William Joyce

position P
height 6-3
weight 215
class Redshirt Senior
Hometown Spartanburg, S.C.
High school Spartanburg

position P
height 6-3
weight 215
class Redshirt Senior
Hometown Spartanburg, S.C.
High school Spartanburg

2025 Outstanding Student-Athlete
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2025 Harold White GPA Award – Special Teams
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 Harold White GPA Award – Special Teams
2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023 Harold White GPA Award – Special Teams
2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Kicking specialist who spent five years in the program… was the starter in his final campaign… outstanding in the classroom, is a three-time recipient of the Harold White GPA Award for special teams.

2025 (Redshirt Senior)
Won the placekicking battle in his final season as a Gamecock… converted 12-of-15 field goal attempts and was a perfect 31-of-31 on extra points for a team-leading 67 points… added seven kickoffs for a 59.9-yard average with one touchback… connected on a career-long 49-yard field goal against South Carolina State… made each of his last seven field goal attempts including all three at Texas A&M… also had three field goals in four tries against Alabama… shared the Coaches’ Outstanding Student-Athlete Award with Bradley Dunn and Brady Hunt… named to the CSC Academic All-District team… named the Harold White GPA Award winner for special teams for the third-straight season in the spring.

2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Fourth-year specialist who focused on placekicking… did not see any game action…. named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… was the Harold White GPA Award winner for special teams for the second-straight season.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Served as a reserve punter and backup holder behind Kai Kroeger… did not see any game action… selected as the Harold White GPA Award winner for special teams in the spring… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in one contest, serving as the holder in the season-opener against Georgia State while Kai Kroeger nursed an injury… was the holder on both of Mitch Jeter’s 50-plus yard field goals, the longest two of his career… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman)
Walk-on kicker/punter who joined the squad in the summer… redshirted… named to the 2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Spartanburg (S.C.) High School in 2021… named the Region 2 AAAAA Specialist of the Year in 2020… the Vikings went 4-3 in his senior season… coached by Mark Hodge… was the South Carolina kicker in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas… captured the Spartanburg High School Max Robbins Award… played in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Dallas where he averaged nearly 44 yards on four punts while placing three inside the 20… also served as the holder in the game… competed at the Kohl’s Kicking Camp Senior Challenge and was a finalist in both field goals and kickoff competitions.

PERSONAL
William Keelin Joyce was born Dec. 13, 2002… graduated in May 2024 with a degree in mechanical engineering and added an MBA in December 2025.