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Will Whitticker
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Will Whitticker
Guard
Michigan State
6'5" - 338 lbs.
(From 2004 Michigan State Media Guide)
Holds down the starting job at right guard following the departure of two-year starter Paul Harker... has graded out 90 percent or better in 23 of 36 (career) games played... has 19 career starts to his credit... has recorded 139 career pancakes
AS A JUNIOR: Saw action in all 13 games in 2003... graded out 90 percent or better in eight regular season games... produced 24 pancakes... scored 97 percent each vs. Minnesota and Iowa... posted a 95-percent grade vs. Illinois while recording a season-best eight pancakes... also registered high marks vs. Wisconsin (90), Ohio State (92), Notre Dame (93), Rutgers (92) and Western Michigan (94).. had 55 production points on special teams
AS A SOPHOMORE: Appeared in all 12 games in 2002, starting the first eight contests at right guard...played 280.5 minutes, including a career-best 37.5 minutes vs. Northwestern...graded out 90 percent in eight of 12 games...registered 52 pancake blocks...scored 96 percent vs. Northwestern, with eight knockdowns...named Spartan Offensive Player of the Week vs. Eastern Michigan, grading out 97 percent to match his career best while producing eight pancakes
AS A FRESHMAN: Named first-team Freshman All-American by the Football News...earned second-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News...started all but one game in 2001 and played 358.5 minutes ...suffered a sprained ankle in the first quarter vs. Notre Dame and sat out the next game vs. Northwestern...graded out over 90 percent seven times...saved his best for last, grading out over 90 percent in six of his last seven starts, including the last five games in a row...scored a season-high 97 percent, including seven pancakes, vs. Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Football Classic...also produced high marks vs. Missouri (95 percent), Penn State (94), Purdue (91), Indiana (94), Wisconsin (94) and Central Michigan (93)...ranked third on the team in pancakes with 63, including a career-high 10 knockdowns vs. Minnesota
2000 SEASON: Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Listed on PrepStar's and SuperPrep's All-Midwest Teams...ranked as Indiana's No. 1 prospect and the Midwest's No. 43 player by the Midwest Football Recruiting News...three-year starter at offensive tackle for Coach Mark Surface at Marion (Ind.) High School...attended the same high school that produced former Spartan basketball standout and NBA first-round draft selection Zach Randolph (Portland Trail Blazers)...son of Joselyn Whitticker...born Aug. 2, 1982...majoring in merchandise management.
Bio courtesy of Michigan State
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