High School: 2009 graduate of Christ Church (1A) Episcopal School...football coach was Dan Frost...saw action at seven positions during his prep career: wide receiver, running back, cornerback, safety, and outside linebacker, as well as punt return and kickoff return...earned all-region honors as both a linebacker and wide receiver...team MVP pick in 2007, his junior year...served a team captain as a senior... 2008 Leadership Award honoree...caught 35 passes for 480 yards and totaled 490 yards on 23 punt/kickoff returns in 2008 while helping lead Christ Church to a 10-2 record and region championship...four-year tenure netted a school record 32 wins (32-13) and four straight state playoff appearances...also plays basketball...attended Furman Quarterbacks & Receivers Camp.

Personal: Full name is William Rivers Townes...born August 28, 1990, in Greenville, South Carolina...son of John and Kathy Townes...has two siblings, Hunter and Taylor...three of his four grandparents are Furman graduates, including former basketball standout Dick Wright (1956-58), a three-time All-Southern Conference selection at guard and member of the Furman Athletic Hall of Fame...other grandfather, Bob Townes, played fullback at Mars Hill.