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WilliamNalty
- position Inside Linebacker
- height 6-0
- Weight 220
- class Graduate Student
- Hometown Metairie, La.
- High school Metairie Park Country Day
Career
- Played in 16 career games for Kentucky
- Graduated on December 17, 2021 with degrees in marketing and management
2021 – * Senior
- A “Super Senior” who saw action in all 13 games, seeing most of his playing time on special teams
- Got a fumble recovery vs. New Mexico State and his first career tackle at Louisville
2020 – Senior
- Practiced with the team
- Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 – Junior
- Saw his first collegiate action vs. UT Martin
- Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2018 – Sophomore
- Practiced with the team
- Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team
High School
- Three-year letterwinner and starter at linebacker for head coach Joe Chango at Metairie Park Country Day
- Totaled 63 tackles, including 10 sacks as a senior, helping the Cajuns compile a 9-4 overall record
- Also had one forced fumble and one fumble recovery
- Earned All-District honors 2018 WILDCATS 48 2018 FOOTBALL SPRING MEDIA GUIDE
- Charted 53 tackles and two forced fumbles in his junior season
- Member of the United States Saddle Seat Team who captured the Gold Medal in the 2014 US Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup
- Also a member of the junior team from 2012-13
- Competed in his first equestrian show at the age of five
- Chose UK over North Carolina
Personal
- Born in Metairie, Louisiana
- Son of Donald J. Nalty Jr. (dad) and Holly (mom); and James Nichols (stepdad)
- Dad, Donald, played football at Tulane from 1982-86
William Says
- His nickname is “Nalty”
- He chose Kentucky because it’s a great area with great people
- When he’s not on the field he enjoys riding horses and meeting new people
- One word to describe him on the field is “determined”
- The best advice he’s ever received is “don’t count the days, make the days count”