Gerald Willis III (born August 23, 1995) is an American football defensive tackle for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes.

Willis was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and attended Edna Karr High School. Willis was a standout defensive tackle for the Cougars high school football team and was named the All-New Orleans Large Schools Defensive Player of the Year twice and was an All-America selection as a senior, when he made 107 tackles, including 43 for a loss and 15 sacks.^[1] He was widely considered to be one of the top defensive line prospects in his class and committed to play college football at the University of Florida over offers from Texas, LSU, Florida State, and Alabama, among others.^[2]

Willis began his college career at Florida. He appeared in five games as a freshman, making 14 tackles. Willis forced a key red zone fumble in the Gators' 28–20 win in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl over East Carolina. After the season, Florida announced that Willis was dismissed from the team after several on and off the field incidents.^[3]

Willis transferred to Miami after his dismissal and sat out the 2015 season due to NCAA transfer rules.^[4] As a redshirt sophomore, Willis made 19 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in nine games before tearing his MCL, an injury that caused him to miss the entire 2017 season.^[5] He was named second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and named second-team All-America by Sports Illustrated in his redshirt senior season after making 59 tackles, 18 of which were for loss, with four sacks.^[6][7]

Willis is the younger brother of All-Pro safety Landon Collins of the New York Giants.^[25]