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William Joyce

  • position PK/P
  • height 6-3
  • weight 219
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Spartanburg, S.C.
  • High school Spartanburg
  • position PK/P
  • height 6-3
  • weight 219
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Spartanburg, S.C.
  • High school Spartanburg

William Joyce Bio

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 is in his fifth year with the program… works at both placekicker and punter… also has taken reps as a holder… outstanding in the classroom, is a three-time recipient of the Harold White GPA Award for special teams… has appeared in one contest as a holder over the past four seasons.

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 working on an MBA.

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