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2023: Played in nine contests, making three starts … Totaled nine receptions for 75 yards … Registered season-highs of three catches and 28 yards at Dartmouth.

2022: Played in six games … Posted 12 catches for 161 yards and a touchdown … Made three grabs for 52 yards and a touchdown in win over Wagner … Caught four passes for 37 yards in season-opener at Marist.
 
2021: Saw action in seven games with five starts as a sophomore wide receiver … Listed as either a starter or backup wide receiver on the depth chart … Concluded season with 15 catches for 267 yards (17.8 average yards per catch) and two touchdowns with a long of 46 yards … Led the Lions in receiving yards per game (38.1), ranked No. 2 on the squad in yards per catch (17.8) and ranked No. 5 on the squad in receptions (15) … Finished season with five receptions of 20 yards or more and two of 40 yards or more … Missed three games: at Dartmouth, at Yale and vs. Harvard due to injury … Finished with a 29-yard touchdown catch in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Caught first touchdown pass, a a 41-yarder from Joe Green, finished with three receptions for 54 yards vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Finished with three receptions for 51 yards at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Caught two passes for 28 yards at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Finished with career-highs for receptions (five) and receiving yards (87) with a career-long 46-yard reception vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … In career debut and first career start, caught one pass for 18 yards vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Carroll Senior High School where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Riley Dodge … Three-time All-District selection (honorable mention as a sophomore and First Team as a junior and senior) … Academic All-Texas selection … Named team offensive Most Valuable Player as a senior … Led the Dragons to a 44-7 four-year record … Caught 87 passes for 1,300 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior … Led the Dragons to a 13-1 record, 7-0 league record, state playoff appearance, and 13-game win streak before losing to Duncanville in the state playoffs … Top game was an eight-catch, 217-yard, three-touchdown game … Led the Dragons to a 13-1 record as a junior … Also competed in basketball and track and field … Earned the Distinguished Scholar Award … Involved in a variety of community service activities including the Young Men’s Service League (four years), Play It Forward (five years) and worked over 100 hours of community service … Served as President of the Young Men’s Service League for one year.
 
PERSONAL: Born William Alexander Meyer on June 8, 2001 in Denver, Colo. … Son of Mark and Tonya Meyer of Southlake, Texas … Has an older sister Elizabeth … Both parents attended the University of Texas … Nickname is Will … Hobbies and interests include fishing, working out, and playing basketball … Has played football since age four and loves competing at a high level along with forming lifelong friends … Favorite home-cooked meal: mother’s beef short ribs … Selected Columbia for the prestigious education that it provides and the opportunity to play football in the Ivy League … Also developed a strong relationship with Columbia wide receivers coach Jerry Taylor and once he visited the school, he knew it was home … Chose Columbia over offers from Penn and Trinity … Enrolled at Columbia College.