Ty Williams Coverage
Updated Sep. 11, 2015

 
 

Fundraising Effort Continues

  • The GoFundMe set up for Ty Williams family has raised over $45,000 in its 18 days of support for Williams' family as they prepare for Ty's extended recovery. Visit this link to contribute.

    • Ty Williams Update

    10/4/15

    $5,000 Gift Made To Support Williams

    9/29/15

    The College Football Assistance Fund has announced at $5,000 gift to support the ongoing rehabilitation of Georgetown junior Ty Williams following his injury on September 5.

    "Georgetown University is very thankful and appreciative for the support provided to Ty and his family by the College Football Assistance Fund," said associate athletic director Dan Trump. "Their generous backing has been a tremendous benefit and will assist in helping the family during Ty's rehabilitation time in Atlanta."

     

    Hoya To Hoya

    9/23/15

    Dikembe Mutombo (I'91, H '10) visits Ty Williams (C'17) at his Atlanta-based rehabilition center:

    Georgetown Gathers To Pray For Recovery

    9/8/15

    From social media, a large group of students gathered at Dahlgren Chapel Monday for Mass to pray for Ty Williams' recovery.

    "Special thanks to Fr. Kemp and Fr. O'Brien for helping to say our Mass today," said head coach Rob Sgarlata.

    The team resumes practices Tuesday in preparation for the home opener Saturday evening versus Marist, who sent a message of support via Twitter:

    Georgetown Statement On Williams Injury

    9/6/15 5:30 pm EDT

    From GUHoyas.com:

    "Georgetown University junior football player Ty Williams (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) suffered a serious neck injury during the team's opening game at St. Francis (Pa.) and underwent surgery at the Altoona UPMC Hospital on Saturday night.

    "Our thoughts and prayers are with Ty Williams and his family," Georgetown Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed said. "The coming days will be very important and we will be here to support him and his family. We ask our fans and the entire Georgetown community to believe and pray for Ty as he begins the recovery process.

    "I would also like to thank the athletic department at St. Francis (Pa.) and the medical staff at UPMC Altoona Hospital for their tremendous reaction and support at the game and in the last 24 hours. It has meant quite a bit, both to Georgetown and his family."

    Williams, a junior linebacker, was injured during the first quarter of the game.

    "Ty is one of our leaders on and off of the field and is a very important part of the Hoya Football Family," Georgetown Head Coach Rob Sgarlata said. "He is a tremendous young man. We are hopeful that he will progress and we are keeping and him and his family in our thoughts and constant prayers."
     

    Report: Williams Undergoes Nine Hours Surgery

    9/6/15 1:00 pm EDT

    Sports Illustrated is reporting via a Montgomery County football web site that linebacker Ty Williams underwent nine hours of surgery Saturday following his injury vs. St. Francis.

     

    The MoCo web site further reports that Williams, still unconscious, is responding to doctors.

     

    More On Williams Injury

    9/6/15

    Video from Saturday's game showed no helmet to helmet contact in the injury to junior LB Ty Williams.

    Williams (#2 in the right-hand side of the images below) was playing linebacker during the opening series of the game. The images seen from NEC Front Row are at the 13:21 mark of the first quarter.

    St. Francis receiver William Martin (#16) was running a crossing pattern when he went airborne to catch the pass from St. Francis quarterback Zack Drayer.

    At the point of contact, Martin's upper body and Williams collided:

    Williams fell to the turf at DeGol Field and linebacker Hunter Kiselick immediately called for medical assistance.

     

    Martin was not injured in the collision. The turf at the field was replaced over the summer and this was the first game played on the surface.

    Georgetown Student Seriously Injured In St. Francis Game

    Updated 9/6/15

    The Georgetown defensive player injured in Saturday's game with St. Francis is being identified in social media as junior Ty Williams, although Georgetown has not commented on the injury.

    The social media, unconfirmed, report Williams broke his neck on the sixth play of the game and was in surgery as of Saturday evening.

     

    More on this story as it becomes available.

    St. Francis 48, Georgetown 20

    Updated 9/5/15

    Picked for fifth in the seven team Northeast Conference pre-season poll, the St. Francis Red Flash gained 520 yards on a shaky Georgetown defense, cruising to a 48-20 win in the 2015 season opener in Loretto, PA.

    St. Francis scored on its first three drives and never looked back. The Red Flash opened with a seven play, 71 yard drive keyed by a 38 yard run by running back Khairi Dickson and a 20 yard Dickson run for the score, just two minutes into the game. The drive was placed on hold after an unidentified Georgetown defensive player was taken off the field in an ambulance following a tackle.

    Following consecutive threes and out by the Georgetown offense, Dickson scored a second touchdown on St. Francis' next series: a 40 yard run to put the Frankies up 14-0 with 5:32 in the quarter. Another three and out from the Hoyas followed, and St. Francis took quick advantage: a five play, 50 yard drive led by a 37 yard run by RB Marcus Bagley to put SF up 21-0 with 1:52 in the quarter. Georgetown has not come back from a deficit of 21 or more points in the Patriot League era, and wasn't going to in this game, either.

    Georgetown's first points of the game came from the defense, via a 36 yard interception returned by Ettian Scott for a touchdown, 21-6. The defense held St. Francis to field goals over its final two series of the half to end the scoring at 27-6 at intermission.

    Georgetown opened the second half with promise, advancing to the St. Francis before a crushing 14 yard sack of Nolan put the Hoyas out of field goal position. Punting to the Red Flash two yard line, St. Francis responded with a methodical 12 play, 98 yard drive to extend the lead to 34-6, but on its next possession, a fumble at its 18 set up the Hoyas for its first offensive points of the season, as quarterback Kyle Nolan passed for nine yards and ran nine yards for the score, 34-13.

    The score held steady until early in the fourth, where the Red Flash scored two touchdowns in 31 seconds, the first coming at the conclusion of a 5 play, 77 yard drive, the second on a Nolan interception returned for a touchdown, 48-13. Nolan added a 13 yard touchdown with 8:52 remaining, but reserve QB Tim Barnes was added for the final series of the game, where the Hoyas stalled at the St. Francis 10 with under a minute to play.

    		 48
    Most points ever for St. Francis in an opener

    2006
    Last win by SFU
    in a season opener

    5.9
    Yards per carry,
    St. Francis

    5.0
    Yards per carry,
    Georgetown

    6-6
    SF red zone
    efficiency

    5-1
    First GU loss
    at St. Francis

    Georgetown's numbers were weak across the board. Nolan finished ended the game 14 for 29 for just 110 yards and two interceptions. Jo'el Kimpela managed just 60 yards on the ground, with Matt Buckman catching five passes for 45 yards. Bagley led all rushers with 19 carries for 147 yards (7.7 yards per carry), while Dickson had 22 carries for 129 yards and three TD's. Georgetown was outgained 281-129 on the ground, while Ty Smith's nine catches for 140 yards led the Flash to double the Hoyas' passing numbers, 239-114.

    The 48 points is the most allowed by Georgetown in two seasons, and the most in a season opener since 2002. Overall, the Hoyas are Georgetown is 77-33 all-time in season openers, 6-8 since joining the Patriot League in 2001.

    Next up for the Hoyas, a home game with Marist, who lost to Bucknell 17-0.

    Game statistics:

    
                          GEORGETOWN      ST. FRANCIS
First downs                       15               29
Rushed-yards                  26-129           48-281
Passing yards                    114              239
Sacked-yards lost               3-14             3-24
Passes                       16-32-2          23-33-2
Punts                         7-39.0           2-37.5
Fumbles-lost                     0-0              1-1
Penalties-yards                 3-20             9-85
Time of possession             20:36            39:24
     

    Additional links follow below. No local coverage was posted online.

  • GUHoyas.com
  • SFU Athletics
  • Associated Press
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    Game Highlights

    9/5/15