Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER STATISTICS

ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (second team)
• 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention)

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2021
    
AT GEORGIA STATE: Two-time All-Sun Belt Conference defensive end and Georgia State’s career leader in sacks with 12.5 ... Ranks sixth with 21.0 tackles for loss ... Three-year starter and two-time team captain.
    
2021: Team captain for the second straight year ... Led the team with 11 quarterback pressures ... Made 21 tackles with three tackles for loss.
    
2020: Team captain and second-team All-Sun Belt selection ... Second on the team and third in the Sun Belt with 6.0 sacks  ... Key contributor on a GSU defense with a school-record 32 sacks (No. 7 in FBS)  ... Third on the team with 7.0 TFL, along with 25 tackles and a forced fumble.
    
Broke the GSU career sack record with 1.5 sacks in win at South Alabama as the Panthers tied the school record with seven sacks and allowed just 14 points and 324 yards ... Four tackles and a sack at Arkansas State ... Had 1.5 sacks, including one on which he stripped the QB and GSU recovered, in win over ULM ... Had a sack to help GSU hold App State to a season low 310 yards of offense ... Finished with a half-sack in the LendingTree Bowl win over WKU, in which GSU allowed just 284 total yards.
               
2019: All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention) ... Led the team with 8.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and two forced fumbles ... Finished with 40 tackles ... Had five tackles with 2 TFL, including one sack, in win at Tennessee. On the second play of the game, he caused a fumble that GSU recovered at the UT 23 to set up a touchdown. Helped GSU hold the Vols to 93 yards rushing ... Blocked a PAT vs. Furman ... Had a tackle for loss and pass breakup in win over Arkansas State ... Recorded a sack for a 10-yard loss and a forced fumble as part of GSU’s strong defensive effort in win at Coastal Carolina ... Career-high seven tackles vs. App State, with a TFL and a shared sack ... Had a sack in Panthers’ strong defensive effort in win over South Alabama and another sack in the regular-season finale at Georgia Southern, giving him 4.5 TFL and 2.5 sacks in the final three games.
 
2017: Played in 11 games off the bench as a true freshman and collected 19 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks ... Had a TFL at No. 5 Penn State ... Shared sack in win over South Alabama, helping hold USA to school-record 41 yards rushing ... Had one of GSU’s six sacks in the AutoNation Cure Bowl win over Western Kentucky, helping the Panthers set school record with minus-2 rushing yards allowed.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-region defender at Mundy’s Mill High School, earning first-team honors in Region 4-AAAAA as a junior and second-team accolades in 4-AAAAAA as a senior … Collected 97 tackles as a senior with 11 tackles for loss and four sacks.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Hardrick Deon Willis Jr. ... Son of Teona and Hardrick Willis Sr. ... Born Oct. 15, 1998.