Southern University tailback Byron Williams will miss the 2010 football season because he is academically ineligible, first-year coach Stump Mitchell said Thursday. “Byron didn’t take care of what he needed to in the spring semester, and that got him where he is right now,” Mitchell said. “But he’s in summer school, so he has a chance to get back where he needs to be, and we’ll bring him back in 2011 if we can.”Williams, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound Clinton High School graduate, played in seven games last season as a redshirt freshman, but he suffered a broken ankle in a 16-14 loss to Prairie View on Oct. 22. SU used Williams on kickoff returns and as the third option at tailback, where he rushed 25 times for 110 yards and a touchdown. He also averaged 24.2 yards on kickoffs, including a 91-yard touchdown against Alcorn State on Sept. 26. It was the team’s first kickoff return for a touchdown since Oct. 9, 2004, when Kevin Moffett opened a game at Alabama A&M with a 77-yard score.
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