Player Dossier

2008-2011

Southern Miss

William Spight

WR • 5'10" • Montgomery, AL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

William Spight reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Player Story

William Spight built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 27, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of William Spight's career was his receiving...

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2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.7222

Jefferson Davis · Montgomery, AL

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

William Spight, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss. William Spight reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
407
Receptions
42

Quick Answers

William Spight quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · WR
Career Receiving Yards
407
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Navy
Recruit profile
2-star · Jefferson Davis · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Jefferson Davis · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 27 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
159 receiving yards · WR 452nd (top 56%) · Conference USA 74th (top 42%) · National 648th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonSouthern Miss2118047.2
2008 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss2111047.2
2009 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0-00-
2010 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss925219063.8
2011 PostseasonSouthern Miss7119055.4
2011 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss714140055.4

Related Context

William Spight played WR for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, William Spight recorded 407 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 219 primary output with 58.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 61.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2011 Postseason · Southern Miss

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

22.7

Efficiency

61.9

Usage

9.2

Consistency

56.4

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 19. Louisiana Tech: 37. Marshall: 10. Virginia: 8. Rice: 1. Navy: 46. SMU: 38

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 1 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 100. Marshall: 2 by 33.3. Virginia: 1 by 53.3. Rice: 1 by 6.7. Navy: 4 by 76.7. SMU: 4 by 63.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins24.8 · Games = 6 · +14.8 vs Losses
Losses10 · Games = 1 · -14.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

100 vs Nevada

Result
Sun 12/25vs NevadaW 24-171191919019
Sun 10/23vs SMUW 27-34389.59.50015
Sat 10/8@ NavyW 63-3544611.511.50022
Sat 10/1vs RiceW 48-24111101
Sat 9/24@ VirginiaW 30-24188808
Sat 9/10@ MarshallL 20-262105507
Sun 9/4vs Louisiana TechW 19-1723718.518.50025

Player Story

William Spight story

William Spight built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 27, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of William Spight's career was his receiving role: 42 catches and 407 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. That gives William Spight's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Southern Miss

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820082009201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonSouthern Miss2986.74.1
2008 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss2986.74.10
2009 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0-29
2010 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss21958.711219
2011 PostseasonSouthern Miss15961.99.2-60
2011 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss15961.99.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Navy

Week 6 · W 63-35

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46

Receiving Yards

79.1 takeover

46 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 6 · L 43-44 · Conference game

40

Receiving Yards

75.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs UAB

Week 9 · L 49-50 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

73.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 13 · L 50-56 · Conference game

43

Receiving Yards

72.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 57.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Troy

Week 1 · W 30-27 · Postseason

18

Receiving Yards

72.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss

219 primary output · 58.7 efficiency · 11 usage

63.8

#2

2011 Postseason · Southern Miss

55.4

159 primary · 61.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss

55.4

159 primary · 61.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games