2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know South Side area lineman Slayton Williams
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Billy Splain | May 4, 2023
Slayton Williams
OL DL ILB TE
South Side area (pa)
Class Of 2025
Jersey #65
HT/WT 5’10 185
Other sports wrestling track
All academic gold team Gold star Game honor
Twitter @SlaytonWilliams
If you don’t engage Slayton Williams at the line, he’ll make you pay. Slayton was the only sophomore on the line for the Rams last year and he made the best of it, racking up 53 tackles. Head coach Luke Travelpiece says hes an “Extremely hard worker, excellent power/explosion. Awesome quickness. Very good feet. Great position flexibility. High end motor. Leader on the field and in the classroom”.
Let’s learn a little more about Slayton
Why do you play football?
To have the hope to go to college and help my parents out
Who is your favorite sports star and WHY?
Cam chancellor because I loved watching him make big hits
Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
2nd to last play against shenango. Up by 2 QB with shenango in fg range. QB fumbles the spike and I dive on the ball setting up a knee and end the game.
What was last years season like for you?
It was a big season. Lots of shoes to fill as the only sophomore on the line so had to prove my self.
What are your goals for this coming season?
Win a WPIAL and just see progress from last season.
Who is the best player you ever lined up against?
Kyle Lenhart -Shenango
What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?
Clemson Tigers
What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Seattle Seahawks
What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game you watched and why?
2014 NFC Championship Seahawks vs Packers
If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
To relax
Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Play QB
Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
LT- just dominant and all around fun to watch
Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
waterpolo
What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
pulled the wrong way and hit into my teammate
Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My grandma. She tries to come to every game no matter weather and always sees me after.
When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Playing video games
What is your favorite football memory to date?
Running out for the first time as a freshman
What is your favorite play to run?
QB sneak
What scares you the most?
Spiders
Music of choice:
rap
What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Any italian restaurant
Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
sheetz
What is your favorite vacation destination?
Florida
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