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WilliamNalty
- position Inside Linebacker
- height 6-0
- Weight 220
- class Fifth Year
- Hometown Metairie, La.
- High school Metairie Park Country Day
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
- 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, La.
- Son of Donald J. Nalty Jr. (dad) and Holly (mom) and James Nichols (stepdad)
- Dad, Donald, played football at Tulane from 1982-86
- Major is undecided but plans a major in business management
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
- His life’s theme song is “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw
- One word to describe him on the field is “persistent”