded two tackles at San Diego • Had solo stops against Lenoir-Rhyne and Butler • Collected a tackle against Wingate.

2006: Played in four games on special teams • Recorded tackles against Jacksonville and Butler.

Prep Years: All-state as a senior and honorable mention as a junior for back-to-back state champions under coach Bobby Alston at Memphis University School • Earned team linebacker award both years as well • All-metro as a junior, all-metro elite defense as a senior • National Honor Society • Cum Laude • Latin Honor Society • Honor Council Vice President as a junior and senior • student mentoring program.

Personal: Born April 19, 1988, in Boston, Mass. • Older of two children • The son of Suzy Satterfield and John Pickens.