William Hernandez plays guard for the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals. He is a professional football player. He is 1.88 meters tall and 152 kg in weight. He was a Chaparral High student. From 2013 through 2017, he participated in collegiate football with the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners. He started all 49 of the games he participated in from 2014 to 2017 after redshirting his rookie season.
He was chosen for the second All-American team after the 2016 campaign. He was chosen for the C-USA first team after the 2017 season. In addition, he received a ticket to the College Football All-Star Challenge. In the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected Hernandez.
He signed a four-year, $7.45 million contract with the New York Giants on May 12th, 2018. It comes with a $5.08 million guarantee as well as a $3.49 million signing bonus. He was picked to start the season at left guard for the Giants, and he was also named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team. In the team’s 16 games, he started each one. After learning that he had tested positive for the virus in October 2020, the Giants put him on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
He returned to the participation list in November 2020. Despite fully recovering, he was demoted to the left guard backup position for the remainder of the season as Shane Lemieux won the starting left guard position. He accepted a one-year contract in March 2022 from the Arizona Cardinals.
What Is Will Hernandez Position?
Will Hernandez plays professional football as a guard.