NEW: Go inside the College Basketball database with Stathead. Learn more or sign up here.

William Buford

Position: Guard

6-6, 220lb (198cm, 99kg)

Hometown: Toledo, OH

RSCI Top 100: 12 (2008)

School: Ohio State (Men)

HS Parade AA
2x All-Big Ten Tourney
Big Ten All-Freshman
2008-09 Big Ten ROY

SUMMARY

Career

145

PTS

13.7

TRB

4.6

AST

2.5

FG%

44.0

FG3%

38.5

FT%

80.8

eFG%

50.4

PER

18.8

Per Game

Season

Conference

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	SOS
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	33	25	29.3	4.3	9.6	.448	3.0	6.0	.500	1.3	3.6	.361	1.4	1.6	.849	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	11.3	8.23
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	37	37	34.4	5.3	12.2	.437	4.0	8.7	.458	1.3	3.5	.383	2.4	3.2	.754	1.4	4.2	5.6	3.1	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.2	14.4	7.37
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	36	34	32.4	5.6	12.0	.462	3.9	8.2	.471	1.7	3.8	.442	1.6	1.9	.843	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.9	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.2	14.4	8.38
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	39	37	33.8	5.3	12.5	.419	3.7	8.1	.453	1.6	4.4	.358	2.4	2.9	.825	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.2	1.8	14.5	9.07
Career	Ohio State			145	133	32.6	5.1	11.7	.440	3.6	7.8	.467	1.5	3.8	.385	2.0	2.4	.808	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	1.9	13.7	8.26

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	18	18	33.2	4.9	10.8	.459	3.5	7.0	.500	1.4	3.8	.382	1.2	1.3	.957	0.8	2.7	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.2	12.6
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	18	18	35.1	5.5	12.5	.440	4.4	9.4	.471	1.1	3.1	.345	2.9	3.4	.839	1.8	5.1	6.8	2.9	1.0	0.3	1.4	2.6	14.9
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	18	18	33.7	5.5	11.1	.497	3.4	7.1	.484	2.1	3.9	.521	2.2	2.4	.907	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.6	15.2
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	18	18	34.2	5.4	12.6	.434	3.8	7.9	.476	1.7	4.6	.361	2.1	2.5	.822	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.8	14.6
Career	Ohio State			72	72	34.1	5.3	11.7	.456	3.8	7.9	.481	1.6	3.8	.404	2.1	2.4	.867	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.0	14.3

Player News

for the free College Basketball Reference newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.

It's also available for football, hockey and baseball.

Totals

Season

Conference

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	33	25	968	142	317	.448	99	198	.500	43	119	.361	45	53	.849	29	93	122	35	28	12	39	49	372
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	37	37	1272	197	451	.437	148	323	.458	49	128	.383	89	118	.754	52	157	209	116	41	10	65	81	532
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	36	34	1167	200	433	.462	139	295	.471	61	138	.442	59	70	.843	35	106	141	106	29	11	66	78	520
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	39	37	1320	205	489	.419	143	316	.453	62	173	.358	94	114	.825	35	159	194	104	33	9	84	71	566
Career	Ohio State			145	133	4727	744	1690	.440	529	1132	.467	215	558	.385	287	355	.808	151	515	666	361	131	42	254	279	1990

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	18	18	597	89	194	.459	63	126	.500	26	68	.382	22	23	.957	15	49	64	26	20	7	25	22	226
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	18	18	632	99	225	.440	80	170	.471	19	55	.345	52	62	.839	32	91	123	52	18	5	26	46	269
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	18	18	607	99	199	.497	62	128	.484	37	71	.521	39	43	.907	13	47	60	47	11	6	28	46	274
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	18	18	616	98	226	.434	68	143	.476	30	83	.361	37	45	.822	14	86	100	44	17	4	47	33	263
Career	Ohio State			72	72	2452	385	844	.456	273	567	.481	112	277	.404	150	173	.867	74	273	347	169	66	22	126	147	1032

Per 40 Minutes

Season

Conference

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	33	25	968	5.9	13.1	.448	4.1	8.2	.500	1.8	4.9	.361	1.9	2.2	.849	5.0	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.6	2.0	15.4
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	37	37	1272	6.2	14.2	.437	4.7	10.2	.458	1.5	4.0	.383	2.8	3.7	.754	6.6	3.6	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.5	16.7
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	36	34	1167	6.9	14.8	.462	4.8	10.1	.471	2.1	4.7	.442	2.0	2.4	.843	4.8	3.6	1.0	0.4	2.3	2.7	17.8
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	39	37	1320	6.2	14.8	.419	4.3	9.6	.453	1.9	5.2	.358	2.8	3.5	.825	5.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.2	17.2
Career	Ohio State			145	133	4727	6.3	14.3	.440	4.5	9.6	.467	1.8	4.7	.385	2.4	3.0	.808	5.6	3.1	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	16.8

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	18	18	597	6.0	13.0	.459	4.2	8.4	.500	1.7	4.6	.382	1.5	1.5	.957	4.3	1.7	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.5	15.1
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	18	18	632	6.3	14.2	.440	5.1	10.8	.471	1.2	3.5	.345	3.3	3.9	.839	7.8	3.3	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.9	17.0
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	18	18	607	6.5	13.1	.497	4.1	8.4	.484	2.4	4.7	.521	2.6	2.8	.907	4.0	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.0	18.1
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	18	18	616	6.4	14.7	.434	4.4	9.3	.476	1.9	5.4	.361	2.4	2.9	.822	6.5	2.9	1.1	0.3	3.1	2.1	17.1
Career	Ohio State			72	72	2452	6.3	13.8	.456	4.5	9.2	.481	1.8	4.5	.404	2.4	2.8	.867	5.7	2.8	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	16.8

Per 100 Poss

Season

Conference

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	33	25	968			.448			.500			.361			.849
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	37	37	1272	9.5	21.8	.437	7.2	15.6	.458	2.4	6.2	.383	4.3	5.7	.754	10.1	5.6	2.0	0.5	3.1	3.9	25.7	111.5	95.9
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	36	34	1167	10.7	23.2	.462	7.4	15.8	.471	3.3	7.4	.442	3.2	3.7	.843	7.5	5.7	1.6	0.6	3.5	4.2	27.8	115.6	96.9
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	39	37	1320	9.3	22.2	.419	6.5	14.3	.453	2.8	7.8	.358	4.3	5.2	.825	8.8	4.7	1.5	0.4	3.8	3.2	25.7	107.5	93.5
Career	Ohio State			145	133	4727	9.8	22.3	.440	7.0	15.2	.467	2.8	7.1	.385	3.9	4.9	.808	8.9	5.3	1.7	0.5	3.5	3.7	26.3	111.4	95.4

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	18	18	597			.459			.500			.382			.957
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	18	18	632			.440			.471			.345			.839
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	18	18	607	10.2	20.4	.497	6.4	13.1	.484	3.8	7.3	.521	4.0	4.4	.907	6.2	4.8	1.1	0.6	2.9	4.7	28.1	124.7	105.8
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	18	18	616	9.6	22.1	.434	6.6	14.0	.476	2.9	8.1	.361	3.6	4.4	.822	9.8	4.3	1.7	0.4	4.6	3.2	25.7	104.7	94.9
Career	Ohio State			72	72	2452	9.9	21.3	.456	6.5	13.6	.481	3.4	7.7	.404	3.8	4.4	.867	8.0	4.6	1.4	0.5	3.8	4.0	26.9	114.0	100.2

Advanced

Season

Conference

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	33	25	968		.544	.516	.375	.167				8.0	8.3		1.1	10.2	22.4	1.7	0.8	2.5	.102
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	37	37	1272	19.8	.525	.491	.284	.262	543	5.4	14.5	10.2	18.1	2.0	0.9	11.4	24.3	3.2	2.3	5.6	.175
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	36	34	1167	19.9	.558	.532	.319	.162	495	3.8	11.2	7.6	17.7	1.6	1.1	12.4	24.2	3.4	2.0	5.4	.186	4.9	2.4	7.3
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	39	37	1320	17.4	.521	.483	.354	.233	536	3.2	15.6	9.2	15.1	1.5	0.8	13.4	24.1	2.7	2.6	5.3	.162	3.6	3.0	6.7
Career	Ohio State			145	133	4727	19.0	.535	.504	.330	.210	1574	4.1	13.9	8.8	15.1	1.7	1.0	12.0	23.8	11.0	7.8	18.8	.159	4.2	2.7	6.9

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
2008-09	Ohio State	Big Ten	FR	18	18	597		.551	.526	.351	.119		4.3	11.6	8.3	9.9	2.2	1.6	10.9	22.7
2009-10	Ohio State	Big Ten	SO	18	18	632		.529	.482	.244	.276		7.2	19.1	13.4	17.9	1.8	1.0	9.3	24.7
2010-11	Ohio State	Big Ten	JR	18	18	607	21.5	.624	.590	.357	.216	256	3.2	11.4	7.4	16.2	1.1	1.1	11.3	22.6	2.7	0.0	2.7	.179
2011-12	Ohio State	Big Ten	SR	18	18	616	18.5	.532	.500	.367	.199	247	3.0	18.1	10.6	14.6	1.7	0.7	16.0	24.7	1.6	0.6	2.2	.146
Career	Ohio State			72	72	2452	20.0	.557	.523	.328	.205	502	4.5	15.1	10.0	14.7	1.7	1.1	12.0	23.7	4.3	0.7	5.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Full leaderboard section · Minimum stat requirements

More Buford Pages

Buford Overview

Full Game Logs

All Game Logs

Splits

Other Buford Pages

Game Finder

More Buford pages at Sports Reference

William Buford

Per Game

Per Game

Player News

Totals

Totals

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

More Buford Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks