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• wcu quick facts • GAME #4: WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS (0-3, 0-0) AT FURMAN PALADINS (0-0, 0-0) Location:...... Cullowhee, N.C., 28723 Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 • 2 pm • Greenville, S.C. • Paladin Stadium (14,518) ...... Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” Founded:...... 1889 Enrollment:...... 12,243 GAME COVERAGE: WESTERN CAROLINA Nickname:...... Catamounts TV BROADCAST: Head Coach: Mark Speir ...... Purple & Gold Colors: TALENT: Mark Childress, Bryant Lambert, & Erin Summers Stadium:...... E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,790) Record at WCU: 32-63, 9th yr Catamount Sports Network Field:...... Bob Waters Field (Artificial: Ironturf) RADIO: Career Record: same Affiliation:...... NCAA Div. I – Championship Subdivision (FCS) TALENT: Gary Ayers, Daniel Hooker, & Greg McLamb Conference:...... Southern ONLINE AUDIO: CatamountSports.com FURMAN Chancellor:...... Dr. Kelli R. Brown (Toledo, 1982) @Catamounts, @CatamountsFB TWITTER: Head Coach: Clay Hendrix Athletics Director:...... Alex Gary (VCU, 2005) WCU trails, 12-33-2 (L–4) SERIES HISTORY: Record at FUR: 22-13, 4th yr FOOTBALL HISTORY: In Greenville, S.C.: ...... WCU trails, 6-17-1 (L–2); MR: FUR, 44-38 (2018) Career Record: same First Year of Football:...... 1931 In Cullowhee, N.C.: ...... WCU trails, 6-16-1 (L–2); MR: FUR, 28-7 (2019) Seasons of Football:...... 87th All-Time / SoCon Record:...... 346-514-23 (.406) / 115-188-3 (.381) 2020-21 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE / RESULTS NCAA Postseason Appearances (Div. I):...... 2 (1) Postseason Record (Div. I):...... 3-2 (3-1) DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT TV NOTES Best Finish:...... 1983 National Finalist (lost 43-7 to So. Illinois) Nov. 14 at #22 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. L, 58-14 ESPNU / ESPN3 LIB QB Malik Willis – 306 pass, 3 TDs & 97 rush, 2 TDs Last Appearance:...... 1983 2019 Record:...... 3-9 (Home: 2-4 | Away: 1-5) Nov. 21 at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. L, 49-17 ESPN3 Opportunity Bowl; First meeting since 2008, WCU trails 2-3 2019 SoCon Record (Finish):...... 2-6 (8th) (Home: 1-3 | Away: 1-3) Dec. 11 at #17 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 49-9 ACC Network UNC scored 21-pts in final 5:39 of 2nd qtr; WCU with def. TD WCU FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF: Feb. 20 at Furman * Greenville, S.C. 2 pm ESPN+ SoCon Opener; Furman used 15 3rd qtr pts to pull away in 2019 Head Coach:...... Mark Speir (Clemson, 1990) Feb. 27 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. 1 pm ET ESPN+ Bulldogs have won 3 of last 5; WCU's lone road win in 1969 • Head Coaching Record at WCU:...... 32-63, 20-42 SoCon • Overall Record:...... Same MARCH 6 VMI * CULLOWHEE 1 pm ESPN+ WCU has won 17-straight; 4 of last 5, one possession games ASSISTANT COACHES / S U P P O R T STAFF MARCH 13 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 1 pm ESPN+ 'Dogs built 25-pt 1st half lead, 2nd half TOs hurt comeback bid John Holt (Appalachian, 2008)...... Offensive Coord. / OL March 20 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. 3:30 pm ESPN+ MER scored 28 pts, 219 yds on 4 plays, 4th-straight series win Andy McCollum (Austin Peay, 1981)...... Defensive Coord. / ILB March 27 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. 1 pm ESPN+ Blue Ridge Border Battle; Last 2 meetings have gone into OT Keith Henry (Catawba, 1989)...... SpTms Coord. / CB Joe Speed (Navy)...... co-Defensive Coord. / OLB APRIL 3 CHATTANOOGA * CULLOWHEE 1 pm ESPN+ WCU has lost 10 of last 11 mtgs; last home win was 2008 (27-7) Arketa Banks (Elon, 2003)...... Wide Receivers APRIL 10 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE 2 pm ESPN+ WCU has dropped 4-straight since back-to-back wins (2014-15) Phillip Ely (Toledo, 2016)...... Quarterbacks * denotes Southern Conference game /// All times listed are Eastern Jay Guillermo (Clemson, 2017)...... Tight Ends Graham Hobbs (Florida International, 2015)...... Running Backs • Western Carolina played three nonconference road Nick Newsome (Austin Peay, 2012)...... Safeties A WESTERN CAROLINA WIN WOULD: Clyde Simmons (Western Carolina, 1996)...... Defensive Line games last fall – at Liberty (Nov. 14), at NCAA FCS-member Drew Gaither...... Volunteeer Assistant / Nickelbacks • Halt Western Carolina's current FIVE-game losing skid Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 21) and at North Carolina (Dec. 5) Eric Hooper...... Volunteer Assistant / Specialists that dates back to early November 2019 – the five-straight … Including the three fall games and the first two SoCon losses over the past two years are on the heels of back-to- Nich Mashburn (Western Carolina, 2013)...... Dir. of Football Ops meetings in 2021, WCU plays five-consecutive games back wins in SoCon play for WCU in 2019; Ryan Kolakowski (Central Michigan, 2011)...... Dir. of Scouting / QC away from home to start 2020-21 … Adding in the 2019 Ben Jacobs (ECU, 2010)...... Dir. of Athletic Performance • End WCU's current four-game drought in the series with finale at fifth-ranked Alabama, WCU will have playedSIX- Steven Honbarger (Appalachian, 2001)..... Dir. of Sports Medicine chromatic rival, Furman ... the Paladins have won the last STRAIGHT ROAD GAMES over the past two-plus seasons; Mike Taylor...... Athletics Equipment Manager four meetings dating back to the 2016 season after WCU • WCU has scored three, seven-win seasons over its last Sandy Neuenschwander...... Football Administrative Assistant claimed back-to-back series wins in 2014 and 2015; six years under head coach Mark Speir ... the 7-5 record • Represent WCU's 24th victory in its SoCon opener dating WESTERN CAROLINA MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION: in 2014 was WCU's first winning mark since 2005 (5-4) and Asst. AD/Media Relations (FB Contact):...... Daniel Hooker back to 1977 (23-20) – and first since 2018 ... It'd also be the most victories by a Catamount team since 2001 (7-4); • Email Address:...... [email protected] just the ninth victory in a league-opener ON THE ROAD (8- • Office / Cell Phone:...... (828) 227-2339 / (828) 508-2494 15) – and the first league-opening win for WCU away from • WCU has just NINE total seniors entering 2020-21 – FIVE Director of Media Relations (Secondary FB):...... Steven Grandy home since winning at Furman (35-17) in 2014; players on offense,FOUR on defense; • Email Address:...... [email protected] • Give Mark Speir his 33rd career victory at WCU, fourth in • WCU returns 19 out of a possible 25 starters between its Director of Media Relations:...... Denise Gideon program history ... It would move him six victories shy of offense, defense, and special teams ... That includes NINE • Email Address:...... [email protected] third-place Tom Young (39 wins, 1946-55). starters on offense,SEVEN on defense, and all THREE Director of Video Operations:...... Noah Sautter back on special teams in specialist starters ... Combined, • Email Address:...... [email protected] A WESTERN CAROLINA LOSS WOULD: WCU has 45 total returning letter winners from 2019 with Football Press Box Phone:...... (828) 227-2116 • Relegate the Catamounts to an 0-4 to start the 2020-21 Athletics Mailing & Overnight Address:...... WCU Athletics season and give WCU its sixth-consecutive loss dating back 32 newcomers and 22 players that took redshirts; 92 Catamount Road – Ramsey Center to the 2019 season ... It'd also represent WCU's fifth-consec- • A combined 16 Western Carolina football players SHARE a Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 utive loss to Furman in the head-to-head series. LAST name – only TWO of which are related (DARRIUS and DEMORIAN SMITH): CATAMOUNT QUICK SLANTS: HARRIS...... Christian (DT), Ethan (DB), Jacob (CB), Ty (LB) • Western Carolina’s 2021 roster includes a combined 51 JOHNSON...... Dawson (OL), Roman (DT) players from the state of North Carolina ... South Carolina JONES...... Reggie (WR), Gabe (OL), Will (QB) is second with 20, followed by Georgia (17), Alabama (4), NELSON...... Micah (SPUR), Tyree (RB) Florida (2), Tennessee and Virginia (2), with one each from SMITH...... Darrius (LB), Demorian (RUSH), Tyler (OL) Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania; THOMAS...... Grady (OL), Skylin (SPUR)
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THIS WEEK IN CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL /// FEBRUARY 14 – 20: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday BRUNCH: COVID-19 Test MEETINGS: MEETINGS: MEETINGS: MEETINGS: GAME DAY 8 am - 10 am 7 - 10:30 am 5:15 – 6:00 pm 2:30 – 3:15 pm 2:30 – 3:15 pm 2:30 – 3:15 pm Western Carolina at Furman * MEETINGS: PRACTICE: PRACTICE: PRACTICE: PRACTICE: PRACTICE: 3:30 - 4:45 pm 6:30 – 7:15 pm 6:15 – 7:45 pm 3:30 – 5:45 pm 3:30 – 5:45 pm 3:30 – 5:45 pm 2 pm ET Greenville, S.C. PRACTICE: No Media Availability Speir & select players 5:00 - 6:30 pm available after the game
WCU INTERVIEW POLICY from media parking). Credentials will be issued only to PRESS RELEASES/STATISTICS The Western Carolina Office of Athletics Media Rela- those attending the game in a working capacity. Spouses, The WCU Media Relations Department produces a tions will assist media personnel with interview requests dates, children and other nonworkers will not be permitted weekly football release prior to each game during the of Western Carolina student-athletes, coaches and ad- in the press box. season. Cumulative statistics will be updated as soon as ministrators. To arrange interviews, please contact Daniel possible after each contest. Media members may receive Hooker, the Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations PHOTOGRAPHERS the releases and statistics by accessing the Athletics at least 24 hours in advance. Credentials for sideline photographers will be issued on Department web site at www.CatamountSports.com. Head Coach Mark Speir will be available for interviews a first-come, first-serve basis with agencies covering the E-mail service is available upon request. To be placed following each practice and following games. Other inter- participating schools on a regular basis receiving priority. on Western Carolina’s E-mail list, media members are views with Coach Speir must be set-up in advance and it Free-lance photographers may request credentials on a asked to contact the Office of Athletic Media Relations. is requested that the nature of the interview be submitted game-by-game basis. All free-lance photographers must to WCU Media Relations in writing at least 24 hours prior. submit proofs featuring game or sideline action to the CATAMOUNTS ON THE WEB Student-athletes will be available for interviews after Media Relations Office no later than four days following The WCU football home page at CatamountSports.com practices through Wednesday. Unless special permission the game. Each photographer must pick up a photo pass provides the latest information regarding the Catamounts, is granted well in advance, the cut-off time for student- from the press box or media will call prior to the game. including updated statistics, a roster, game notes and athletes during game weeks will be Noon on Thursday. press releases. Also on the department’s main site is NO PHOTOGRAPHERS OR MEDIA PERSONNEL ARE information on all of WCU athletics programs, lodging, WCU FOOTBALL PRACTICE POLICY PERMITTED WITHIN THE TEAM AREA AT ANY TIME. directions to campus and the latest local weather forecast. WCU football practices in 2020 are CLOSED to the For those unable to attend contests, the Catamount public. Media members are asked to refrain from contact- MEDIA PARKING Sports Network will broadcast each game over the Internet ing student-athletes at their home or residence – and Media parking for WCU home football games – BY utilizing Stretch Internet. student-athletes’ phone numbers will not be released by PERMIT ONLY – is located in the church parking lot directly All the current data you need on the Catamounts is as the Media Relations Office. Out-of-town media may set across the street and behind the press box of E.J. Whitmire close as your computer at CatamountSports.com. up phone interviews to be conducted in the Department Stadium on Forest Hills Road. The lot is identified and a of Athletics. Coach Speir may be reached weekday morn- media parking placard must be displayed to gain admit- Southern Conference football games will be streamed ings, however, it is asked that a specific interview time be tance. The lot will be staffed by a member of the WCU ESPN+ or ESPN3 and the ESPN app. scheduled through the Media Relations office. Athletics Media Relations staff who will have a checklist of those authorized to park in the media lot. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS The WCU locker room is CLOSED at the end of all games played. However, following a 10-minute “cooling off” pe- A combined eight stations across North Carolina riod, Coach Speir and requested players will be brought to are set to carry football broadcasts of the Cata- the media room on the first floor of the Ramsey Center. The availability of the visiting locker room will be announced mount Sports Network (CSN) during the 2020-21 in the press box after conferring with the visiting SID. The season ... CSN has also again partnered with visiting locker room is located in the back portion of the Stretch Internet through PrestoSports to provide Jordan-Phillips Field House. A space for interviews will be unlimited streaming audio through the athletics available outside the locker room or up on the Field House web site, CatamountSports.com. patio, if available. 2021 BROADCAST CREW (HOME) WORKING CREDENTIALS Play-by-Play:...... Gary Ayers Newsprint and electronic media representatives plan- Catamount Sports Network Color Analyst:...... Greg McLamb ning to cover football games at Western Carolina University Host / Producer:...... Jeff Bryson are asked to request in written form working credentials 2021 Football Affiliates: from WCU’s Media Relations Office. Season passes will be 2021 BROADCAST CREW (ROAD) issued to those who cover the Catamounts on a permanent 95.3 FM WWOO...... Dillsboro 105.7 FM / 540 AM WRGC...... Sylva Play-by-Play:...... Gary Ayers basis. Our limited working space in the press box will be Color Analyst:...... Daniel Hooker assigned by priority to WCU beat writers, beat writers of 104.9 FM / 1050 AM WFSC...... Franklin Host / Producer:...... Jeff Bryson the opponents, metropolitan media filing for deadline and 102.9 FM / 1310 AM WISE...... Asheville Sideline Reporter:...... Greg McLamb specialty publications. If time permits, credentials will be mailed. If not, cre- 970 AM WYSE ...... Canton dentials can be picked up on game day (two hours prior to kickoff) at the media will call on the upper plaza of the Online at CatamountSports.com Ramsey Center at the south end of the stadium (nearest the press box side of Whitmire Stadium, across the street
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STORY LINES IN SATURDAY’S MEETING WITH FURMAN: <<< QUICK FACT COMPARISON >>> • LOOKING BACK AT WCU'S NONCONFERENCE GAMES: Western Carolina played three SCHOOLS: WESTERN CAROLINA FURMAN nonconference road games in the fall semester – two against NCAA FBS opponents that LOCATION: Cullowhee, N.C. Greenville, S.C. were ranked inside the Top 25 with the third coming against Eastern Kentucky which opted FOUNDED: 1889 1826 to play its full, nine-game 2020 season in the fall semester ... WCU's two FBS opponents ENROLLMENT: 12,243 2,600 ranked nationally in the NCAA FBS in scoring offense – North Carolina at 41.7 ppg (9th-t) and Liberty at 38.2 ppg (16th) ... Guided by two of the top quarterbacks in the country, the NICKNAME: Catamounts Paladins Tar Heels also finished FIFTH in the country in total offense (537.2 yds/gm) while Liberty CONFERENCE: Southern (SoCon) Southern (SoCon) was 15th (482.7 yds/gm) ... Liberty's Malik Willis was ninth in total offense (320.4 yds/gm) COLORS: Purple & Gold Purple & White while UNC's Sam Howell was 12th (311.0 yds/gm) ... EKU ranked FIFTH in total offense in the HOME FIELD: E.J. Whitmire Stadium Paladin Stadium FCS, boasting the division's top individual rusher in Alonzo Booth (708 yds gained, 7 TDs). CAPACITY: 13,790 14,518 • OVERALL FROM THE FALL: The Southern Conference – and most of the NCAA Football HEAD COACH: Mark Speir Clay Hendrix Championship Subdivision – moved the league season and FCS playoffs to the spring se- OVERALL RECORD: 32-63 (9th yr) 22-14 (4th yr) mester due to COVID-19 ... WCU was one of 17 NCAA FCS teams to play nonconference games in the fall ... WCU was one of FOUR teams from the SoCon to compete in the 2020 RECORD AT SCHOOL: Same Same fall semester: The Citadel – 4, Mercer – 3, and Chattanooga 1.. WEBSITE: CatamountSports.com FurmanPaladins.com
WESTERN CAROLINA VS. FURMAN – SERIES HISTORY: • Western Carolina trails Furman in the all-time series that dates back to 1971, 12-33-2, • The Catamounts were +3 in turnovers, tied for fourth among the 17 FCS teams that played; including a 6-17-1 overall mark in games played in Greenville, S.C. ... the Catamounts have • WCU tallied FOUR defensive takeaways at Eastern Kentucky, the most by the Catamounts dropped FOUR-consecutive series meetings in 2019 (H), 2018 (A), 2017 (H), and 2016 (A) on since creating five takeaways in the road win at VMI (11/2/19) – forced and recovered four the heels of winning two-straight in 2014 (A) and 2015 (H); Keydet fumbles and had one interception; • Western Carolina’s 38-point, 48-10, victory over Furman in the 2015 meeting represented • WCU freshman placekicker PAXTON ROBERTSON nailed a 52-yard field goal at the 14:08 WCU’s largest margin of victory in the series all-time ... It was just the second time in series mark of the second quarter in the road loss … It was Robertson's first career field goal -at history that WCU had eclipsed the 40-point mark – the other was a 41-21 win over then No. tempt, representing a career-long boot … the 52-yard kick tied for the eighth-longest field 2 Furman in Cullowhee back in 2005; goal in WCU program history and was the longest successful field goal kick since 2000 • Despite having two, back-to-back wins in the last six games in the head-to-head series, when Josh Jones nailed a 52-yarder in a win over Lenoir-Rhyne (9/9/00) ... Robertson's 52-yard field goal also represents the longest by a FCS kicker to date in the 2020 season; the Catamounts have suffered losses in 19 of the last 23 series meetings – and 21 of the last 25 overall dating back to 1995. • WCU sophomore punter BRANDON DICKERSON matched his career-high with 10 punts at EKU, tying a mark he set in game two of the 2019 season at NC State … Dickerson aver- FAMILIAR FACE IN THE WCU–FURMAN SERIES: aged 40.1 yards per punt and impressively downed seven of his 10 punts inside the Colo- • A familiar face in the Western Carolina–Furman series is Furman Director of Ticket Sales, nels' 20-yard line including one on the five-yard line and two statistically at the one-yard DWIGHT COVINGTON – who is a 1980 WCU graduate that also played football along the line ... Half of his 20 punts in the fall were downed inside the opponent 20. offensive & defensive line under legendary head coach Bob Waters. NOTING THE CATAMOUNT QUARTERBACK POSITION: THE CATAMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN CONFERENCE OPENERS: • Transfer QB MARK WRIGHT became just the fifth different quarterback to earn a start • Since joining the SoCon in 1977 (member in 1976, although did not compete for the cham- under Mark Speir during his nine years in Cullowhee when he took the field at Liberty in pionship until 1977), Western Carolina is 23-20 overall in conference openers including a the fall opener … Wright joined current teammate WILL JONES with other starting QBs in record of 15-5 at home in Cullowhee after the loss to Mercer in 2019 ... WCU has won TWO Speir era in Troy Mitchell, Eddie Sullivan, and Tyrie Adams; of its last THREE league-opening games (vs. VMI in 2018, vs. #17 Samford in 2017); • Wright and fellow transfer QB MARCELO RODRIGUEZ (Southern Miss), who did not see • The Catamounts are 8-15 in SoCon openers played on the road … WCU last won its game action in the fall, have both since entered the transfer portal and are no longer on SoCon opener on the road in 2014 with a 35-17 road win at Furman, snapping a string of the Catamount roster; eight-straight losses in the first SoCon game regardless of location ... WCU has dropped its • WCU had THREE additional QB's take snaps in the backfield in the fall ... WILL JONES two most recent road league openers – at The Citadel (2015) and at ETSU in Bristol (2016); started two of the three games, throwing for 256 yards and the squad's only two passing • WCU opened its Southern Conference slate at home for a the third-straight year in 2019 TDs ... Jones has the most experience among the returning trio ... Two true freshmen – – and for the fourth time in the past seven years dating back to 2013; KASON LINCKE (Mobile, Ala.) and CADE SNOTHERLY (Franklinville, N.C.) also saw action • In the way of memorable league-opening wins at HOME, WCU upset the 10th-ranked in the fall finale at North Carolina Paladins in 1987 and the 2nd-ranked Furman squad in 2005 in its first home SoCon • WCU added two additional quarterback transfers in the mid-season including graduate games ... Three years ago, WCU upset No. 17 Samford in its first SoCon home game. transfer RYAN GLOVER (Penn) and junior college transfer CARLOS DAVIS (East Mississippi CC) ... With the Ivy League canceling both fall and spring football, Glover lost his final year TOP NOTES FROM WCU'S GAMES IN THE FALL SEMESTER: with the Quakers where he earned the starting job as a sophomore in 2018 (1,482 passing • Western Carolina went 357 days between games – finishing the 2019 season at No. 5 yards, 7 TDs; 300 yards rushing) ... Davis played junior college football at Fort Scott CC in Alabama on Nov. 23, 2019 before playing its latest-ever, season-opener on Saturday, Nov. Kansas and at East Mississippi and has three years of eligibility remaining. 14 at No. 22 Liberty in Lynchburg, Va. ... WCU was the last SoCon team to start fall games; • Western Carolina dropped its sixth and seventh-straight games to nationally-ranked FBS CATAMOUNT LEGACIES ON 2020 SQUAD: team (0-7 all-time) when it played No. 22 Liberty and No. 17 North Carolina; WCU has a couple of Catamount legacies – fathers and sons – associated with Catamount football and the 2020 team: • WCU's offense ranked 14th out of the 17 teams that competed in the fall in total yards, averaging just 263.3 yards per game ... Though very balanced between the rush and pass, • CURTIS ROACH: the junior LB – and holder on placekicks – is the son of former WCU Hall WCU was 10th (133.3 yds/gm) in rushing and 13th in passing (130.0 yds/gm); of Fame placekicker who was a four-time All-SoCon and three-time All-America selection, Kirk Roach ... A walk-on, Curtis was awarded a scholarship during fall preseason back in • Western Carolina played at Eastern Kentucky without head football coach MARK SPEIR early August 2020 ... the elder Roach was again listed on the Divisional Player/Coach bal- who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Thursday weekly testing protocol … Though asymp- lot for the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame ... Kirk is WCU’s all-time leading scorer with tomatic, Speir entered self-isolation following notification of the positive test; 302 career points (89-90 PATs, 71-of-101 FGs); • WCU's defense forced NINE turnovers – three interceptions and six fumble recoveries ... • DAQUAN PATTEN: the redshirt senior WR is the son of former All-SoCon Catamount the Catamounts also had three sacks, two that included a turnover and a pair of defensive receiver – and three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots – David TDs – ROMAN JOHNSON forced a fumble on a sack that RICKY PALAO rumbled 54 yards who had a 14-year professional career ... Daquan, who received a grant-in-aid scholarship for a score at EKU – WCU'S first fumble recover for a TD since 2017 ... TREVOR CHILDERS during the first official team meeting in fall camp before the 2019 season, has 1,024 career jarred the ball loose with NIGEL MANNS racing 42 yards for a TD at North Carolina; receiving yards – his father finished with 1,563 career receiving yards at WCU.
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ADDITIONAL NEWCOMERS FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER: • WCU added FIVE mid-semester transfers to its lineup including THREE on offense and TWO on defense: • The Catamounts added a pair of quarterbacks in graduate transfer RYAN GLOVER (Penn) and CARLOS DAVIS (East Mississippi CC), as well as big-bodied graduate transfer WR TRAE CHURN (South Carolina State); • Defensively, WCU added defensive back ROD GATTISON (Georgia Military College) and DE TIMOTHY JAMISON (Hutchinson CC) to the lineup for depth and experience; • Another transfer – WR RAEKWON HEATH – is eligible to compete this spring and freshman DB KEVON ANGRY returns after opting out of the fall semester. TWO CATAMOUNTS TABBED 2021 SPRING PRESEASON ALL-SOCON: Western Carolina landed two defensive players among the preseason All-Southern Conference selections released by the league office. Junior rush endJAYDEN PAULING garnered a first-team All-SoCon preseason selection and senior linebacker TY HARRIS was named to the second team by the league’s head coaches: ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: • Pauling, who was sidelined in the fall portion of the 2020-21 schedule due to injury, is coming off a second-team All- WCU was founded in 1889 to bring higher education SoCon nod in 2019 which also saw him collect an honorable mention Sophomore All-America team nod from HERO and career opportunities to the western region of North Sports ... He finished seventh on the team in total tackles in 2019 with 51, but led the Catamounts with 11.0 tackles Carolina. A member of the University of North Caro- for loss, tied for the fourth-most in the SoCon ... Pauling also finished last season as the NCAA statistical champion lina system, WCU now provides an education to over with a SoCon-best five forced fumbles; 12,000 students – an all-time high for the university • Harris started all 12 games in 2019, finishing the year fourth in the SoCon with an average of 8.8 tackles per game which comes just a couple years after total enrollment and a team-best 109 total hits with 7.0 tackles for loss in earning second-team All-SoCon plaudits from the league’s at WCU eclipsed 11,000 students for the first time. It voting media. Like Pauling, Harris earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Week laurels in 2019 coming after his marks the eighth time out of the past nine years that the 11-tackle performance in keying WCU’s overtime win over ETSU ... Entering the spring, Harris has 36 career games number of students enrolled at the university has risen. under his belt with 226 total tackles, averaging 6.3 tackles per game ... In the fall semester, he tallied 20 tackles including 11 at nationally-ranked Liberty where he also collected the third sack of his career. The university’s mission is focused on quality education and preparation for responsible citizenship in a changing • Western Carolina was picked to finishNINTH in the nine-team league race in both the head coaches and media polls world. Since its founding, WCU has grown in size to be- also unveiled in the preseason. come a major cultural, scientific, and educational force in GRADY THOMAS NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR NFF CAMPBELL TROPHY: the region and the state—and we’re still growing. • Western Carolina senior offensive linemanGRADY THOMAS was among the record 199 national semifinalists for the WCU’s academic programs span more than 120 special- 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda and announced by the National Football Foundation and College ties — including the nation’s highest-ranked entrepre- Football Hall of Fame (NFF) … The 12 finalist for 2020 were unveiled on Nov. 12; neurship and project management programs, a national • Thomas was one of two players from the Southern Conference to grace the semifinalist list, joined by wide receiver award-winning teacher education program, a criminal Bryce Nunnelly of Chattanooga; justice program used as a model for North Carolina’s accreditation program, and the nation’s first accredited • Majoring in psychology, Thomas is a two-time Fall Academic All-Southern Conference selection and a three-time mem- four-year emergency medical care program. ber of the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. He has been named to WCU's Dean's List four times ... Thomas is the ninth WCU’s distinguished faculty includes national award- Catamount football player to be a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy ... He looked to join former WCU offensive lineman winning authors, nationally and internationally recog- JASON WHALEY who is the program's only finalist all-time. nized experts, and winners of Emmy, O. Henry, and Na- NOTING THE 2020-2021 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL TEAM: tional Endowment for the Arts awards — to name a few. • Entering the amended 2021 schedule, Western Carolina has a young football roster that includes just 11 combined seniors in their final season flanked by 50 true or redshirt freshmen ... the preseason active roster featured 108 players DID YOU KNOW: • Among WCU’s notable former players are current including 45 returning letter winners – 20 on offense, 21 on defense, and four specialists ... Among those are 19 returning professional athletes in relief pitcher GREG HOLLAND starters including nine on offense, seven on defense, and all three of the main specialist positions; (Kansas City Royals) in Major League Baseball – and PAUL MENHART, who was the pitching coach for the 2020-21 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: World Series Champion Washinton Nationals ... Former WCU football players made initial NFL rosters last sea- 2 Aaron GETHERS DB GETH-thurs 58 Giovanni RICCIARDI LB rich - CHAR - dee son including KEION CROSSEN (7th round draft pick by 4 KASON LINCKE QB KAY-suhn LINK-kuh 59 John ESPOSITO LB es - poe - SEE - toe New England, now with the Houston Texans) and JOHN BRANNON, who signed as an undrafted free agent with 5 SYHEAM McQueen RB sy - HEEM 60 JOAQUIN LAYNO DL wa - KEEN LAY - no the Chargers and made the practice squad ... former 6 DAQUAN Patten WR DAY - qwan 68 TORRION Stephenson DL TORE - e - on WCU men's golfer J.T. POSTON claimed his first victory 6 MAHARI Stribling S muh - HARR - ree 71 Austin GRUNDEN OL grr - RUN - den on the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship during 7 Charles GADIE DB GADD - ee 73 Nathaniel DOZIER OL DOZE - yurr the summer of 2019; 10 MALIK Richardson RB muh - LEEK 79 AIDAN Alston OL AY - den • Other notable former WCU student-athletes include 14 Quinton THAMES DB like James 82 JaKobe QUILLEN WR QUILL - len former Carolina Panthers fullback, BRAD HOOVER; former professional football player, DAVID PATTEN, 16 Tristen SENS WR SINS 84 Owen COSENKE TE co - SEEN - key who played for four NFL teams, most notably winning 19 RAEKWON Heath WR RAY - quan 89 Richard McCOLLUM K mick - CALL - um three Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots; 22 MIKAI Stanley RB muh - KYE 91 JAQUARIUS Guinn DL jah - QUARE - e - us former NBA guard KEVIN MARTIN; United States Olym- 25 DEJON DeCruz LB day - ZJON 95 LAQUAVION Haynes DL la - QUAY - vee - on pic silver medalist from the 2012 men’s 4x400-relay, MANTEO MITCHELL; current Georgia Tech head foot- 27 Trevor CHILDERS LB CHILL - durrs 97 JAMAUREE Haith DL juh - MARR - ee ball coach, GEOFF COLLINS; former NFL referee and 31 KEVON Angry DB KAY-vohn 99 Ricky PALAO DL puh - LAY - oh current ESPN officiating analyst, GERALD AUSTIN; for- 32 JAIDEN Bond WR JAY - dunn mer North Carolina state senator ANDREW C. BROCK; Mark SPEIR HC like SPEAR 41 CINSERE Allison DB like Sincere independent country music singer and recording artist Andy McCOLLUM DC mick - CALL - um 42 JONTAVIOUS Shotwell DB john - TAY - vee - us – a former WCU baseball player, MATT STILLWELL; ac- ARKETA Banks AC - WR are - KEY - tuh tor – and former Catamount football All-America DE and 48 Chester GEFFRARD LB GIFF - ard Phillip ELY AC - QB E - lee a co-star of NBC's "Perfect Harmony," GENO SEGERS, 49 DEMORIAN Smith DE Goes by “Mo Smith” Jay GUILLERMO AC - TE gee - AIR - moe actress BOBBI BAKER, and former reality TV star on Big 51 Matthew BAIR OL like BEAR Brother, RACHEL REILLY.
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• The Catamounts return FIVE starters back along the offensive line – two seniors GRADY( THOMAS, MATT BAIR) and 2020-21 BIG PLAY TRACKER three underclassmen (ISAIAH HELMS, TYLER SMITH – who both started all 12 games last year – and DILLON LUTHER); • Western Carolina’s offense returns seven of its 14 rushing TDs (50%) and 11 of its 12 receiving touchdowns (92%) from the WESTERN CAROLINA BIG PLAY TRACKER (25 YARDS OR MORE): 2019 season ... Senior RB DONNAVAN SPENCER led WCU with four rushing touchdowns in 2019; 54 yd fumble ret. TD by Ricky Palao at EKU • WCU also returns 77-percent of its receiving yards from 2019 including four of its top five receivers: 42 yd fumble ret. TD by Nigel Manns at UNC WR DAQUAN PATTEN (46-for-433, 2 TDs) ... WR D.J. THORPE (24-for-302, TD – though Thorpe missed the three games 40 yd pass Reggie Jones to Owen Cosenke at UNC last fall) ... TE OWEN COSENKE (22-for-246, 2 TDs) ... RB DONNAVAN SPENCER (19-for-233, 2 TDs); 40 yd pass Will Jones to Clayton Bardall at EKU • WCU’s defense returns five of its top seven tacklers from a year ago including its top two inTY HARRIS (106 tackles, 4th 31 yd kickoff ret. by Reggie Jones at UNC in SoCon) and TREVOR CHILDERS (99 tackles); 30 yd pass TD Will Jones to Mahari Stribling at EKU • Three of WCU’s returning defenders had 7.5 tackles for loss or more ... the Catamounts return 2019 TFL leader LB 30 yd pass Will Jones to Owen Cosenke at Liberty JAYDEN PAULING who had 11.0 TFLs in 2019, t-4th in SoCon ... Junior DB RONALD KENT ranked in the top 10 in the 28 yd rush by Will Jones at Liberty SoCon with seven pass breakups in 2019. 27 yd kickoff ret. by Reggie Jones at Liberty CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL – COACHING STAFF CHANGES: 25 yd rush by Donnavan Spencer at EKU Western Carolina has seen a good bit of turnover on its assistant coaching staff over the past couple of seasons including changes at both the offensive and defensive coordinator positions: WESTERN CAROLINA – 2020-21 BIG PLAYS: – 10 big plays of 25-or-more yards, 3 have gone for TDs (2 by the defense); OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS UNDER MARK SPEIR: 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-100 100+ Brad Glenn – 2012-18 | John Holt (co) & Tyler Carlton (co) – 2019 | John Holt – 2020- 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS UNDER MARK SPEIR: – 6 vs. Opponent Defense, 2 vs. Opponent Offense, 2 on Special Teams Curtis Walker – 2012 | Shawn Quinn – 2013-16 | Dustin Landry – 2017 | John Wiley – 2017–2019 | Tripp Weaver – 2020 | Andy McCollum – 2020- ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT COACH NOTES: • SIX of Western Carolina's assistant coaches enter their first full-season in Cullowhee this spring with two more in just their second year on staff at WCU – but overall, despite the turnover, WCU has a very EXPERIENCED coaching staff; • New Catamount defensive coordinator – ANDY McCOLLUM (ILBs) – experienced coach including seven years as a head coach at Middle Tennessee and 10 years experience at ACC-member Georgia Tech under WCU alum Paul Johnson ... WCU added JOE SPEED (OLB) to replace Reuben Wright, who took a position at USF during the break ... A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Speed has experience with McCollum at Georgia Tech and was with Johnson at Navy and Tech; OPPONENT BIG PLAY TRACKER (25 YARDS OR MORE): • Among the five new coaches is NFL veteran and 1996 WCU Hall of Fame inductee, CLYDE SIMMONS (DL) ... Simmons 94 yd kickoff ret. TD by Davion Ross (EKU) played 15 seasons in the NFL (Eagles, Cardinals, Jaguars, Bears, Bengals) and also coached in the NFL; 83 yd pass TD Malik Willis to Kevin Shaa (Liberty) • WCU's remaining new assistant coaches include NICK NEWSOME (S) – a former assistant at Georgia Tech with McCol- 69 yd pass TD Isaiah Velez to Alonzo Booth (EKU) lum – on defense with JAY GUILLERMO (TE) and GRAHAM HOBBS (RB) on offense ... Guillermo was a part of Clemson's national championship team in 2016 while Hobbs has experience at North Carolina Central and East Carolina; 66 yd pass TD Isaiah Velez to Jackson Beerman (EKU) 63 yd pass TD Jackson Beerman to Jacquez Jones (EKU) • Special Teams Coordinator and cornerbacks coach KEITH HENRY and quarterbacks coach PHILLIP ELY both enter their second seasons on staff in Cullowhee under Mark Speir. 56 yd pass TD Chris Ferguson to C.J. Daniels (Liberty) 54 yd pass Malik Willis to Kevin Shaa (Liberty) FINDING A REPLACEMENT FOR QB TYRIE ADAMS: 51 yd kickoff ret. by Shedro Lewis (Liberty) • Over the past eight seasons, only FOUR quarterbacks have started in the Catamount backfield … All but 12 of the games 44 yd pass TD Malik Willis to Johnny Huntley (Liberty) during that time frame were started by either Tyrie Adams or Troy Mitchell, who respectively rank 1st and 2nd in both 43 yd rush TD by Malik Willis (Liberty) career passing yards, passing touchdowns, and total offense … the only other QBs to start are Eddie Sullivan (2012-13), 40 yd rush by Alonzo Booth (EKU) WILL JONES (active), and Mark Wright (2020); 40 yd pass TD Malik Willis to C.J. Daniels (Liberty) • Western Carolina’s offense threw for over 10,000 yards and 70 touchdowns over the past four years, most with dual- 34 yd rush TD by Peytton Pickett (Liberty) threat QB Tyrie Adams at the helm; 32 yd pass Sam Howell to Javonte Williams (UNC) • Adams concluded his playing career ranked fourth in Southern Conference history in career passing yards (8,978 yds), 30 yd rush by Sam Howell (UNC) fifth in career total offense (11,525 yds), tied for fifth in passing touchdowns (64), and sixth in most touchdowns respon- 28 yd rush TD by Alonzo Booth (EKU) sible for (82) ... He finished with 24 career games (t-4th in SoCon) with 250-or-more total yards and 16 (4th in SoCon) 26 yd pass TD Sam Howell to Dazz Newsome (UNC) career games with 300-or-more total yards … In his six career games against NCAA FBS competition, Adams threw for 1,039 yards while rushing for 432 yards. 25 yd rush by Kyeandre Magloire (EKU) TYRIE ADAMS on WCU CAREER CHARTS: TYRIE ADAMS on WCU SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS: WESTERN CAROLINA OPPONENT – 2020-21 BIG PLAYS: Rushing Yards...... 5th...... 2,547 yards Rushing Yards...... 11th...... 1,006 yards (2018) – 18 big plays of 25-or-more yards, 12 have gone for TDs; 100-yard Rushing Games...... 7th...... 8 games 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-100 100+ Pass Completions...... 1ST...... 739 comp. Pass Completions...... 4th...... 217 comp. (2016) LIB 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 EKU 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 Pass Attempts...... 1ST...... 1,172 att. UNC 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Passing Touchdowns...... 1ST...... 64 TDs Passing Touchdowns...... 1ST...... 22 TDs (2017) TOTAL 14 3 4 3 3 0 1 1 0 Passing Yards...... 1ST...... 8,978 yards Passing Yards...... 5th...... 2,568 yards (2016) – 13 vs. WCU Defense, 2 on Special Teams, 0 vs. WCU Offense Total Offense...... 1ST...... 11,525 yards Total Offense...... 1ST...... 3,423 yards (2018) CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL – INSIDE THE NUMBERS FROM 2019: • Starting 2019 at 1-7, WCU got off to its slowest opening to a season since 2016 when the Catamounts also started 1-7 before finishing the year 2-9 overall; • Western Carolina scored on its FIRST offensive play from scrimmageTHREE times in 2019: on a 69-yard Tyrie Adams pass to Jaylin Young at Wofford … 78-yard TD pass from Adams to Donnavan Spencer at VMI … and a 25-yard touchdown pass from Adams to Spencer at home against Samford; • WCU scored points on EIGHT of its 12 game-opening drives in 2019 (66.7%) including five touchdowns and three field goals … the Catamounts tallied points on just four of their 12 second-half opening drives, all four touchdowns;
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• Western Carolina halted a 10-game winless drought that spanned 2018-2019 with its home 20-17 win over North Greenville (Sept. 14, 2019) ... the slide had been the sixth, double-digit consecutive game losing skid for WCU in program history and was the longest WCU VS. NCAA FBS TEAMS SINCE 1980 since dropping 13-straight between the 2012-13 seasons. YEAR OPPONENT STADIUM CAPACITY ATT. RESULT RETURNING 2019 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS FOR WESTERN CAROLINA: 2024 at NC State Carter-Finley 57,583 • LB JAYDEN PAULING – SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18) ... He was also an 2022 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd 55,000 honorable mention for the STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week; 2021 at Oklahoma Gaylord Family Memorial 86,112 • LB TY HARRIS SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11) following the overtime vic- 2020 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial 63,000 3,535* L, 49-9 tory over ETSU in the “Blue Ridge Border Battle ... honorable mention for the STATS FCS 2020 at #22/22 Liberty Williams 25,000 1,000* L, 58-14 National Defensive Player of the Week;” 2019 at #5 Alabama Bryant-Denny 101,821 101,821 L, 66-3 • RB DONNAVAN SPENCER – SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4) ... Spencer was 2019 at NC State Carter-Finley 57,600 55,681 L, 41-0 also named SoCon Offensive Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. 2018 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial 63,000 41,151 L, 49-26 FORMER CATAMOUNTS PLAYING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL: 2017 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial 63,000 43,000 L, 65-10 • Western Carolina had two former football players active in the NFL during the 2020 sea- 2017 at Hawai’i Aloha 50,000 25,472 L, 41-18 son including KEION CROSSEN with the Houston Texans and JOHN BRANNON III with the 2016 at South Carolina Williams-Brice 80,250 76,650 L, 44-31 Los Angeles Chargers ... In his third professional season, Crossen recorded 42 tackles with 2016 at East Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen 50,000 44,161 L, 52-7 five passes defended in 2020 giving him 69 career stops and six break-ups ... Signed to 2015 at Texas A&M Kyle Field 102,577 101,583 L, 41-17 the practice squad after being inked as an undrafted free agent, Brannon advanced to the 2015 at Tennessee Neyland 102,455 102,136 L, 55-10 active roster for the Week 17 game against eventual AFC Champion, Kansas City, seeing 2014 at #1 Alabama Bryant-Denny 101,821 101,325 L, 48-14 action against the Chiefs but did not record any official stats; 2014 at South Florida Raymond James 65,857 31,642 L, 36-31 • Former Western Carolina running back DETREZ NEWSOME signed with the Ottawa Red- 2013 at Auburn Jordan-Hare 87,451 84,171 L, 62-3 blacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL), the team announced in mid-December as 2013 at Virginia Tech Lane 65,632 61,335 L, 45-3 a part of its early off-season additions ... Newsome's signing comes just days after the 2013 at Middle Tenn. Johnny “Red” Floyd 30,788 20,011 L, 45-24 CFL began to allow its teams to make roster moves in anticipation of the 2021 season ... 2012 at #4 Alabama Bryant-Denny 101,821 101,126 L, 49-0 Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the LA Chargers in 2018, ... All told, New- 2012 at Marshall Joan C. Edwards 38,019 25, 317 L, 52-24 some finished his time in Cullowhee with the school-record for all-purpose yards in a ca- 2011 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd 55,000 42,132 L, 63-21 reer (6,969 yards) and is the only WCU running back to post three consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons between 2015-17 ... The Raeford, N.C., native accounted for 37 rushing 2010 at NC State Carter-Finley 57,583 56,417 L, 48-7 touchdowns, tied with Otis McIntosh (1968-71) for first in school history. ... He was also sec- 2009 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 39,773 36,350 L, 45-0 ond in kickoff return yards in a career with 2,279 that included two returns for touchdowns 2008 at Florida State Doak Campbell 82,300 73,024 L, 69-0 giving him a WCU-record 46 career TDs (37 rushing, seven receiving, two kickoff returns). 2007 at #23 Georgia Sanford 92,138 92,138 L, 45-16 2007 at Alabama Bryant-Denny 90,233 90,233 L, 52-6 WCU FOOTBALL – DID YOU KNOW...?: 2006 at #3 Florida Ben Hill Griffen 90,233 90,233 L, 62-0 • The 1983 Western Carolina football team was the FIRST Southern Conference team to 2005 at Cincinnati Nipert 35,000 22,637 L, 7-3 play for the NCAA FCS (formerly Div. I-AA) national championship; 2004 at Alabama Bryant-Denny 83,818 77,306 L, 52-0 • Since 2005, WCU has faced four different teams a combined six times that have gone 2003 at NC State Carter-Finley 53,800 53,800 L, 59-20 on to play for – or to win – either the Football Championship (FCS) National Champion- 2003 at Duke Wallace Wade 33,941 18,800 L, 29-3 ship or Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) – or Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national 2002 at Auburn Jordan-Hare 86,063 80,067 L, 56-0 championships: 2001 at #26 Louisville Papa John’s 42,000 35,214 L, 31-7 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION 2000 at LSU Tiger 91,600 87,188 L, 58-0 2005: Appalachian State – National Champion 2006: Florida – National Champion 1999 at Maryland Byrd 48,055 36,376 L, 51-10 2006: Appalachian State – National Champion 2012: Alabama – National Champion 2007: Appalachian State – National Champion 2013: Auburn – Runner-Up 1998 at Duke Wallace Wade 33,941 22,460 L, 24-10 1995 at Clemson Clemson Memorial 65,000 L, 55-9 1994 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd 40,012 L, 45-26 1993 at Kansas Memorial 31,500 L, 46-3 1992 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd 41,911 L, 37-19 1991 at Wake Forest Groves 22,352 L, 40-24 1991 at Georgia Sanford 78,512 L, 48-0 1990 at NC State Carter-Finley 42,700 L, 67-0 1989 at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd 28,821 L, 34-7 1989 at South Carolina Williams-Brice 62,000 L, 24-3 1988 at South Carolina Williams-Brice 68,800 L, 38-0 1988 at NC State Carter-Finley 40,300 L, 31-13 1987 at South Carolina Williams-Brice 66,563 L, 31-6 1987 at Clemson Clemson Memorial 77,000 L, 43-0 1986 at NC State Carter-Finley 39,200 L, 31-18 1986 at South Carolina Williams-Brice 65,731 L, 45-24 1985 at Florida State Doak Campbell 52,773 L, 50-10 1984 at Boston College Alumni 32,000 L, 44-22 1983 at Wake Forest Groves 21,351 L, 21-0 1983 at Clemson Clemson Memorial 71,500 L, 44-10 1982 at Wake Forest Groves 25,476 L, 31-10 1982 at Clemson Memorial 61,000 L, 21-10 1981 at East Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen 24,983 L, 42-6 1981 at Florida State Doak Campbell 52,721 L, 56-31 1980 at Clemson Clemson Memorial 59,000 L, 17-10
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WESTERN CAROLINA – THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WHO TO WATCH FOR – CATAMOUNT OFFENSE RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TD: QUARTERBACK BATTLE – #7 RYAN GLOVER, #11 CARLOS DAVIS WILL JONES WCU:...... Angelo Brown at Chattanooga – Oct. 13, 2007 (27 yards) Opp:...... Montrell Washinton of Samford – Nov. 16, 2019 (59 yards) • Looking to replace the program's all-time leader in total offense, QBTyrie Adams, this season has been a battle- RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TD: ground ... Returning redshirt junior WILL JONES saw the WCU:...... Detrez Newsome at South Carolina – Nov. 19, 2016 (93 yards) bulk of the action among the battle in the fall semester, but Opp:...... Davion Ross of Eastern Kentuck – Nov. 21, 2020 (94 yards) was joined by graduate transfer RYAN GLOVER and junior CARLOS DAVIS in spring; RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TD: WCU:...... John Brannon vs. Mercer – Aug. 31, 2019 (23 yards) • Jones is a part of just FIVE starting quarterbacks under Opp:...... Xavier McKinney of Alabama – Nov. 23, 2019 (81 yards) WCU head coach Mark Speir during his tenure in Cullowhee as Troy Mitchell and Tyrie Adams dominated the starts SCORED ON A FUMBLE RECOVERY: during Speir's tenure. WCU:...... Nigel Manns at North Carolina (42 yards) – Dec. 5, 2020 Opp:...... Ugonna Akoh of Presbyterian (73 yards) – Oct. 3, 2015 #20 // DONNAVAN SPENCER // 5-10 // R-SR. // RB // CHARLOTTE, N.C. // VANCE HS RECORDED A SAFETY: • Quick back, good burst of speed, shifty runner ... Named to the 2018 WCU:...... TEAM vs. Samford – Oct. 24, 2015 SoCon All-Freshman team ... As a prep, rushed for 400 yards in a single Opp:...... Jerrell Lawson of Chattanooga (sack/safety) – Oct. 13, 2018 game with four touchdowns at Vance HS; BLOCKED A PUNT: • Has 1,548 career rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns ... Has WCU:...... Jacquez Williams vs. ETSU – Oct. 14, 2017 recorded four, 100-yard rushing games for the Catamounts during his career while also posting two 100-yard receiving games out of the back- Opp:...... Sean-Thomas Faulkner & Bradley Carter of The Citadel (2) – Nov. 3, 2018 field including two catches over 60 yards in his career; BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT: • Is a team leader – helped organize a Unity march on WCU's campus WCU:...... Jayden Pauling, vs. ETSU – Nov. 9, 2019 back in August 2020. Opp:...... Chauncy Haney, North Greenville – Sept. 14, 2019
#6 // DAQUAN PATTEN // 5-6 // R-SR. // WR // COLUMBIA, S.C. // BLYTHEWOOD HS HAD A 100-YARD RUSHER: WCU:...... Donnavan Spencer (124 yds) vs. ETSU – Nov. 9, 2019 • A WCU Catamount Legacy – his father, David, recorded 96 career catch- Opp:...... Michael Carter of North Carolina (287 yds) – Dec. 5, 2020 es for 1,563 yards and 14 touchdowns ... David also won three Super Bowls with New England and spent 12 seasons in the National Football HAD A 100-YARD RECEIVER: League with five different teams; WCU:...... Daquan Patten (5-for-103) and Donnavan Spencer (2-for-110) at VMI – Nov. 2, 2019 • Led the Catamounts with 46 receptions for 433 yards in 2019 while Opp:...... Jackson Beerman (102) and Jacquez Jones (100) of EKU – Nov. 21, 2020 amassing 754 all-purpose yards on the season ... His 3.8 receptions per game average ranked him eighth in the Southern Conference ... Eclipsed TEAMMATES RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS IN THE SAME GAME: the 100-yard receiving mark for just the second time in his career in a WCU:...... Tyrie Adams (12-for-106) & Connell Young (14-for-105) road win at VMI (Nov. 2, 2019); ...... at Gardner-Webb – Sept. 14, 2018 • Daquan has 87 career catches for 1,024 yards and seven touchdowns. Opp:...... Irvin Mulligan (106), Jacquez Allen (105) and Joe Newman (104) ...... of Wofford – Oct. 19, 2019 WHO TO WATCH FOR – CATAMOUNT DEFENSE TEAMMATES HAD 100 RECEIVING YARDS IN THE SAME GAME: WCU:...... Daquan Patten (5-for-103) and Donnavan Spencer (2-for-110) #37 // TY HARRIS // 6-1 // SR. // LB // DACULA, GA. // DACULA HS ...... at VMI – Nov. 2, 2019 Opp:...... Jackson Beerman (5 for 102 yds) and Jacquez Jones (5 for 10 yds) • AWARDS: Named to the Sophomore All-America team by HERO Sports ...... of Eastern Kentucky – Nov. 21, 2020 ... Collected SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (2019) ... Second team All-Southern Conference by voting media ... 2021 Presesaon All-SoCon; TEAMMATES HAD 100 YDS RUSHING AND RECEIVING IN THE SAME GAME: • Led the Catamounts in tackles in 2019, finishing with a career-best 109 WCU:...... Donnavan Spencer (28–137 rushing yds) & total hits including 45 solo hits ... Ranked fourth in the Southern Confer- ..... Daquan Patten (5-for-103) and Donnavan Spencer (2-for-110)– at Mercer – Oct. 20, 2018 ence with an average of 8.8 tackles per game in 2019; Opp:...... Alonzo Booth (27 rushes for 178 yds) & Jackson Beerman (5 rec. for 102 yds) and • Has 231 career tackles with 114 solo stops and 14.5 tackles for loss in- ...... Jacquez Jones (5 rec. for 100 yds) of Eastern Kentucky – Nov. 21, 2020 cluding three sacks ... Ranks 8TH in the SoCon in tackles per game at 7.5 ... Recorded a pair of interceptions in 2018. THREW AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES: WCU:...... Tyrie Adams (4) at No. 25 ETSU – Oct. 27, 2018 #96 // KJ MILNER // 6-4 // JR. // DE // HINESVILLE, GA. // BRADWELL INSTITUTE Opp:...... Robert Riddle of Mercer (4) – Aug. 31, 2019 PLAYER SCORED AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHDOWNS: • Among WCU's leaders along the defensive front, stepped-up in 2019 after WCU:...... Donnavan Spencer vs. ETSU – Oct. 14, 2017 (4 rushing TDs) the loss of DT ... An athletic defensive end who is strong Adam Henderson Opp:...... Alonzo Booth of EKU – Nov. 21, 2020 (3 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD) in the pass rush and handles the end well in defending the rush; • Tallied 41 total tackles, eighth on the defense but top among the linemen PLAYER KICKED AT LEAST FOUR FIELD GOALS: in 2019 ... Recovered a pair of fumbles and was credited with a team-best WCU:...... Joshua Gibson at VMI – Oct. 21, 2017 (4-for-4 FGs) seven quarterback hurries a season ago; Opp:...... Ray Early of Furman – Nov. 16, 2013 (6 FGs) • Has 62 career tackles including 8.0 TFLs with two sacks over the past TEAM SCORED AT LEAST 50 POINTS: three years. WCU:...... 52 vs. VMI – Sept. 22, 2018 Opp:...... 58 by #22 Liberty – Nov. 14, 2020
#13 // RONALD KENT JR. // 5-10 // JR. // CB // HARRISBURG, PA. // HARRISBURG HS TEAM SCORED AT LEAST 30 POINTS IN A HALF: • AWARDS: Graced the watch list as a semifinalist for the 2018 Jerry WCU:...... 31 vs. VMI (2nd) – Sept. 22, 2018 Rice Award given to the nation's top freshman in the NCAA FCS ... Fresh- Opp:...... 42 by #17 North Carolina (1st) – Dec. 5, 2020 man All-America selection by both Phil Steele and HERO Sports; TEAM SCORED AT LEAST 25 POINTS IN A QUARTER: • Touted as the best cover-corner on the defensive unit ... Has recorded WCU:...... 28 vs. Davidson (1st) – Sept. 9, 2017 19 career pass break-ups over his first two seasons, just FIVE shy of Opp:...... 28 by Eastern Kentucky (4th) – Nov. 21, 2020 WCU's career top five ... His 12 PBUs as a freshman in 2018 ranked him tied for sixth in WCU's single-season record books; TEAM WAS SHUTOUT: WCU:...... by NC State (41-0) – Sept. 7, 2019 • Has 87 total tackles including 58 solo stops and 5.5 tackles for loss and Opp:...... Shorter (35-0) – Aug. 28, 2008 one interception coming at North Carolina in the fall. SoCon Opp:...... Wofford (24-0) – Nov. 5, 2005
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RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Donnavan Spencer 3 38 199 12 187 4.9 0 25 62.3 Devin Wynn 13 179 1,211 29 1,182 6.6 14 89 90.9 Mikai Stanley 3 20 87 5 82 4.1 0 16 27.3 Devin Abrams 13 100 620 5 615 6.2 6 69 47.3 Will Jones 3 15 85 33 52 3.5 0 28 17.3 Corey Watkins 11 52 465 2 463 8.9 2 83 42.1 PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Will Jones 3 96.4 26-52-2 50.0 256 2 40 85.2 Darren Grainger 13 135.74 79-161-3 49.1 1,222 13 61 94.0 Kason Lincke 1 158.8 3-3-0 100.0 21 0 12 21.0 Hamp Sisson 10 129.16 51-84-3 60.7 638 3 71 63.8 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Owen Cosenke 3 8 104 13.0 0 40 34.7 Thomas Gordon 13 48 776 16.2 5 47 59.7 Donnavan Spencer 3 8 60 7.5 0 14 20.0 Ryan DeLuca 13 19 288 15.2 4 40 22.2 Reggie Jones 3 7 30 4.3 0 10 10.0 Ryan Miller 13 11 237 21.6 3 42 18.2 Calvin Jones 3 6 40 6.7 0 12 13.3 Devin Wynn 13 13 141 10.9 2 61 10.9 Clayton Bardall 3 3 62 20.7 1 40 20.7 Devin Abrams 13 5 127 25.4 2 71 9.8 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Daquan Patten 2 10 5.0 0 9 Cally Chizik 8 96 12.0 0 47 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd Brandon Dickerson 20 770 38.5 52 0 3 10 1 0 Grayson Atkins 39 1,695 43.5 69 2 9 19 7 0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Reggie Jones 4 78 19.5 0 27 Dejuan Bell 11 218 19.8 0 44 Wayne Anderson 5 109 21.8 0 28 |------PATs ------| |------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Clayton Bardall 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Mahari Stribling 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Devin Wynn 16 0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 98 Paxton Robertson 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Grayson Atkins 0 13 48-50 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 87 Nigel Manns / Ricky Palao DEF 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Devin Abrams 8 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Will Jones 3 67 52 256 308 102.7 Darren Grainger 13 254 316 1,222 1,538 118.3 Donnavan Spencer 3 38 187 0 187 62.3 Devin Wynn 13 179 1,182 0 1,182 90.9 Mikai Stanley 3 20 82 0 82 27.3 Hamp Sisson 10 114 147 638 785 78.5 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Donnavan Spencer 3 187 60 0 0 0 247 82.3 Devin Wynn 13 1,182 141 0 71 0 1,394 107.2 Reggie Jones 3 0 20 0 143 0 173 57.7 Thomas Gordon 13 9 776 0 0 0 785 60.4 Owen Cosenke 3 0 104 0 0 0 104 34.7 Devin Abrams 13 615 127 0 0 0 742 57.1 Mikai Stanley 3 82 0 0 0 0 82 27.3 Wayne Anderson 13 305 121 0 109 0 535 44.6
2020 WESTERN CAROLINA DEFENSIVE LEADERS: HEAD–TO–HEAD TEAM COMPARISONS: 2019 FURMAN DEFENSIVE LEADERS: Tackles Leaders: GP UA–AA = Total Avg. WCU (2020) Offense (2019) FUR Tackles Leaders: GP UA–AA = Total Avg. A.J. Rogers...... 3...... 10–11 = 21...... 7.0 40...... Scoring...... 435 Jordan Willis...... 13...... 41–39 = 80...... 6.2 Ty Harris...... 3...... 11–9 = 20...... 6.7 13.3...... Points Per Game...... 33.5 Braden Gilby...... 13...... 33–37 = 70...... 5.4 Quintin Talley...... 3...... 9–7 = 16...... 5.3 45...... First Downs...... 265 Donavan Perryman...... 13...... 32–34 = 66...... 5.1 Willie Hampton...... 3...... 8–8 = 16...... 5.3 790...... Total Yards Gained...... 5,334 Elijah McKoy...... 13...... 32–32 = 64...... 4.9 Bryan Okeh...... 13...... 37–22 = 59...... 4.5 Ronald Kent...... 3...... 11–4 = 15...... 5.0 263.5...... Yards Per Game...... 410.3 Travis Blackshear...... 13...... 35–16 = 51...... 3.9 Trevor Childers...... 3...... 7–7 = 14...... 4.7 400...... Rushing Yardage...... 3,454 Jacob Harris...... 2...... 1–8 = 9...... 4.5 Quandarius Weems...... 11...... 29–7 = 36...... 3.3 133.3...... Rushing Average per Game...... 265.7 Curtis Roach...... 3...... 6–7 = 13...... 4.3 Adrian Hope...... 13...... 23–17 = 40...... 3.1 Roman Johnson...... 3...... 6–6 = 12...... 4.0 390...... Passing Yardage...... 1,880 DiMarcus Clay...... 13...... 29–9 = 38...... 2.9 Darrius Smith...... 3...... 5–4 = 9...... 3.0 130.0...... Passing Average per Game...... 144.6 Cally Chizik...... 13...... 21–12 = 33...... 2.5 Jonah Tibbs...... 13...... 12–18 = 30...... 2.3 TFL Leaders: Total Yds WCU (2020) Team Stats (2019) FUR Roman Johnson...... 2.5...... 8 13–110 (36.7)...... Penalties–Yards...... 52–485 (37.3) TFL Leaders: Total Yds Ty Harris...... 2.0...... 7 13/42, 31%...... 3rd Down Conversion...... 74/161, 46.0% Adrian Hope...... 10.0...... 47 K.J. Milner...... 2.0...... 5 0/3, 0%...... 4th Down Conversion...... 9/19, 47.4% Dru Seabrook...... 8.5...... 30 Sacks Leaders: Total Yds WCU (2020) Defense (2019) FUR Sacks Leaders: Total Yds Ty Harris / Roman Johnson...... 1.0 156...... Points Allowed...... 267 Adrian Hope...... 6.5...... 32 Dru Seabrook...... 5.0...... 26 Interceptions Leaders: Total – Return Yds 52.0...... Points Allowed Per Game...... 20.5 Three players tied: Childers, Gethers, Kent...... 1 1,763...... Total Yards Allowed...... 4,482 Interceptions Leaders: Total – Return Yds Four players tied: Blackshear, Clay, Okeh, Ryan...... 2 Fumbles Forced Leader: Total 587.7...... Yards Allowed Per Game...... 344.8 Six players tied: 702...... Rushing Yards Allowed...... 2,306 Fumbles Forced Leader: Total Childers, Hampton, T. Harris R. Johnson, Kent, Rogers ...... 1 234.0...... Rushing Average Allowed...... 177.4 Two players tied: Blackshear & Gilby...... 2 1,061...... Passing Yards Allowed...... 2,176 Fumbles Recovered Leader: Total – Return Yds Fumbles Recovered Leader: Total Five players tied: Davis, Gethers, Manns, Palao, Roach...... 1 353.7...... Passing Average Allowed...... 167.4 Jonah Tibbs...... 2
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LYNCHBURG, VA – Liberty QB Malik Willis tossed three touchdown passes while also MISC. STATS / NOTES at Liberty (ESPNU) rushing for two as Liberty downed Western Carolina 58-14 at Williams Stadium for its Sat., Nov. 14 10th-straight victory. The Catamounts trailed 14-7 early in the second quarter before Lib- Lynchburg, Va. WESTERN CAROLINA 2020-21 OPENING DRIVES: erty then scored four straight touchdowns in the next 14 minutes. WCU got a touchdown L, 58-14 OPP RESULT DETAILS pass from Will Jones to Clayton Bardall while startin QB Mark Wright rushed for a score. at Liberty...... MFG...... McCollum, 51-yard attempt; 9 plays, 41 yds RICHMOND, KY – Eastern Kentucky erupted for 28 fourth-quarter points including 21 at EKU...... PUNT...... Dickerson, 52-yard punt; 6 plays, 18 yds at EKU (ESPN3) points on consecutive possessions in the final frame to pull away from Western Caro- Sat., Nov. 21 at N. Carolina...... PUNT...... Dickerson, 39-yard punt; 5 plays, 17 yds lina, 49-17, to win the inaugural Opportunity Bowl. EKU's Alonzo Booth ran for 178 yards Opportunity Bowl at Furman Richmond, Ky. and three touchdowns and caught another pass for a TD in the win. WCU's offense L, 49-17 scored once on a 30-yard Will Jones to Mahari Stribling touchdown pass while Ricky at Samford Palao rumbled 58 yards for a scoop-and-score defensive TD. VMI CHAPEL HILL, NC – Michael Carter ran for three touchdowns and Sam Howell threw at #17 North Carolina THE CITADEL two touchdown passes as North Carolina beat Western Carolina 49-9 in its home finale. (ACCNETWORK) Howell completed 20 of 23 first-half passes as the Tar Heels pulled out to a 42-3 lead at Mercer Sat., Dec. 5 by halftime. WCU got a 40-yard field goal from freshman Paxton Robertson for its first Chapel Hill, N.C. at ETSU first-quarter points of the fall and Nigel Manns capped scoring with a 42-yard scoop- L, 49-9 UTC and-score fumble recovery on a sack by Trevor Childers.
WOFFORD Western Carolina opens the spring SoCon season on the road in Greenville, S.C. Last at Furman * (ESPN+) year, upset-minded WCU went toe-to-toe with No. 14 Furman over the opening two WCU 2020-21 2ND HALF OPENING DRIVES: Sat., Feb. 20 quarters on a rain-soaked Homecoming Saturday before the Paladins used a strong OPP RESULT DETAILS Greenville, S.C. second half defensive effort and a ball-control offense to score the road win, 28-7. RB at Liberty...... MFG...... McCollum, 49-yard attempt; 6 plays, 38 yds 2:00 pm Devin Wynn keyed a strong rushing attack with two rushing TDs as the Paladins ground out 296 yards in the win. Furman attempted just 12 passes with only four completions. at EKU...... PUNT...... Dickerson, 49-yard punt; 3 plays, -7 yds at N. Carolina...... DOWNS...... Inc. pass on 4th down; 8 plays, 40 yds The Catamounts seek their first road victory in the series since 1969 when they travel to at Samford * (ESPN+) Seibert Stadium to end February. Last year, WCU jumped out to a 10-point lead before a at Furman Sat., Feb. 27 Montrell Washington punt return for a TD sparked a Bulldog comeback. QB Liam Welch Birmingham, Ala. at Samford passed for one score and ran for another with 105 rushing yards as Samford outgained 1:00 pm VMI the Catamounts in total offense, 404-to-251. THE CITADEL Western Carolina's longest active series win streak is again on the line as the Cata- at Mercer VMI * (ESPN+) mounts host VMI having won 17-straight meetings – though four of the last five games at ETSU Sat., March 6 have been one-score games. Last year, Tyrie Adams threw for 322 yards and three TDs Cullowhee, N.C. while Donnavan Spencer accounted for 247 yards – 137 rushing and 110 receiving – UTC 1:00 pm with three scores in the win. Trailing 37-22, VMI rallied with two TD passes from Reece WOFFORD Udinski to close within two, 37-35, with WCU stopping the 2-point conversion.
After playing four nonconference games in the fall semester, The Citadel comes to WESTERN CAROLINA 2020-21 BALL CONTROL STATS: THE CITADEL * (ESPN+) Cullowhee in mid-March in league play having won seven of the last nine in the se- OPP DRIVES 3&OUT 1ST DWNS TOP Sat., March 13 ries with WCU. The Catamounts haven't won a series game at home since 2014. Last Cullowhee, N.C. year, the Bulldogs used a timely passing attack with Brandon Rainey throwing three at Liberty...... 14...... 5...... 15...... 30:44 1:00 pm TD passes to accompany his two rushing scores in the 35-17 victory in Charleston. The at EKU...... 17...... 4...... 17...... 28:16 Bulldogs scored on their first four possessions in the win. at N. Carolina...... 13...... 3...... 13...... 31:44 Mercer claimed its fourth-straight win in the head-to-head series in the 2019 season- at Furman at Mercer * (ESPN+) opener in Cullowhee as Robert Riddle threw four touchdown passes and Tyray Devezin at Samford Sat., March 20 ran for two more in the 49-27 victory over WCU. Big plays and missed opportunities Macon, Ga. VMI including a pair of turnovers spoiled a big day for Tyrie Adams who became WCU's all- 3:30 pm THE CITADEL time leader in total offense and passing yardage. at Mercer at ETSU Western Carolina claimed the traveling trophy in the "Blue Ridge Border Battle" for the at ETSU * (ESPN+) first time with a 23-20 overtime victory in Cullowhee. It was the second-straight season UTC Sat., March 27 that WCU and ETSU needed extra time to determine the victor. WR Nate Mullen plowed Blue Ridge Border Battle WOFFORD Johnson City, Tenn. in from a yard out in the first OT session after Tyler Keltner pushed the Bucs ahead with a field goal in their opening possession of overtime. Donnavan Spencer tallied 171 all- 44 1:00 pm TOTAL DRIVES: purpose yards including 124 rushing yards in the winning effort. 3 & OUT DRIVES: 12 Chattanooga won an offensive shootout in the Scenic City last year, 60-36; the two WCU DEFENSE 2020-21 BALL CONTROL STATS: CHATTANOOGA * (ESPN+) teams combined for 96 points and an eye-popping 1,086 combined yards of offense. OPP DRIVES 3&OUT 1ST DWNS TOP Sat., April 3 UTC used a 31-point second quarter to lead 37-21 at the half. WCU closed to within a at Liberty...... 13...... 0...... 21...... 29:16 Cullowhee, N.C. score, 44-36, midway through the third – but miscues and a 16-point final frame led the 1:00 pm Mocs to the win. WCU executed a trio of trick plays including a 69-yard fake punt rush at EKU...... 17...... 4...... 23...... 31:44 for a TD by Caleb Ferguson midway through the second quarter. at N. Carolina...... 12...... 1...... 31...... 28:16 Tyrie Adams threw a career-long 69-yard touchdown pass on a toss-back reverse flea at Furman WOFFORD * (ESPN+) flicker on the game's first play, connecting with WR Jaylin Young for the early 7-0 lead. at Samford Sat., April 10 However, Adams was lost to a game-ending foot injury on the second offensive series VMI Cullowhee, N.C. and Wofford took advantage, stymieing the Catamounts in limiting WCU to just 172 yards THE CITADEL 2:00 pm and four first downs – only one after halftime – in handing the Catamounts a 59-7 loss. Three Terriers eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark and combined for five touchdowns. at Mercer at ETSU Western Carolina looks to halt a 37-year drought of advancing to the NCAA postseason UTC NCAA FCS Playoffs – and looks to do so in a year that looks nothing like any season before. The NCAA FCS WOFFORD Sat., April 24 Playoffs in 2020-21 will be reduced back down to 16 teams from the 24. WCU looks to TBA make a return to the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs for the first time since making a run TOTAL DRIVES: 42 to the national title game in 1983. 3 & OUT DRIVES: 5
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MARK SPEIR AT A GLANCE Hometown: Kannapolis, N.C. Wife: Paige (Holt) of Pickens, S.C. Sons: Zeb and Jackson Alma Mater: Clemson, 1990 Master’s – Western Carolina, 1994 COACHING EXPERIENCE 1986-89: Clemson (Student Assistant) 1991-93: Western Carolina (Running Backs) 1994: Western Carolina (Outside Linebackers) 1995-96: Western Carolina l PERSONAL DATA: Originally from Kannapolis, N.C. ... His wife, Paige; the couple (Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator) has two sons, Zeb and Jackson ... Zeb graduated from Appalachian State where 1997-99: Presbyterian he was walk-on quarterback for the Mountaineer football team – now an assistant (Defensive Line/Strength & Conditioning) coach on staff at Louisville. 2000-01: Elon l EDUCATION: Graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor’s degree in (Running Backs/Sp.Tms/Recruiting Coord.) secondary education in ‘90; earned his Masters degree at WCU in 1994. 2002: Elon (Defensive/Recruiting Coordinator) 2003-04: Appalachian State (Running Backs) l COACHING EXPERIENCE: Speir returned to Cullowhee in 2012 after spending nine seasons at Appala- Appalachian State (Defensive Line) chian State where he was a part of three-consecutive FCS National Championships from 2005-07 ... He 2005-09: served as ASU’s recruiting coordinator from 2004 until 2011, while also coaching the inside linebackers prior 2004-11: Appalachian State to his departure. Speir also coached the Mountaineers’ running backs (2003-04), defensive line (2005-08) (Recruiting Coordinator) and defensive ends (2009-10) ... In 2009, Speir was tabbed as the NCAA Division I FCS Assistant Coach 2009-10: Appalachian State (Defensive Ends) of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) ... Prior to Appalachian State, Speir also 2011: Appalachian State (Inside Linebackers) made coaching stops at both at Presbyterian (1997-99) while the Blue Hose were a NCAA Division II member 2012-pres.: Western Carolina (Head Coach) institution, and at Elon (2000-02) the year after the program made the transition to a NCAA Division I school. A native of Kannapolis, N.C., Speir broke into coaching while an undergraduate at Clemson University, WCU’S ALL-TIME HEAD COACHING RECORDS working as a student assistant from 1986 through 1989, and helped the Tigers to three Atlantic Coast Conference HEAD COACH YRS SEASONS OVERALL SOCON (ACC) Championships during his four years. Following his graduation, Speir landed on Steve Hodgin’s staff in Cullowhee, first working with the Catamount running backs from 1991-93, then the linebackers in 1994 C.C. Poindexter 4 yrs 1931-34 10-26-2 – before coaching the defensive line and serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator from 1995-96 ... All Ralph James 4 yrs 1935-38 4-30-3 – told, Speir has held the title of recruiting coordinator at three NCAA FCS institutions (WCU, Elon and ASU). James Whatley 3 yrs 1939-41 6-15-1 – SPEIR, WCU COACHING STAFF – FINALIST FOR 2014 EDDIE ROBINSON AWARD: Marion McDonald 1 yr 1945 1-3-0 – Mark Speir and his coaching staff were among 20 national finalists for the 2014 Eddie Robinson Award given Tom Young 10 yrs 1946-55 39-55-4 – to honor the national Coach of the Year at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. Dan Robinson 13 yrs 1956-68 51-67-6 – SPEIR TAKES #CATAMOUNTSTRONG TO 2015 BOSTON MARATHON: Bob Waters 20 yrs 1969-88 116-94-6 39-36-2 • Just days after his football team broke their annual spring drills in late April, WCU head football coach Mark Dale Strahm 1 yr 1989 3-7-1 1-4-1 Speir had one last item to check off before entering the summer months with his sights set on the team’s offi- Steve Hodgin 7 yrs 1990-96 31-45-0 22-31 cial report date in early August. Speir and his older brother, Ken, tackled the grueling 2015 Boston Marathon, Bill Bleil 5 yrs 1997-2001 23-32-0 18-22 the world’s oldest annual marathon, which ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious road racing events. Kent Briggs 6 yrs 2002-2007 22-43-0 12-32 • The Speir duo ran the 26.2 mile course – or 431.12 football fields ... Mark and his brother had almost identi- cal split times through the halfway point and both finished the marathon right at four and a half hours. Speir Dennis Wagner 4 yrs 2008-2011 8-36-0 3-21 wore a WCU Football shirt through the streets of Boston with one addition – the hastag, #ByrnesStrong, in Mark Speir 9 yrs 2012–pres. 32-63-0 20-42 honor and memory of friend, Steve Byrnes, a former NASCAR reporter who had passed away from cancer. TOTALS 86 YRS 346-516-23 115-188-3 MARK SPEIR GRANTED CONTRACT EXTENSION: RECORD BY UNIFORM UNDER MARK SPEIR A five-year contract extension for Western Carolina University head football coach Mark Speir was unani- mously approved by the executive committee of WCU’s Board of Trustees. The announcement came as a MR DATE OPPONENT JERSEY PANT RECORD part of the 2019 National Signing Day Reception held in the Ramsey Center celebrating Speir and his staff’s 9/2/17 at Hawai’i White * PURPLE 0-1 (L–1) 2019 incoming class, which was ranked 10th nationally by HERO Sports – tops in the Southern Conference 9/9/17 Davidson BLACK BLACK 1-0 (W–1) Speir was entering the penultimate year of a first contract extension that was announced in February of 2015 11/10/18 #14 WOFFORD BLACK PURPLE 0-2 (L–2) and began in July of 2016. 8/31/19 MERCER PURPLE PURPLE 8-9 (L–2) MARK SPEIR ERA – A RETURN “HOME” TO CULLOWHEE: 12/5/20 at #17 UNC WHITE GOLD 0-5 (L–5) The 2012 season-opening Thursday night game against Mars Hill marked the “official” beginning of the 10/5/19 vs. Gardner-Webb PURPLE WHITE 8-6 (L–2) WCU head coaching career for Mark Speir ... Hired on Dec. 22, 2011, Speir was introduced to the Catamount 11/14/20 at #22 Liberty WHITE PURPLE 6-23 (L–6) Nation before a standing-room-only audience in the Ramsey Center Hospitality Room ... Speir is the 13th 11/23/19 at Alabama WHITE WHITE 5-10 (L–4) different head coach in Western Carolina’s football history ... It is his second stint in Cullowhee as Speir 11/21/20 at EKU WHITE BLACK 1-1 (L–1) got his professional start in collegiate coaching in 1991 on staff with former head coach, Steve Hodgin ... 11/9/19 ETSU PURPLE BLACK 1-1 (W–1) Speir was on staff at WCU from 1991 until 1996 ... His first son, Zeb, was born in Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva and his youngest son, Jackson, is named after the county in which Cullowhee resides. 11/16/19 SAMFORD PURPLE GOLD 2-5 (L–2)
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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS COLLEGE / HIGH SCHOOL) NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS COLLEGE / HIGH SCHOOL)
2 Aaron Gethers CB 5-10 185 R-So. Blythewood, S.C. (Boston College / Bishop McDevitt HS) 53 Jaylen Moore * RUSH 6-2 225 Fr. Greenville, N.C. (Hardin Valley Academy (Tenn.))
3 D.J. Thorpe WR 6-3 195 R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Cane Ridge HS) 55 Kevin Thompson LS 5-10 210 So. Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern HS)
3 Darrius Smith LB 5-11 225 Jr. Roberson, N.C. (South Creek HS) 58 Giovanni Ricciardi LB 6-0 215 Fr. Clemmons, N.C. (West Forsyth HS)
4 Kason Lincke QB 6-1 200 Fr. Mobile, Ala. (Mobile Christian HS) 59 John Esposito RUSH 5-10 205 R-Sr. Staten Island, N.Y. (Buffalo State / St. Joseph by the Sea)
4 A.J. Rogers S 6-0 180 Jr. Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes HS) 60 Joaquin Layno DT 5-10 275 R-Fr. Cherokee, N.C. (Cherokee HS)
5 Syheam McQueen RB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland County HS) 61 Dawson Johnson OL 6-2 265 R-Jr. Taylorsville, N.C. (Alexander Central HS)
6 Mahari Stribling S 6-3 180 R-So. Loganville, Ga. (Grayson HS) 62 Michael Harper OL 6-4 285 R-Jr. Wilkesboro, N.C. (Fork Union Military)
6 Daquan Patten WR 5-6 185 R-Sr. Columbia, S.C. (Blythewood HS) 63 Sam Buff OL 6-1 280 Fr. Statesville, N.C. (South Iredell HS)
7 Ryan Glover QB 6-2 210 Gr. Atlanta, Ga. (Penn / Woodward Academy 64 Colby Cross LS 5-11 190 Fr. Mooresville, N.C. (Lake Norman HS)
7 Charles Gadie CB 5-9 170 R-So. Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS) 65 Isaiah Helms OL 6-3 325 So. Lenoir, N.C. (West Caldwell HS)
8 LA Rogers-Anderson S 6-0 200 Jr. Sumter, S.C. (Western Kentucky / Ridgeview HS) 66 Gabe Jones OL 6-2 265 Fr. Southern Pines, N.C. (Pinecrest HS)
9 Dorian Davis S 6-0 190 R-Fr. Shelby, N.C. (Shelby HS) 68 Torrion Stevenson DT 6-1 305 R-So. Branchville, S.C. (Branchville HS)
10 Malik Richardson RB 6-4 200 R-Fr. Sumter, S.C. (Lakewood HS) 69 Dillon Luther OL 6-3 300 So. Asheville, N.C. (Erwin HS)
10 Willie Hampton LB 6-1 210 R-Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Garden City CC / American Heritage HS) 70 Caleb Carter OL 6-3 275 Fr. Jacksonville, N.C. (Southwest Onslow HS)
11 Carlos Davis QB 6-3 215 R-So. Baltimore, Md. (East Mississippi CC / ) 71 Austin Grunden OL 6-2 205 Fr. Kannapolis, N.C. (A.L. Brown HS)
12 Cade Snotherly QB 6-0 185 Fr. Franklinville, N.C. (Eastern Randolph HS) 72 Blake Whitmore OL 6-2 285 R-Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Millbrook HS)
13 Calvin Jones RB 5-10 170 Fr. Forest City, N.C. (East Rutherford HS) 73 Nathaniel Dozier DT 6-2 255 Fr. Chesterfield, Va. (Matoaca HS)
13 Ronald Kent Jr. CB 5-10 165 Jr. Harrisburg, Pa. (Harrisburg HS) 74 Tyler Smith OL 6-8 300 R-So. Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland County HS)
14 Quintin Thames CB 5-11 175 R-So. Grayson, Ga. (Grayson HS) 75 Zach Hayes OL 6-3 325 R-Fr. Jonesboro, Ga. (Jonesboro HS)
15 Will Jones QB 6-4 220 R-Jr. Greensboro, N.C. (Page HS) 76 Jacob Combs OL 6-4 280 So. North Wilkesboro, N.C. (North Wilkes HS)
16 Tristan Sens WR 6-1 180 R-Fr. Holly Springs, N.C. (Holly Springs HS) 77 Chris Morgan DT 6-0 255 Fr. Maiden, N.C. (Maiden HS)
17 Reggie Jones WR 5-11 175 R-Jr. Sharpsburg, Ga. (East Coweta HS) 78 Garrett Bowman OL 6-4 270 R-So. Arab, Ala. (Arab HS)
19 Raekwon Heath WR 6-2 185 R-Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Independence CC / Irmo HS) 79 Aidan Alston OL 6-2 250 R-Fr. Southern Pines, N.C. (Pinecrest HS)
20 Donnavan Spencer RB 5-10 190 R-Sr. Charlotte, N.C. (Vance HS) 80 Keenan Hambrick WR 6-3 195 Fr. Athens, Ala. (Athens HS)
22 Mikai Stanley RB 6-2 235 Fr. Wilmington, N.C. (New Hanover HS) 81 Kendall Alford WR 5-10 175 R-Fr. Marietta, Ga. (Walton HS)
24 Quintin Talley S 6-0 175 Fr. Spartanburg, S.C. (Byrnes HS) 82 JaKobe Quillen WR 6-3 190 Fr. Florence, S.C. (Wilson HS)
25 Dejon DeCruz LB 6-1 225 So. Durham, N.C. (Riverside HS) 83 Brandon Dickerson P 5-11 195 So. Fort Mill, S.C. (Indian Land HS)
26 Tyree Nelson RB 5-10 200 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Mays HS) 84 Owen Cosenke TE 6-3 235 Sr. Aldie, Va. (Fork Union Military / John Champe HS)
27 Trevor Childers LB 6-1 215 Sr. Lincolnton, N.C. (East Lincoln HS) 85 Luke Britt TE 6-6 220 R-So. Calypso, N.C. (North Duplin HS)
28 Rod Gattison DB 5-11 180 So. Hartsell, S.C. (Georgia Military / Hartsell HS) 86 Clayton Bardall TE 6-3 225 R-So. Cumming, Ga. (North Forsyth HS)
29 Jayden Pauling RUSH 6-3 225 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. (Louisburg College / Millbrook HS) 87 Dylan Abernethy WR 6-0 165 Fr. Maiden, N.C. (Maiden HS)
30 Micah Nelson SPUR 6-3 200 R-Fr. Murphy, N.C. (Murphy HS) 88 Luke Sutton WR 5-8 180 Fr. Concord, N.C. (Cox Mill HS)
31 Kevon Angry CB 5-11 180 Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern HS) 89 Richard McCollum K 5-9 170 R-So. Sanford, N.C. (Southern Lee HS)
32 Jaiden Bond WR 5-9 170 Fr. Boone, N.C. (Watagua HS) 90 Tre’ Jolly DE 6-2 210 R-Fr. Shelby, N.C. (Shelby HS)
33 Curtis Roach SPUR 6-1 200 R-Jr. Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth HS) 91 Jaquarius Guinn DT 6-2 295 Fr. Clover, S.C. (Clover HS)
34 Quenten Zanders RB 5-8 175 Jr. Shelby, N.C. (Cleveland CC / Crest HS) 92 Darrius Bell DE 6-2 230 R-Fr. Gilbert, S.C. (Gilbert HS)
36 Skylin Thomas SPUR 5-10 190 So. Lenoir, N.C. (Hibriten HS) 93 Roman Johnson DT 6-3 260 So. Greensboro, N.C. (Southern Guilford HS)
37 Ty Harris LB 6-1 245 Sr. Dacula, Ga. (Dacula HS) 94 Timothy Jamison DE 6-4 260 Jr. West Columbia, S.C. (Hutchinson CC / White Knoll HS)
38 Jacob Harris CB 6-1 195 Jr. Greer, S.C. (Independence CC / Greer HS) 95 Laquavion Haynes DE 6-4 230 Fr. Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County HS)
39 Trae Churn WR 6-5 220 Gr. Columbia, S.C. (SC State / Blythewood HS) 96 K.J. Milner DE 6-4 260 Jr. Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute)
41 Cinsere Allison S 6-0 185 R-So. Kannapolis, N.C. (A.L. Brown HS) 98 Christian Harris DT 6-3 260 R-Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Baylor School)
42 Jontavious Shotwell S 5-11 175 R-So. Hoschton, Ga. (Mill Creek HS) 99 Ricky Palao DT 6-2 270 Sr. Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS)
43 Luke Hoggard TE 6-0 220 R-Jr. Edenton, N.C. (North Carolina / Edenton HS) Branson Adams WR 5-9 200 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Dudley HS)
44 Nigel Manns LB 6-1 220 Fr. Byron, Ga. (Peach County HS) Tyler Anderson LB 6-0 205 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford HS)
45 Ethan Harris DB 5-8 145 Fr. Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes HS) Anthony Badgett CB 5-9 170 R-So. Greensboro, N.C. (Southeast Guilford HS)
46 Paxton Robertson K 6-0 200 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) Matthew Cherry DE 6-3 185 Fr. Rocky Mount, N.C. (Rocky Mount HS)
48 Chester Geffrard RUSH 6-4 225 So. Ocoee, Fla. (Ocoee HS) Trevor Fournet LB 5-11 195 Fr. Cornelius, N.C. (Hough HS)
49 Demorian Smith RUSH 6-0 220 Fr. Robersonville, N.C. (South Creek HS) Jamauree Haith RUSH 6-2 230 Fr. Burlington, N.C. (Williams HS)
50 Alex McConnell OL 6-4 275 R-So. Boone, N.C. (Watagua HS) Neil Ilenrrey DB 6-0 205 So. Alpharetta, Ga. (Johns Creek HS)
51 Matthew Bair OL 6-3 285 R-Sr. Anderson, S.C. (T.L. Hanna HS) Glenn Young RB 5-9 200 Fr. Fayetteville, N.C. (Trinity Christian HS)
52 Grady Thomas OL 6-5 305 Sr. Spartanburg, S.C. (Spartanburg HS) * opting out of the 2021 spring season
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CATAMOUNTS OFFENSE CATAMOUNTS DEFENSE CATAMOUNTS SPECIALISTS
QB 7 RYAN GLOVER 6-2 210 GR. DE 96 K.J. MILNER 6-4 260 JR. KO 46 PAXTON ROBERTSON 6-0 200 FR. - OR - 11 CARLOS DAVIS 6-3 215 R-SO. 95 LaQuavion Haynes 6-4 230 Fr. - OR - 89 RICHARD MCCOLLUM 5-9 170 R-SO. - OR - 15 WILL JONES 6-4 220 R-JR. NOSE 99 RICKY PALAO 6-2 270 SR. PK 89 RICHARD McCOLLUM 5-9 170 R-SO. RB 20 DONNAVAN SPENCER 5-10 190 R-SR. 91 Jaquarius Guinn 6-2 295 Fr. - OR - 46 PAXTON ROBERTSON 6-0 200 FR 22 Mikai Stanley 6-2 235 Fr. DT 93 ROMAN JOHNSON 6-3 260 SO. H 12 CADE SNOTHERLY 6-0 185 FR. WR 6 DAQUAN PATTEN 5-6 185 R-SR. 48 Chester Geffrard 6-4 225 So. 88 Luke Sutton 5-8 180 Fr. 80 Keenan Hambrick 6-3 195 Fr. RUSH 30 MICAH NELSON 6-3 200 R-FR. P 46 PAXTON ROBERTSON 6-0 200 FR. WR 17 REGGIE JONES 5-11 175 R-JR. 90 Tre Jolly 6-2 210 R-Fr. 89 Richard McCollum 5-9 170 R-So. 13 Calvin Jones 5-10 170 Fr. MIKE 37 TY HARRIS 6-1 245 SR. LS 64 COLBY CROSS 5-11 190 FR. WR 19 RAEKWON HEATH 6-2 185 R-JR. 25 Dejon DeCruz 61 225 So. 55 Kevin Thompson 5-10 210 So. 82 Jakobe Quillen 6-3 190 Fr. WILL 10 WILLIE HAMPTON 6-1 210 R-JR. KOR 17 REGGIE JONES 5-11 175 R-JR. TE 84 OWEN COSENKE 6-3 235 SR. 27 Trevor Childers 6-1 215 Sr. - AND - 13 CALVIN JONES 5-10 170 FR. 86 Clayton Bardall 6-3 225 R-So. SPUR 8 LA ROGERS-ANDERSON 6-0 200 JR. PR 6 DAQUAN PATTEN 5-6 185 R-SR. LT 74 TYLER SMITH 6-8 300 R-SO. 33 Curtis Roach 6-1 200 R-So. 13 Calvin Jones 5-10 170 Fr. 78 Garrett Bowman 6-4 270 R-So. CB 13 RONALD KENT JR. 5-10 165 JR. LG 69 DILLON LUTHER 6-3 300 SO. 14 Quintin Thames 5-11 175 R-So. WHO’S UP, WHO’S DOWN 52 Grady Thomas 6-5 305 Sr. FS 4 A.J. ROGERS 6-0 175 JR. COACHES BOOTH IN PRESS BOX: John Holt...... Offensive Coordinator / OL C 65 ISAIAH HELMS 6-3 325 SO. 9 Dorian Davis 6-0 190 R-Fr. Andy McCollum...... Defensive Coordinator / ILBs 72 Blake Whitmore 6-2 285 R-Fr. Graham Hobbs...... Running Backs SS 38 JACOB HARRIS 6-1 195 JR. COACHES ON THE FIELD: RG 51 MATTHEW BAIR 6-3 285 R-SR. 7 Charles Gadie 5-9 170 R-So.. Mark Speir...... Head Coach 70 Caleb Carter 6-3 275 Fr. Arketa Banks...... Wide Receivers CB 2 AARON GETHERS 5-10 185 R-SO. Phillip Ely...... Quarterbacks Jay Guillermo...... Tight Ends RT 76 JACOB COMBS 6-4 280 SO. 28 Rod Gattison 5-11 180 So. Keith Henry...... Special Teams Coordinator / CBs 62 Michael Harper 6-4 285 R-Jr. Nick Newsome...... Safeties Clyde Simmons...... Defensive Line
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CATAMOUNT OFFENSE (SPREAD) 2019 SOCON: RUSH: 7th, 146.5 yds/gm PASS: 5th, 178.5 yds/gm TOTAL: 9th, 325.0 yds/gm SCORING: 9th, 18.1 ppg 3RD DWN: 5th, 40.1% QB 7 RYAN GLOVER 6-2 210 GR. Grad transfer from Penn (Ivy League), joined TM in Jan. ... @PENN: 16 GP, 130-of-220-7 for 1,573 yds, 8 TDs ... 373 rushing, 2 TDs ... 3-star as prep - OR - 11 CARLOS DAVIS 6-3 215 R-S0. JuCo transfer, joined TM in Jan. ... @Fort Scott CC: 60% comp. rate, 833 yds & 7 TDs ... 256 rushing yds, 3 TDs ... 2-star as prep - OR - 15 WILL JONES 6-4 220 R-JR. Made 1st of 5 career starts @NCSU in 2019 ... CAREER: 121-208-5, 1,102 yds, 7 TD passes; 3 TD rushes, 200 yds ... 3-yr starter @Page HS, 2x NCHSAA 4-A champ RB 20 DONNAVAN SPENCER 5-10 190 R-SR. 34 career GP ... 14 career RUSH TDs, 1,548 rush yds ... 42 career rec., 489 yds, 2 TDs – 2,135 all-purpose yards ... CH: 139 rush yds & 4 TDs (ETSU, 2017) 22 Mikai Stanley 6-2 235 Fr. 3 GP, 20 rushes for 82 yds – avg. 27.3 per gm ... Rushed for 1,340 yds, 18 TDs on just 139 carries (9.6 yds/carry) posting a total of 19 TDs as a prep senior WR 6 DAQUAN PATTEN 5-6 175 R-SR. CAREER: 29 GP, 24 starts ... 87 rec., 1,024 rec. yds ... 7 TDS (5 TD In ‘18) ... Earned scholly in 2019 ... WCU Legacy; father, David – Super Bowl champ. (NE Pats) 80 Keenan Hambrick 6-3 195 Fr. Verbal commit to Kansas as JR ... Listed as 3-star (247Sports), 2-star (Rivals) ... 3-sport as prep (FB, TRK, BSK) ... 3 GP, 1st 2 career rec. at EKU (14 yds) WR 17 REGGIE JONES 5-11 175 R-JR. Converted from DB in off-season – impressive during fall camp at WR ... 7 rec., 30 yds ... CAREER: 22 GP, 13 GS ... 43 tackles, 4 PBU ... 2-way as a prep 13 Calvin Jones 5-10 170 Fr. 3 GP, 6 rec., 40 yds ... 4-yr varsity letter winner, rushed for 2,437 career yards and 30 TDs, 71 recs for 1,428 career receiving yds ... 2-star (Rivals) WR 19 RAEKWON HEATH 6-2 185 R-JR. Eligible in spring semester, adds size and experience to WRs ... Prior to WCU, 23 rec., 373 yds, 3 TDs as soph. @Independence College 82 Jakobe Quillen 6-3 190 Fr. 3GP, 1 rec., 3 yds ... Listed as one of top 25 recruits in S. Carolina by the Charlotte Observer ... PREP: 104 rec., 1,662 yds, 21 TDs ... 2019 North-South gm TE 84 OWEN COSENKE 6-3 235 SR. CAREER:36 GP, 31 GS ... 62 rec, 693 yds, 11 TDs (8 TD 2018) ... Named 3rd Tm AP All-America in '18, 2nd Tm Phil Steele FR All-America in '17 86 Clayton Bardall 6-3 225 R-So. CAREER: 17 GP, 11 rec, 181 yds, 2 TDs ... 1st rec = 1st career TD vs. NGU (game-winner) ... Career-best 4–74 vs.SAM ... 2018-19 SoCon Acad. Honor Roll LT 74 TYLER SMITH 6-8 300 R-SO. CAREER: 19 GP, 15 GS – all 12 in 2019 ... 4 GP before redshirt in 2018 ... Played both RT & LT this yr ... 2x all-conf as prep, Shrine Bowl 78 Garrett Bowman 6-4 270 R-So. CAREER: 13 GP ... 1st career start came at Alabama in his home state in 2019 LG 69 DILLON LUTHER 6-3 300 SO. 12 GP, 8 GS – 5-straight as FR before missing Alabama game in 2019 ... 1 start @RT, 5 starts @LG ... WNC native (Asheville) 52 Grady Thomas 6-5 305 Sr. CAREER: 34 GP, 24 GS ... 3x SoCon Academic Honor Roll, 2x Fall Academic All-SoCon ... Was the No. 5 prep wrestler in SC, County Champ C 65 ISAIAH HELMS 6-3 325 SO. CAREER: 15 GP, 15 GS (all 12 as true FR @C) ... Suffered broken leg early at Alabama ... 4x All-District, 3x All-conf. ... Was an early enrollee at WCU 72 Blake Whitmore 6-2 285 R-Fr. 5 GP as a reserve on OL and SPTM, remained eligible for redshirt ... Preferred walk-on ... All-Cap7 Conference as OL as prep senior RG 51 MATTHEW BAIR 6-3 285 R-SR. CAREER: 29 GP, 14 GS on the OL & SPTM ... Made 10-consecutive starts in 2019 ... All-State as prep Sr, graded out 90% with 78 pancakes 70 Caleb Carter 6-3 275 Fr. Mid-semester enrollee back in Winter 2020 ... 2-yr varsity letter winner along both offensive (center & guard) and defensive line as a prep RT 76 JACOB COMBS 6-4 280 SO. 12 GP ... Moved to RT @UNC ... Debut in 2019 opener vs. Mercer ... 2x All-Mountain Valley Conference selection on OL & DL 62 Michael Harper 6-4 285 R-Jr. CAREER: 15 GP, 8 GS ... Started six-straight games to start 2019 – only saw action in 2 of final 6 games ... 2x SoCon Academic Honor Roll CATAMOUNT DEFENSE (MULTIPLE) 2019 SOCON: RUSH: 8th, 258.4 yds/gm PASS: 4th, 176.2 yds/gm TOTAL: 6th, 434.7 yds/gm SCORING: 9th, 38.8 ppg 3RD DWN: 7th, 44.3% DE 96 K.J. MILNER 6-4 260 JR. CAREER: 22 GP, 16 GS ... 62 tckls, 8.0 TFL, 2 sacks, PBU, FR, 9 QBH ... 1st-team DEF as prep Sr. ... Selected to Blitz Border Bowl 95 LaQuavion Haynes 6-4 230 Fr. 2 GP, 2 tckls (1 solo) in the fall 2020 ... 1st-tm all-region as prep senior in 2019, led HS def. linemen in tackles and TFLs NOSE 99 RICKY PALAO 6-2 270 SR. CAREER: 27 GP, 6 GS ... 56 tckls, 7.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 PBU ... FR for TD @EKU ... Was on the Alabama 7-A champ tm at Hoover HS, tallied a sack in title gm 91 Jaquarius Guinn 6-2 295 Fr. 3 GP in fall 2020, 2 tckls (solo), QBH ... Named South Carolina (SCFCA) 5-A All-State as SR ... 3-star (247Sports) and 2-star (Rivals) DT 93 ROMAN JOHNSON 6-3 260 SO. 13 GP, 8 GS ... 31 tckls, 17 solo, 4.0 TFL, 2.0 sacks, FF (@EKU) ... 3x varsity letter winner ... 2x Mid-Piedmont 3-A Conf. Def POTY @ Southern Guilford 48 Chester Geffrard 6-4 225 So. 14 GP, mostly on special tms and defensive sub ... 11 tckls (5 solo), 1 TFL, Sack ... 2 tckls @CIT & @WOF ... West All-Star in Central Fla All-Star game RUSH 30 MICAH NELSON 6-3 200 R-FR. 3 GP, 2 tckls, 0.5 TFL @UNC ... 2019-20 SoCon Academic Honor Roll ... 2x All-WNC ... Played WR (57 rec., 907 yds), DB, QB (1,130 pass yds) as prep 90 Tre Jolly 6-2 210 R-Fr. 6 GP, 4 as true FR, redshirted ... 3-year varisty letter winner ... 188 career tackles as prep, 72 solo stops ... Named to the All-Shelby Star team as SR MIKE 37 TY HARRIS 6-1 245 SR. CAREER: 37 GP, 25 GS – 231 tckls, 114 solo, 14.5 TFL, 3 sacks ... 2 INTS in 2018 ... Soph. AA TM by HERO Sprts in 2018 ... Dbl-digit tckls 9x 25 Dejon DeCruz 6-1 225 So. 14 GP, 11 tckls ... Career-best 3 tckls @LIB ... 4-yr varsity letter ... 2x All-Triangle 6 Conf. on defense ... Tri-6 DEF POTY as SR ... Nickname "Day-Day" WILL 10 WILLIE HAMPTON 6-1 210 R-JR. 3 GP, 16 TCKLS ... Originally signed/attended Nebraska in 2017 ... Transfer from Garden City CC – 129 tckls, 15.5 TFL, 7.5 sacks in 2 ys ... 3-star as prep 27 Trevor Childers 6-1 215 Sr. CAREER: 37 GP, 11 GS ... 127 tckls, 56 solo, 9.5 TFL, INT @EKU ... 7th in SoCon in 2019 (8.2 tackles/gm) ... CH: 16 vs. SAM ... Dbl-digit tckls 6x SPUR 8 LA ROGERS-ANDERSON 6-0 200 JR. Debut @EKU ... 2GP, 3 tckls ... Transfer from Western Kentucky where he played 2 seasons (2016, 2017) ... Adds experence into the secondary 33 Curtis Roach 6-1 200 R-Jr. CAREER: 26 GP ... 33 tckls, 16 solo, 1.0 TFL, FR ... WCU FB Legacy – son of 3x All-American PK, Kirk Roach ... AWARDED SCHOLLY 1ST TM MTG IN 2020 CB 13 RONALD KENT JR. 5-10 165 JR. CAREER: 25 GP, 21 GS ... 92 tackles ... 20 PBU (12 as FR in 2018, 6th in WCU records) ... STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award Semifinalist, SoCon All-FR in 2018 14 Quintin Thames 5-11 175 R-So. Injury sidelined in 2018 & only 4 GP in 2019 due to injury ... 12 GP as FR, 8 tackles in 2017 ... CAREER: 18 GP, 12 total tckls (11 solo) S 4 A.J. ROGERS 6-0 175 JR. CAREER: 25 GP, 13 GS ... 100 tackles (54 solo) ... 3 PBU ... 2 FFs ... 52 tackles as soph. in 2019 ... INT at Samford in 2018 7 Charles Gadie 5-9 170 R-So. 16 GP, 2 GS; 20 tackles, 11 solo, FF ... 2-time All-Region, first-team as senior ... Listed as 2-star recruit by both Rivals & 247Sports S 38 JACOB HARRIS 6-1 195 JR. Debut @LIB, 9 tckls, 0.5 TFL ... Transfer from Independence CC in Kansas ... 2-star (247Sports) as a prep at Greer HS, North-South All-Star and All-Region 9 Dorian Davis 6-0 190 R-Fr. 3GP, 3 tckls (2 solo), FR ... Originally signed w/ James Madison, transferred to WCU ... Sat out 2019 ... 2-star (Rivals & 247Sports) CB 2 AARON GETHERS 5-10 185 R-SO. Boston College transfer ... 3GP, 8 tckls ... INT & FR @EKU; 4GP @BC, one TFL as R-Fr. in 2019 ... Listed as No. 2 CB in Penn, 3-star (247Sports), 2-star (Rivals) 28 Rod Gattison 5-11 180 So. Georgia Military College transfer ... 11GP @GMC, 14 tckls (10 solo), 3 PBU, INT, FR ... PREP: 5 INTs as SR CATAMOUNT SPECIAL TEAMS 2019 RANK: FGS: 8th, 10-15, 66.7% PUNT: 9th, 30.3 net PUNT RET: 5th, 7.1 yds KO: 9th, 32.2 net KO RET: 8th, 20.1 avg. PK 89 RICHARD McCOLLUM 5-9 170 R-SO. 12 GP; 9-of-9 on PATs, 2-for-5 FGs (15 pts) ... 37 career KO, 53.0 yds per kick avg ... 2018-19 SoCon Academic Honor Roll ... Hit a 51-yd FG as prep - OR - 46 PAXTON ROBERTSON 6-0 200 FR. Big-legged kicker, slated to handle kickoff duties ... FGs: 2-of-2,52-yd FG @EKU ... 2X All-State in Tenn. – 45-of-47 PATS and five FGs in 2019 P 46 PAXTON ROBERTSON 6-0 200 FR. Big-legged kicker, slated to handle kickoff duties ... FGs: 2-of-2,52-yd FG @EKU ... 2X All-State in Tenn. – 45-of-47 PATS and five FGs in 2019 - OR - 89 RICHARD McCOLLUM 5-9 170 R-SO. 13 GP; 9-of-10 on PATs, 2-for-5 FGs (15 pts) ... 38 career KO, 52.7 yds per kick avg ... 2018-19 SoCon Academic Honor Roll ... Hit a 51-yd FG as prep LS 64 COLBY CROSS 5-11 190 FR. Preferred walk-on at LS ... 3 GP, Fall 2020 ... Lake Norman HS – earned projected start over last year's starter 55 Kevin Thompson 5-10 210 So. Preferred walk-on at LS ... 10 GP ... 1 tckl vs. GAWB ... 3-yr varsity letter winner ... Rubio Long Snap Camp Summer Tour in 2018 ... FB & BASE as a prep H 12 CADE SNOTHERLY 6-0 185 FR. Holder entering spring; Debut, reserve @UNC (Fall, 2020) - no stats ... 3-sport as prep (FB, BB, BASE) ... 2,392 pass yds on 64%, 36 TDs as prep SR 88 Luke Sutton 5-8 180 Fr. 3GP in Fall 2020, 2 rec., 7 yds ... Played slot back, WR as prep ... "Possession receiver" - sure hands, precise routes ... All-South Piedmont Conf.
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WCU INDIVIDUAL CAREER PASSING STATS
#7 RYAN GLOVER...... QB #15 WILL JONES...... QB 2020-21 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds 2020 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds ...... at Liberty...... 13 7 1 53.8 74 1 30 1 - 8 SEASON...... at EKU...... 25 12 1 48.0 127 1 40 3 - 25 at North Carolina...... 14 7 0 50.0 55 0 14 0 0 2019 (AT PENN) Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds SEASON...... 52 26 2 50.0 256 2 40 4 - 33 SEASON...... 13 6 1 46.1 79 1 40 2019 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds at NC State...... 27 15 0 55.6 98 0 17 3 - 17 2018 (AT PENN) Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds North Greenville...... 37 27 0 73.0 207 1 23 4 - 35 SEASON...... 205 122 6 59.5 1,482 7 87 at Chattanooga...... 8 3 1 37.5 20 0 9 2 - 5 at Wofford...... 16 9 0 56.3 39 0 19 2 - 13 2017 (AT PENN) Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds Furman...... 9 8 0 88.9 79 0 28 0 - 0 SEASON...... 2 2 0 100.0 12 0 7 at Alabama...... 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 - 7 SEASON...... 97 62 1 63.9 443 1 28 12 - 77 CAREER...... 220 130 7 59.1 1,573 8 87 2018 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds Newberry...... 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 - 0 at Gardner-Webb...... 4 3 0 75.0 42 1 18 0 - 0 #10 MALIK RICHARDSON...... QB at Furman...... 4 2 0 50.0 22 0 20 0 - 0 at Samford...... 41 22 2 53.7 210 2 26 1 - 6 2019 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds Chattanooga...... 5 3 0 60.0 68 0 29 1 - 9 at Wofford...... 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 at Mercer...... 4 3 0 75.0 36 1 17 0 - 0 SEASON...... 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 #14 Wofford...... 1 0 0 0.0 20 0 0 0 - 0 SEASON...... 59 33 2 56.9 378 4 29 2 - 15
CAREER...... 208 121 5 58.2 1,077 7 40 18 - 125 #11 CARLOS DAVIS...... QB 2020-21 Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack - Yds ...... SEASON......
WESTERN CAROLINA'S OVERTIME WCU MISC. SCORING STATISTICS RECORD SINCE 1977 (DIV. I)
MOST POINTS SCORED BY WCU UNDER MARK SPEIR: MOST POINTS ALLOWED VS. SOCON OPPONENT (ALL-TIME): YEAR RESULT OT OPPONENT (DATE) 63...... W...... vs. Davidson – Sept. 9, 2017 79...... L...... at Appalachian State – Nov. 10, 2007 56...... W...... vs. Samford – Oct. 24, 2015 70...... L...... at Georgia Southern – Oct. 9, 1999 1991 L, 27-24 2OT at Marshall (11/2) 52...... W...... vs. VMI – Sept. 22, 2018 66...... L...... at Samford – Oct. 6, 2018 1998 W, 331-24 2OT ETSU (9/26) 49...... W...... vs. ETSU – Oct. 14, 2017 62...... L...... at Samford – Sept. 28, 2013 48...... W...... vs. Furman – Nov. 7, 2015 60...... L...... at Chattanooga – Sept. 28, 2019 1999 L, 35-32 OT Samford (11/5) 46...... L...... at Mercer – Oct. 20, 2018 59...... L...... at Wofford – Oct. 12, 2019 45...... W...... at Chattanooga – Sept. 30, 2017 2004 L, 26-20 OT at Gardner-Webb (9/25) 59...... L...... at Mercer – Oct. 20, 2018 45...... W...... vs. Brevard –Sept. 6, 2014 56...... L...... at Chattanooga – Oct. 23, 1999 44...... W...... vs. Gardner-Webb – Sept. 10, 2016 2006 L, 17-14 OT Chattanooga (11/14) 52...... L...... at Samford – Oct. 29, 2011 MOST POINTS ALLOWED BY WCU UNDER MARK SPEIR: 52...... L...... at #1 Ga. Southern – Sept. 24, 2011 2006 L, 30-27 OT at The Citadel (11/21) 66...... L...... at #5 Alabama – Nov. 23, 2019 52...... L...... vs. Furman – Nov. 17, 2007 2008 L, 38-31 OT Georgia Southern (11/25) 66...... L...... at Samford – Oct. 6, 2018 52...... L...... at Marshall – Nov. 11, 1989 65...... L...... at North Carolina – Nov. 18, 2019 52...... L...... vs. #6 Marshall – Nov. 12, 1988 2013 W, 27-24 OT Elon (10/26) 62...... L...... at Auburn – Oct. 12, 2013 51...... L...... at Chattanooga – Oct. 15, 2011 62...... L...... at Samford – Sept. 28, 2013 2017 L, 35-38 OT at #5 Wofford (10/7) 51...... L...... Chattanooga – Nov. 1, 2014 60...... L...... at Chattanooga – Sept. 28, 2019 50...... W...... VMI – Sept. 22, 2018 2018 L, 45-43 3OT at ETSU (10/27) MOST POINTS SCORED BY WCU VS. SOCON OPPONENT: 50...... L...... at Georgia Southern – Sept. 29, 2007 56...... W...... vs. Samford – Oct. 24, 2015 2019 W, 23-20 OT ETSU (11/9) 50...... L...... at #1 Georgia Southern – Oct. 6, 2001 52...... W...... vs. VMI – Sept. 22, 2018 53...... W...... vs. Chattanooga – Oct. 22, 1994 MOST COMBINED POINTS VS. SOCON OPPONENT (ALL-TIME): 11 GAMES – 3-8 OVERALL (3-3 Home, 0-5 Road) 48...... W...... vs. Furman – Nov. 7, 2015 114...... L...... at Appalachian State – Nov. 10, 2007 46...... L...... at Mercer – Oct. 20, 2018 105...... L...... at Mercer (46-59) – 2018 45...... W...... at Chattanooga – Sept. 30, 2017 102.....W...... VMI (52-50) – 2018 45...... W...... vs. Chattanooga – Oct. 26, 2002 97...... L...... vs. Marshall (45-52) – 1989 45...... W...... vs. The Citadel – Sept. 20, 1997 96...... L...... at Chattanooga (60-36) – Sept. 28, 2019 45...... L...... vs. #6 Marshall – Nov. 12, 1988 94...... L...... at Samford (28-66) – Oct. 6, 2018
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WCU INDIVIDUAL CAREER RUSHING STATS
#4 KASON LINCKE...... QB #17 REGGIE JONES...... WR #22 MIKAI STANLEY...... RB 2020 2020 2020 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at North Carolina...... 8 24 7 17 0 9 2.1 at EKU...... 2 2 2 0 0 2 0.0 at Liberty...... 2 6 0 6 0 5 3.0 SEASON...... 8 24 7 17 0 9 2.1 SEASON...... 2 2 2 0 0 2 0.0 at EKU...... 7 30 0 30 0 11 4.3 at North Carolina...... 11 51 5 46 0 16 4.2 SEASON...... 20 87 5 82 0 16 4.1 #5 SYHEAM McQUEEN...... RB #20 DONNAVAN SPENCER.....RB 2020 2020 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg #88 LUKE SUTTON...... WR at EKU...... 1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0 at Liberty...... 12 79 0 79 0 15 6.6 at North Carolina...... 4 7 0 7 0 4 4.0 at EKU...... 13 59 3 56 0 25 4.3 2020 SEASON...... 5 11 0 11 0 4 2.2 at North Carolina...... 13 61 9 52 0 20 4.0 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg SEASON...... 39 187 12 175 0 25 4.5 at EKU...... 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 2019 SEASON...... 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg 2019 Mercer...... 11 67 0 67 0 16 6.1 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at Wofford...... 4 6 3 3 0 4 0.8 at NC State...... 3 7 0 7 0 4 2.3 Furman...... 6 19 0 19 0 5 3.2 North Greenville...... 15 63 2 61 0 39 4.1 at VMI...... 1 7 0 7 0 7 7.0 at Chattanooga...... 6 38 2 36 1 14 6.0 SEASON...... 22 99 3 96 0 16 4.3 Gardner-Webb...... 19 56 1 55 0 10 2.9 at The Citadel...... 7 26 1 25 0 10 3.6 CAREER...... 27 110 3 107 0 16 4.0 at Wofford...... 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0 Furman...... 7 26 0 26 0 10 3.7 at VMI...... 28 142 5 137 2 42 4.9 #10 MALIK RICHARDSON...... RB ETSU...... 19 124 0 124 1 44 6.5 Samford...... 12 22 5 17 0 6 1.4 2020 at Alabama...... 15 39 0 39 0 10 2.6 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg SEASON...... 132 546 16 530 4 44 4.0 at Liberty...... 3 5 3 2 0 4 0.7 SEASON...... 3 5 3 2 0 4 0.7 2018 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg 2019 Newberry...... 6 24 2 22 0 15 3.7 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at Gardner-Webb...... 9 69 0 69 0 46 7.7 at Wofford...... 3 0 3 -3 0 0 -1.0 VMI...... 10 96 1 95 1 31 9.5 SEASON...... 3 0 3 -3 0 0 -1.0 at Furman...... 5 15 0 15 0 7 3.0 CAREER...... 6 5 6 -1 0 4 -0.2 at Samford...... 5 87 0 87 0 49 12.4 Chattanooga...... 4 13 0 13 0 7 3.2 at Mercer...... 3 12 1 11 0 8 3.7 #13 CALVIN JONES...... RB at #25 ETSU...... 11 76 0 76 1 29 6.9 The Citadel...... 13 124 2 122 2 75 9.4 2020 #14 Wofford...... 9 12 1 11 0 6 7.6 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at North Carolina...... 5 12 2 10 0 6 2.0 at Liberty...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 SEASON...... 80 540 9 531 4 75 6.6 SEASON...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2017 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at Hawai’i...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 #15 WILL JONES...... QB Davidson...... 8 23 2 21 1 10 2.6 2020 at Chattanooga...... 10 38 2 36 0 10 3.6 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at #5 Wofford...... 1 1 0 1 1 1 1.0 at Liberty...... 5 40 8 32 0 28 6.4 ETSU...... 21 139 0 139 4 41 6.6 at EKU...... 7 34 25 9 0 18 1.3 at VMI...... 14 78 2 76 0 28 5.4 at North Carolina...... 3 11 0 11 0 5 3.7 Furman...... 5 28 1 27 0 11 5.4 SEASON...... 15 85 33 52 0 28 3.5 SEASON...... 60 307 7 300 6 41 5.0 2019 CAREER...... 310 1,580 44 1,536 14 75 5.0 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg at NC State...... 4 0 17 -17 0 0 -4.2 North Greenville...... 16 80 37 43 1 15 2.7 at Chattanooga...... 7 16 5 11 1 6 1.6 at Wofford...... 7 24 15 9 0 11 1.3 at Alabama...... 1 0 -7 0 0 0 -7.0 SEASON...... 35 120 81 39 2 15 1.1 2018 Game No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Newberry...... 2 13 0 13 0 11 6.5 at Gardner-Webb...... 4 22 0 22 0 14 5.5 at Furman...... 3 10 0 10 0 4 3.3 at Samford...... 8 52 6 46 1 26 5.8 Chattanooga...... 6 23 11 12 0 12 2.0 SEASON...... 23 120 18 102 1 26 4.4 CAREER...... 73 325 132 193 3 28 2.6
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#3 D.J. THORPE...... WR #8 MAHARI STRIBLING...... WR #80 KEENAN HAMBRICK.... WR 2019 2020 2020 Game No Yds TD Long Game No Yds TD Long Game No Yds TD Long Mercer...... 6 130 0 41 at EKU...... 1 30 1 30 at EKU...... 2 14 0 10 at NC State...... 1 11 0 11 SEASON...... 1 30 1 30 SEASON...... 2 14 0 10 North Greenville...... 2 4 0 7 at Chattanooga...... 1 3 0 3 2019 Gardner-Webb...... 4 41 0 21 Game No Yds TD Long #82 JAKOBE QUILLEN...... WR at The Citadel...... 3 23 0 9 at NC State...... 3 28 0 12 Furman...... 4 39 0 14 North Greenville...... 1 10 0 10 2020 at VMI...... 2 24 1 13 at Chattanooga...... 3 16 0 10 Game No Yds TD Long ETSU...... 1 27 0 27 at Wofford...... 1 0 0 0 at North Carolina...... 1 3 0 3 SEASON...... 24 302 1 41 Furman...... 2 47 0 28 SEASON...... 1 3 0 3 SEASON...... 10 101 0 28 2018 Game No Yds TD Long CAREER...... 11 131 1 30 #84 OWEN COSENKE...... TE at Samford...... 2 12 0 10 at #25 ETSU...... 1 9 0 9 2020 #14 Wofford...... 2 10 0 7 #13 CALVIN JONES...... WR Game No Yds TD Long at North Carolina...... 1 24 0 24 at Liberty...... 5 56 0 30 SEASON...... 6 55 0 24 2020 at EKU...... 1 4 0 4 Game No Yds TD Long at North Carolina...... 2 44 0 40 CAREER...... 30 357 1 41 at Liberty...... 1 0 0 0 SEASON...... 8 104 0 40 at EKU...... 4 28 0 10 at North Carolina...... 1 12 0 12 2019 SEASON...... 6 40 0 12 Game No Yds TD Long #5 SYHEAM McQUEEN...... RB Mercer...... 6 63 1 16 2020 North Greenville...... 1 15 0 15 Game No Yds TD Long at Chattanooga...... 3 30 1 17 ...... #17 REGGIE JONES...... WR Gardner-Webb...... 1 8 0 8 SEASON...... 2020 at The Citadel...... 2 13 0 9 Game No Yds TD Long at Wofford...... 1 19 0 19 2019 at Liberty...... 3 10 0 8 Furman...... 1 3 0 3 Game No Yds TD Long at EKU...... 3 10 0 6 at VMI...... 1 21 0 21 Mercer...... 1 3 0 3 at North Carolina...... 1 10 0 10 ETSU...... 1 18 0 18 Furman...... 2 5 0 7 SEASON...... 7 30 0 10 Samford...... 1 10 0 10 SEASON...... 3 8 0 7 at Alabama...... 4 46 0 17 SEASON...... 22 246 2 21 #20 DONNAVAN SPENCER...... RB # ...... WR 2018 6 DAQUAN PATTEN 2020 Game No Yds TD Long 2020 Game No Yds TD Long Newberry...... 1 7 0 7 Game No Yds TD Long at Liberty...... 3 24 0 12 at Gardner-Webb...... 2 24 1 15 at Liberty...... 2 24 0 14 at EKU...... 1 3 0 3 VMI...... 3 55 1 23 SEASON...... 2 24 0 14 at North Carolina...... 4 33 0 14 at Furman...... 2 22 2 13 SEASON...... 8 60 0 14 at Samford...... 3 36 1 21 2019 at Mercer...... 2 8 1 5 Game No Yds TD Long 2019 at #25 ETSU...... 6 66 2 25 Mercer...... 6 74 1 33 Game No Yds TD Long #14 Wofford...... 2 13 0 8 North Greenville...... 12 82 0 11 at NC State...... 2 3 0 3 at North Carolina...... 2 30 0 25 at Chattanooga...... 2 5 0 5 at Chattanooga...... 1 4 0 4 SEASON...... 23 261 8 25 Gardner-Webb...... 2 2 0 5 Gardner-Webb...... 1 6 0 6 at The Citadel...... 9 98 0 36 at Wofford...... 1 2 0 2 2017 at Wofford...... 2 9 0 6 Furman...... 6 16 0 8 Game No Yds TD Long Furman...... 3 35 0 18 at VMI...... 2 110 1 78 at Hawai’i...... 3 28 0 14 at VMI...... 5 103 1 42 ETSU...... 3 47 0 35 #17 Samford...... 2 24 0 21 ETSU...... 2 11 0 9 Samford...... 3 45 1 25 at #5 Wofford...... 1 16 0 16 Samford...... 2 7 0 9 SEASON...... 19 233 2 78 ETSU...... 1 3 1 3 at Alabama...... 1 7 0 7 at VMI...... 1 5 0 5 SEASON...... 46 433 2 42 2018 at North Carolina...... 1 6 0 6 Game No Yds TD Long SEASON...... 9 82 1 21 2018 at Gardner-Webb...... 1 -4 0 0 Game No Yds TD Long at #25 ETSU...... 1 18 0 18 CAREER...... 62 693 11 40 Newberry...... 4 92 0 51 The Citadel...... 1 0 0 0 at Gardner-Webb...... 3 9 1 3 #14 Wofford...... 3 22 0 10 VMI...... 7 81 1 32 at North Carolina...... 3 106 0 64 at Furman...... 6 159 2 50 SEASON...... 9 142 0 64 at Samford...... 2 11 0 7 at Mercer...... 5 62 0 36 2017 at #25 ETSU...... 3 40 1 29 Game No Yds TD Long The Citadel...... 3 80 0 48 at Hawai’i...... 1 24 0 24 #14 Wofford...... 3 19 0 8 Davidson...... 2 21 0 11 at North Carolina...... 3 14 0 10 ETSU...... 2 2 0 5 SEASON...... 39 567 5 51 at VMI...... 1 7 0 7 SEASON...... 6 54 0 24 CAREER...... 87 1,024 7 51 CAREER...... 42 489 2 78
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#86 CLAYTON BARDALL...... TE #87 DYLAN ABERNETHY.... WR 2020 Game No Yds TD Long 2020 at Liberty...... 1 9 1 9 Game No Yds TD Long at EKU...... 1 40 0 40 at Liberty...... 1 10 0 10 at North Carolina...... 1 13 0 13 at EKU...... 1 5 0 5 SEASON...... 3 62 1 40 SEASON...... 2 15 0 10 2019 Game No Yds TD Long #88 LUKE SUTTON...... WR North Greenville...... 1 6 1 6 Gardner-Webb...... 1 9 0 9 2020 Furman...... 1 2 0 2 Game No Yds TD Long Samford...... 4 74 0 28 at Liberty...... 2 7 0 6 at Alabama...... 1 28 0 28 SEASON...... 2 7 0 6 SEASON...... 8 119 1 28
CAREER...... 11 181 2 40
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DYLAN ABERNETHY JAKOBE QUILLEN Receptions...... 1, 2x: MR – at EKU, 2020 Receptions...... 1, at North Carolina, 2020 – WCU SPECIALISTS – Receiving Yards...... 10, at Liberty, 2020 Receiving Yards...... 3, at North Carolina, 2020 BRANDON DICKERSON CLAYTON BARDALL MALIK RICHARDSON Punts...... 10, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 Receptions...... 4, SAMFORD, 2019 Rushes...... 3, at Liberty, 2020 Long Punt...... 59 yds, at NC State, 2019 Receiving Yards...... 74, SAMFORD 2019 Rushing Yards...... 2, at Liberty, 2020 Receiving TDs...... 2, 2x: MR – at Liberty, 2020 DONNAVAN SPENCER PAXTON ROBERTSON Long Reception...... 40 yds, at EKU, 2020 Kickoffs...... 3, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 Rushes...... 28, at VMI, 2019 Touchbacks...... 1, at Liberty, 2020 OWEN COSENKE Rushing Yards...... 139, ETSU, 2017 Long FG Made...... 52 yds, at EKU, 2020 Receptions...... 6, 2X: MR – MERCER, 2019 Rushing TDs...... 4, ETSU, 2017 Receiving Yards...... 66, at #25 ETSU, 2018 Receptions...... 6, FURMAN, 2019 Long Reception...... 40 yds, at North Carolina, 2020 Receiving Yds...... 110, at VMI, 2019 CURTIS ROACH Receiving TDs...... 2, twice: MR – at #25 ETSU 2018 100-Yard Rushing Games...... 4 Two-Point Conversion...... 1, at Chattanooga, 2019 Fake FG Rush...... 11 yds, at Chatanooga, 2019 KEENAN HAMBRICK MIKAI STANLEY Receptions...... 2, at EKU, 2020 Rushes...... 7, at EKU, 2020 RICHARD MCCOLLUM Receiving Yards...... 14, at EKU, 2020 Rushing Yards...... 30, at EKU, 2020 Kickoffs...... 9, VMI, 2018 Longest Reception...... 10 yds, at EKU, 2020 Field Goals Made...... 2, NORTH GREENVILLE, 2019 MAHARI STRIBLING Long FG Made...... 33 yds CALVIN JONES Receptions...... 3, 2X: MR – at UTC, 2019 Long FG Attempted...... 51 yds, at Liberty, 2020 Rushes...... 1, at Liberty, 2020 Receiving Yards...... 47, FURMAN, 2019 PATS Made...... 2, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 Rushing Yards...... Receiving TDs...... 1, at EKU, 2020 ACTIVE Consecutive PATs...... n/a Receptions...... 4, at EKU, 2020 Long Reception...... 30 yds, at EKU, 2020 Receiving Yards...... 28, at EKU, 2020 LUKE SUTTON KEVIN THOMPSON REGGIE JONES Receptions...... 2, at Liberty, 2020 Tackles...... 1, GARDNER-WEBB, 2019 Receptions...... 3, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 Receiving Yards...... 7, at Liberty, 2020 Receiving Yards...... 10, 3x – MR: at UNC, 2020 D.J. THORPE WILL JONES Receptions...... 6, MERCER, 2019 Rushes...... 16, N. GREENVILLE, 2019 Receiving Yards...... 130, MERCER, 2019 Rushing Yards...... 46, at Samford, 2018 Receiving TDs...... 1, at VMI, 2019 Rushing TDs...... 1, 3X - MR: at UTC, 2019 Long Reception...... 41, twice; MERCER, 2019 Long Rush...... 28 yds, at Liberty, 2020 Pass Attempts...... 41, at Samford, 2018 Pass Completions...... 27, N. GREENVILLE, 2019 Passing Yards...... 235, at Samford, 2018 Passing TDs...... 2, at Samford, 2018 SYHEAM McQUEEN Rushes...... 11, MERCER, 2019 Rushing Yards...... 67, MERCER, 2019 Receptions...... 2, FURMAN, 2019 Receiving Yards...... 5, FURMAN, 2019
DAQUAN PATTEN Receptions...... 12, N. GREENVILLE, 2019 Receiving Yards...... 159, at Furman, 2018 100-yard Receiving Games...... 2 Long Reception...... 51 yds, NEWBERRY, 2018 Receiving TDs...... 2, at Furman, 2018 Punt Returns...... 3, VMI, 2018 Punt Return Yds...... 37 yds, CHATTANOOGA, 2018 All-Purpose Yards...... 219 yds, N. GREENVILLE, 2019
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CINSERE ALLISON TY HARRIS JAYDEN PAULING Tackles...... 4, at NC State, 2019 Tackles...... 17, SAMFORD, 2019 Tackles...... 8, 2X: MR – SAMFORD, 2019 Tackle for Loss...... 4.0, ETSU, 2019 TFL:...... 2.5, at VMI, 2019 ANTHONY BADGETT Sacks...... 1.0, 3x: MR – at Liberty, 2020 Sacks...... 2.0, SAMFORD, 2019 Tackles...... 1, at The Citadel, 2019 Interceptions...... 1, twice: MR – at Samford, 2018 Fumbles Forced:...... 3, SAMFORD, 2019 Double-Digit Tackle Gms...... 9 Fumble Recovery...... 1, at VMI, 2019 DARRIUS BELL Blocked FG:...... 1, ETSU, 2019 Tackles...... 3, at Liberty, 2020 LAQUAVION HAYNES Tackles for Loss...... 0.5, at Liberty, 2020 Tackles...... 2, at North Carolina, 2020 LA ROGERS-ANDERSON Tackles...... 2, at North Carolina, 2020 TREVOR CHILDERS ROMAN JOHNSON Tackles...... 16, SAMFORD, 2019 Tackles...... 5,2x – MR, at UNC, 2020 CURTIS ROACH Tackles...... 8, at North Carolina, 2020 TFL...... 2.0, MERCER, 2019 Tackle For Loss...... 1.5, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, DAVIDSON, 2017 Sacks...... 1.0, 2x – MR: at UNC, 2020 Sacks...... 1, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 Fumble Recovery...... 1, at Chattanooga, 2017 Interceptions...... 1, at EKU, 2020 Fumbles Forced...... 1, at EKU, 2020 Rushing Yds...... 11, at Chattanooga, 2019 Double-Digit Tackle Gms...... 6 Scoring...... 2 pts, at Chattanooga, 2019 REGGIE JONES DORIAN DAVIS Tackles...... 5, 2X – MR: at Alabama, 2019 Tackles...... 2, at Liberty, 2020 Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, at Samford, 2018 A.J. ROGERS Tackles...... 8, 3x; MR - at EKU, 2020 Fumbles Recovered...... 1, at Liberty, 2020 Interceptions...... 1, at Samford, 2018 RONALD KENT JR. Fumbles Forced...... 1, 2x – MR: at UNC, 2020 DEJON DECRUZ Tackles...... 9, at #25 ETSU, 2018 Tackles...... 3, at Liberty, 2020 Tackle for Loss...... 1.0, CHATTANOOGA, 2018 Pass Breakups...... 4, at Gardner-Webb, 2018 JONTAVIOUS SHOTWELL Tackles...... 1, at Alabama, 2019 WILLIE HAMPTON Interceptions...... 1, at North Carolina, 2020 Tackles...... 6, at EKU, 2020 Fumbles Forced...... 1, THE CITADEL, 2018 Fumble Recovery...... 1, at VMI, 2019 DARRIUS SMITH Tackles for Loss...... 0.5, 2x – MR: at UNC, 2020 Tackles...... 5, at Chattanooga, 2019 Pass Breakupu...... 1, at EKU, 2020 K.J. MILNER Fumbles Forced:...... 1, FURMAN, 2019 Fumbles Forced...... 1, at Liberty, 2020 Pass Breakups:...... 2, at EKU, 2020 Tackles...... 7, ETSU, 2019 Sack...... 1.0, 2X: MR - N. GREENVILLE, 2019 CHARLES GADIE TORRION STEVENSON Tackles...... 4 2X: MR –, at Alabama, 2019 TFL:...... 1.0, 5x: MR – at EKU, 2020 Pass Break-Up...... 1,CHATTANOOGA, 2018 Tackles...... 6, SAMFORD, 2019 Fumble Recovery...... 1, at VMI, 2019 Tackles for Loss...... 0.5, at The Citadel, 2019 CHESTER GEFFRARD Tackles...... 3, 3X – MR: at Alabama, 2019 NIGEL MANNS QUINTIN TALLEY Tackle for Loss...... 1, at VMI, 2019 Tackles...... 3, at Liberty, 2020 Tackles...... 8, 2x – MR: at UNC, 2020 Sacks...... 1, at VMI, 2019 Fumble Recovery...... 1, at North Carolina, 2020 Touchdowns...... 1, at North Carolina, 2020 QUINTIN THAMES AARON GETHERS Tackles...... 2, 2x – MR: at Liberty, 2020 Tackles...... 4, at North Carolina, 2020 MICAH NELSON Interceptions...... 1, at EKU, 2020 Tackles...... 2, at North Carolina, 2020 Tackles for Loss...... 0.5, at North Carolina, 2020 JAQUARIUS GUINN Tackles...... 1, 2x – MR: at EKU, 2020 RICKY PALAO Tackles...... 11, THE CITADEL, 2018 JACOB HARRIS Tackles for Loss...... 1.5, CHATTANOOGA, 2018 Tackles...... 9, at Liberty, 2020 Sacks...... 1.0, CHATTANOOGA, 2018 Tackle for Loss...... 0.5, at Liberty, 2020 Fumble Recovery...... 1, at EKU, 2020 Touchdowns...... 1, at EKU, 2020 Double-Digit Tackle Gms...... 1
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WCU FOOTBALL – 2020-21 RESULTS / LEADERS OVERALL RECORD: 0-3 | HOME: 0-0 | AWAY: 0-3 | SOCON: 0-0 DATE OPPONENT SCORE OVERALL SOCON TIME ATTEND TOP RUSHER TOP PASSER TOP RECEIVER TOP TACKLER
Nov. 14 at #22 Liberty 14-58 L 0-1 0-0 3:16 1,000 Spencer – 12-79 W. Jones – 7-13, 74 yds Cosenke – 5-56 T. Harris – 11
Nov. 21 at Eastern Kentucky 17-49 L 0-2 0-0 3:17 3,009 Spencer – 13-56 W. Jones – 12-25-1, 127 yds C. Jones – 4-28 Rogers/Talley – 8
Dec. 11 at #17 North Carolina 9-49 L 0-3 0-0 2:54 3,524 Spencer – 13-52 W. Jones – 7-14-0, 55 yds Cosenke – 2-44 Childers – 9
Feb. 20 at Furman *
Feb. 27 at Samford *
March 6 VMI *
March 13 THE CITADEL *
March 20 at Mercer *
March 27 at ETSU *
April 3 CHATTANOOGA *
April 10 WOFFORD *
WESTERN CAROLINA 2020-21 STARTING LINEUPS
OFFENSE LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR WR TB QB at #22 Liberty J. Combs D. Luther I. Helms M. Bair T. Smith O. Cosenke D. Patten R. Jones M. Stribling Spencer M. Wright at EKU J. Combs D. Luther I. Helms M. Bair T. Smith O. Cosenke D. Patten R.Jones M. Stribling Spencer W. Jones at North Carolina T. Smith D. Luther I. Helms M. Bair J. Combs M. Stanley * D. Patten R.Jones J. Quillen Spencer W. Jones at Furman * at Samford * VMI * THE CITADEL * at Mercer * at ETSU * CHATTANOOGA * WOFFORD *
NOTES: * WCU started two RB's, 3 WR's at North Carolina
DEFENSE DE NT DT RUSH MIKE BUCK SPUR CB S S CB at #22 Liberty K.J. Milner R. Palao R. Johnson T. Jolly T. Harris W. Hampton Da. Smith R. Kent J. Harris D. Davis A. Gethers at EKU K.J. Milner R. Palao R. Johnson T. Jolly T. Harris W. Hampton Da. Smith R. Kent J. Harris A.J. Rogers A. Gethers at North Carolina K.J. Milner J. Guinn R. Johnson N. Manns T. Harris W. Hampton Da. Smith R. Kent Q. Talley A.J. Rogers A. Gethers at Furman * at Samford * VMI * THE CITADEL * at Mercer * at ETSU * CHATTANOOGA * WOFFORD *
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GAME ONE • NOV. 14, 2020 • LYNCHBURG, VA GAME TWO • NOV. 21, 2020 • OPPORTUNITY BOWL • RICHMOND, KY WESTERN CAROLINA...... 14 WESTERN CAROLINA...... 17 NO. 22 LIBERTY...... 58 EASTERN KENTUCKY...... 49 WILLIAMS STADIUM (1,000*) ROY KIDD STADIUM (3,009)
LYNCHBURG, VA – Catamount quarterback Will Jones tossed a nine-yard touchdown pass to tight end RICHMOND, KY. – Western Carolina's defense forced four turnovers including a 54-yard scoop-and- Clayton Bardall and QB Mark Wright plunged in from three yards out to account for Western Carolina's score by Ricky Palao on a fumble recovery as the Catamounts rallied from an early deficit to lead 10-7 scoring as the Catamounts dropped their season-opener at No. 22 Liberty on Saturday afternoon at midway through the second quarter. However, Eastern Kentucky, which was playing its ninth game of Williams Stadium. the season, used big plays and a 28-point fourth quarter to pull away from WCU to win the inaugural Opportunity Bowl, 49-17, over the Catamounts at Roy Kidd Stadium. WCU was playing its first football game in nearly a full calendar year since finishing the 2019 season at fifth-ranked Alabama in late November. EKU running back Alonzo Booth scored four touchdowns including three on the ground and on a 69-yard reception as the Colonels snapped a two-game slide and finished their regular season at 3-6. Flames (8-0) quarterback Malik Willis accounted for 403 yards of total offense including 306 yards Booth finished with 247 total yards including 178 on the ground to go along with his 69 yards receiving. on 14-of-19 passing with three touchdowns and 97 rushing yards and two scores in the winning effort, Trailing 7-3 after freshman kicker Paxton Robertson nailed a career-long 52-yard field goal, the eclipsing the 1,000 career rushing yard mark in the game. Liberty finished with 633 yards of total offense Catamounts grabbed their only lead of the afternoon on a defensive score. Roman Johnson sacked EKU while its defense created three turnovers including two interceptions and a fumble. quarterback Isaiah Velez, hitting him from behind and jarring the football loose. The ball fortuitously Kevin Shaa caught two passes for a career-high 137 yards and a touchdown. C.J. Daniels added 96 bounced into the arms of Palao who was shepherded to the end zone by a pair of teammates, rumbling yards and two touchdowns on two catches. 54 yards for the score. Liberty won its 10th straight game and remained second behind Notre Dame for the nation’s longest However, the lead was short-lived as EKU's Davion Ross took the ensuing kickoff 94 yards for a touch- active winning streak. down to put the Colonels ahead for good, 14-10. Booth later caught a wheel-route out of the backfield and the 6-1, 250-lbs. back thundered 69 yards for a score and a 21-10 halftime edge. For the Catamounts, Wright, who earned the starting nod, completed 11-of-17 passes for 66 yards Neither team managed to light the scoreboard in the third quarter until wide receiver Jackson Beerman while Jones rushed for 32 yard and finished 7-of-13 for 74 yards passing including the TD to Bardall that tossed a 63-yard touchdown to Jacquez Jones early in the fourth. The Colonels added two more Booth closed the deficit to 14-7 early in the second quarter. Senior Donnavan Spencer rushed 12 times for 79 scoring rushes and a Beerman TD catch with WCU's Mahari Stribling tallying his first receiving score on yards to lead WCU with tight end Owen Cosenke catching five passes for 56 yards. a 30-yard strike to provide the final score on a drive set-up by the first interception by Aaron Gethers. Leading 7-0 after the first quarter of play, the Flames scored early in the second quarter on a 44-yard Redshirt junior quarterback Will Jones saw the most extensive time in the backfield after earning pass from Willis to Johnny Huntley to pull ahead by two scores. On his first drive at QB, Jones drove the start, finishing the game 12-of-25 for 127 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Mark Wright the offense 75 yards in seven plays, finishing the scoring drive on a jump-pass to Bardall to make it a was 2-of-8 passing for seven yards with an interception. one-score game. Eight different Catamounts caught passes with freshman Calvin Jones tallying four receptions for Liberty responded, though, with four-straight touchdowns to close the first half and start the second, 28 yards and Reggie Jones catching three passes. Tight end Clayton Bardall, who played against his capping the swing with an 83-yard pass from Willis to Kevin Shaa. Wright culminated an 11-play drive brother Jackson – an offensive lineman for EKU – rumbled for a 40-yard reception and Stribling spun in with a three-yard scoring rush to make it 42-14. Flames placekicker Alex Barbir capped game scoring off a would-be tackler for a touchdown. Redshirt senior Donnavan Spencer rushed for 56 yards to lead with a 54-yard field goal to provide the final tally, 58-14. the Catamounts on the ground while Mikai Stanley ran for 30 yards on seven touches. Senior linebacker Ty Harris paced the Catamount defense with 11 tackles including five solo stops For EKU, Velez finished 18-of-32 for 310 yards and two touchdowns while also tossing a pair of and a sack while junior Jacob Harris finished with nine total stops. Junior transfer linebacker Willie interceptions. Receivers Jackson Beerman and Jacquez Jones both finished with five catches to eclipse Hampton tallied five tackles and forced a fumble that was recovered by redshirt freshman Dorian Davis. the century mark, Beerman with 102 yards and a touchdown and Jones had 100 yards and a TD. Beerman also tossed a 63-yard touchdown pass on a trick play. Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Western Carolina 0 7 7 0 14 Record: (0-1) Western Carolina 0 10 0 7 17 Record: (0-2) No. 22 Liberty 7 21 14 16 58 Record: (8-0) Eastern Kentucky 7 14 0 28 49 Record: (3-6)
Scoring Summary: 1st 6:47 LIB MACK, J. 1 yd run (BARBIR, A. kick), 12-66 – 5:10 WCU 0 – LIB 7 Scoring Summary: 2nd 14:13 LIB HUNTLEY, J. 44 yd pass from WILLIS, Malik (BARBIR, A. kick), 7-91 – 2:37 WCU 0 – LIB 14 1st 7:43 EKU BOOTH, Alonzo 4 yd run (WOZNICK, A. kick), 10-95 – 4:52 WCU 0 – EKU 7 12:09 WCU Clayton Bardall 9 yd pass from Will Jones (R. Collum kick), 7-75 – 2:04 WCU 7 – LIB 14 2nd 14:08 WCU Paxton Robertson 52 yd field goal, 5-27 – 1:30 WCU 3 – EKU 7 9:50 LIB WILLIS, Malik 11 yd run (BARBIR, A. kick), 6-75 – 2:19 WCU 7 – LIB 21 11:40 WCU Ricky Palao 54 yd fumble recovery (R. McCollum kick) WCU 10 – EKU 7 4:13 LIB DANIELS, CJ 40 yd pass from WILLIS, Malik (BARBIR, A. kick), 6-62 – 3:15 WCU 7 – LIB 28 11:26 EKU ROSS, Davion 94 yd kickoff return (WOZNICK, A. kick) WCU 10 – EKU 14 3rd 13:47 LIB WILLIS, Malik 43 yd run (BARBIR, A. kick), 3-49 – 1:04 WCU 7 – LIB 35 7:32 EKU BOOTH, Alonzo 69 yd pass from VELEZ, Isaiah (WOZNICK, A. kick), 6-87 – 2:48 WCU 10 – EKU 21 10:49 LIB SHAA, Kevin 83 yd pass from WILLIS, Malik (BARBIR, A. kick), 1-68 – 0:30 WCU 7 – LIB 42 3:12 WCU Mark Wright 3 yd run (R. McCollum kick), 11-57 – 4:41 WCU 14 – LIB 42 4th 14:40 EKU JONES, Jacquez 63 yd pass from BEERMAN, J. (WOZNICK, A. kick), 3-90 – 0:45 WCU 10 – EKU 28 4th 14:49 LIB DANIELS 56 yd pass from FERGUSON (STRICKER, J. kick failed), 6-83 – 3:15 WCU 14 – LIB 48 13:18 EKU BOOTH, Alonzo 6 yd run (WOZNICK, A. kick), 2-30 – 0:46 WCU 10 – EKU 35 12:49 LIB PICKETT, P. 34 yd run (STRICKER, J. kick), 2-35 – 0:34 WCU 14 – LIB 55 11:23 EKU BEERMAN, J. 66 yd pass from VELEZ, Isaiah (WOZNICK, A. kick), 1-66 – 0:15 WCU 10 – EKU 42 6:09 LIB BARBIR, A. 54 yd field goal, 7-2 – 4:37 WCU 14 – LIB 58 8:03 WCU Mahari Stribling 30 yd pass from Will Jones (R. McCollum kick), 1-25 – 0:09 WCU 17 – EKU 42 WCU LIB 4:23 EKU BOOTH, Alonzo 28 yd run (WOZNICK, A. kick), 6-46 – 3:40 WCU 17 – EKU 49 FIRST DOWNS ...... 15 21 WCU EKU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 38–142 41–254 FIRST DOWNS ...... 17 23 PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 140 379 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 35–121 37–217 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 18-30-2 18-24-0 PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 134 373 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 68–282 65–633 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 14-33-2 19-33-2 Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 1-0 3-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 68–255 70–590 Punt Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 3-15 Fumble Returns-Yards ...... 1-54-1 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 4-60 2-68 Punt Returns-Yards ...... 2-10 1-6 Interception Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 2-24 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 3-161 8-468 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 5–172 0–0 Interception Returns-Yards ...... 2-36 2-1 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1 3-2 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 10–401 5–200 Penalties-Yards ...... 4-20 7-77 Fumbles-Lost...... 0-0 2-2 Possession Time ...... 30:44 29:16 Penalties-Yards ...... 4-45 11-100 Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 13 8 of 12 Possession Time ...... 28:16 31:44 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 0 0 of 2 Third-Down Conversions...... 3 of 15 9 of 17 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-2 2-3 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 1 0 of 0 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1–5 4–29 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 0-1 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... 1–7 3–25 RUSHING: WCU – Donnavan Spencer 12-79; Will Jones 5-32; Mark Wright 10-12; Haki Bradley 3-8; Mikai Stanley 2-6; Caleb Ferguson 2-3; Malik Richardson 3-2; Calvin Jones 1-0. LIB – WILLIS, M. 8-97; MACK, J. 15-68; PICKETT, P. 4-32; RUSHING: WCU – Donnavan Spencer 13-56; Mikai Stanley 7-30; Mark Wright 3-20; Will Jones 7-9; Syheam McQueen 1-4; Caleb HENDERSON, T. 9-31; LOUIS, S. 4-31; BENNETT, J. 1-minus 5. Ferguson 1-3; Reggie Jones 2-0; Luke Sutton 1-minus 1. EKU – BOOTH, Alonzo 27-178; MAGLOIRE, K. 3-32; VELEZ, Isaiah 7-7. PASSING: WCU – Mark Wright 11-17-1-66; Will Jones 7-13-1-74. LIB – WILLIS, M. 14-19-0-306; FERGUSON, C. 4-5-0-73; PASSING: WCU – Will Jones 12-25-1-127; Mark Wright 2-8-1-7. EKU – VELEZ, Isaiah 18-32-2-310; BEERMAN, J. 1-1-0-63. BENNETT, J. 0-0-0-0. RECEIVING: WCU – Calvin Jones 4-28; Reggie Jones 3-10; Keenan Hambrick 2-14; Clayton Bardall 1-40; Mahari Stribling RECEIVING: WCU – Owen Cosenke 5-56; Donnavan Spencer 3-24; Reggie Jones 3-10; Daquan Patten 2-24; Luke Sutton 1-30; Dylan Abernethy 1-5; Owen Cosenke 1-4; Donnavan Spencer 1-3. EKU – BEERMAN, J. 5-102; JONES, Jacquez 5-100; 2-7; Dylan Abernethy 1-10; Clayton Bardall 1-9; Calvin Jones 1-0. LIB – HUNTLEY, J. 4-65; YARBROUGH, CJ 3-37; SHAA, K. DIXON, Keyion 3-52; OWENS, Malik 2-30; WILCOX, Matt Jr 2-9; BOOTH, Alonzo 1-69; BRADDS, Ethan 1-11. 2-137; DANIELS, CJ 2-96; FRITH, N. 2-19; DOUGLAS, D. 2-16; HOBBS, T. 2-5; JACKSON, J. 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – Aaron Gethers 1-22; Trevor Childers 1-14. EKU – FITZPATRICK, D. 1-4; LEAPHEART, A. 1-minus 3. INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – None. Liberty-JOHNSON, D. 1-18; POOLE, Carl 1-6. FUMBLES: WCU – None. EKU – VELEZ, Isaiah 1-1; MAGLOIRE, K. 1-1. FUMBLES: WCU – Malik Richardson 1-1. LIB – HOBBS, T. 1-1; HENDERSON, T. 1-1; WILLIS, M. 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Roman Johnson 1-0. EKU – RICHARDS, K. 1-0; TAYLOR, Elijah 1-0; McCLUNG, Tahj 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Ty Harris 1-0. LIB – JOHNSON, D. 1-0; CLARK, T. 1-0; JAMES, E. 1-0; REESE, Q. 1-0.. TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Quintin Talley 6-2; A.J. Rogers 6-2; Ricky Palao 1-6; Ronald Kent Jr. 4-2; Willie Hampton 3-3; TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Ty Harris 5-6; Jacob Harris 1-8; A.J. Rogers 2-5; Willie Hampton 3-2; Ronald Kent Jr. 3-1; Darrius Smith Roman Johnson 2-3; Ty Harris 2-2; Trevor Childers 2-2; K.J. Milner 3-0; Curtis Roach 2-1; Chester Geffrard 1-0; Nigel Manns 2-2; Dejon DeCruz 3-0; Aaron Gethers 2-1; Nigel Manns 1-2; Darrius Bell 0-3; Quintin Thames 2-0; Dorian Davis 1-1; Roman 1-0; Darrius Bell 1-0; Owen Cosenke 1-0; Jaquarius Guinn 1-0; LA Rogers-Anderson 0-1; Darrius Smith 0-1; Aaron Gethers Johnson 1-1; Ricky Palao 0-2; Curtis Roach 0-2; K.J. Milner 1-0; Reggie Jones 1-0; Mahari Stribling 1-0; Torrion Stevenson 1-0; 0-1. EKU – JACKSON, M. 6-1; COMSTOCK, TJ 4-0; EZIRIM, Josiah 2-2; HAIRSTON, Eli 2-2; BOST, Jadyn 1-3; LEAPHEART, Trevor Childers 1-0; Jaquarius Guinn 1-0; Cinsere Allison 0-1; Keenan Hambrick 0-1; Caleb Ferguson 0-1; Dillon Luther 0-1. A. 3-0; CHEELEY, Nic 3-0; LUNDY, Kaleb 2-1; TAYLOR, Elijah 2-1; ROSS, Davion 2-1; McCLUNG, Tahj 1-2; NORRIS, Madison LIB – DUPREE, T. 3-2; TREADWELL, J. 3-2; CLARK, T. 4-0; CHIBUEZE, H. 3-1; BUTLER, A. 3-1; POOLE, Carl 2-2; 1-2; RICHARDS, K. 2-0; ANDERSON, J. 2-0; JACKSON, Ryan 1-1; FITZPATRICK, D. 1-1; BEERMAN, J. 1-0; SINCLAIR, Craig ROBINSON, C. 2-2; SCRUGGS, J. 1-3; STONE, C. 3-0; SINGS V, S. 3-0; REESE, Q. 2-1; PIERRE, A. 0-3; JOHNSON, D. 2-0; 1-0; TEAM 1-0; BURKS II, Shane 1-0; CAREY, Kmare 1-0; BRENTS, Jairus 1-0; SAYLES, Joseph 1-0; JONES, Jacquez 0-1. MEGGINSON, C. 2-0; HASKINS, M. 2-0; JAMES, E. 1-1; GREEN, W. 1-1; TERRELL, M. 1-0; LOVINS, A. 1-0; WASHINGTON, A. 1-0; ALEXANDER, B. 1-0; CHARLES, K. 1-0; DABNEY, E. 1-0; RUSINS, R. 0-1; KIDD-GLASS, T. 0-1; CAPER, M. 0-1; WOLK, M. 0-1; BRUMM, B. 0-1.
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GAME THREE • DEC. 5, 2020 • CHAPEL HILL, NC GAME FOUR • FEB. 20, 2021 • GREENVILLE, SC WESTERN CAROLINA...... 9 WESTERN CAROLINA...... NO. 17 NORTH CAROLINA...... 49 FURMAN...... KENAN STADIUM (3,535*) PALADIN STADIUM
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina's Michael Carter rushed for three first half touchdowns and Sam GREENVILLE, S.C. – Howell tossed two TD passes as the 17th-ranked Tar Heels defeated Western Carolina, 49-9, on Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium in the final game of the fall semester for the Catamounts. WCU freshman kicker Paxton Robertson split the uprights on a 40-yard field goal attempt at the 4:27 mark of the first quarter to pull the Catamounts to within 7-3. However, UNC (7-3) erupted for the next six offensive scores and led 42-3 at halftime. In the second half, Trevor Childers sacked back-up quarterback Jace Ruder, jarring the football loose where Nigel Manns scooped and scored from 42 yards out to provide the final tally, 49-9. Redshirt junior quarterback Will Jones finished 7-of-14 passing for 55 yards adding 11 rushing yards with freshman Kason Lincke, seeing his first career action, was 3-for-3 for 21 yards and 17 yards on the ground. Redshirt senior Donnavan Spencer accounted for 85 total yards including 52 yards on the ground and 33 through the air. Freshman tailback Mikai Stanley rushed for 46 yards on the day. Howell finished 20-of-23 for 287 yards with the two TDs in two quarters of play while Carter ran for 73 yards to lead the Tar Heels on the ground. Childers led the Catamounts defensively with nine tackles including the sack with Ronald Kent Jr., coming up with his first career interception as WCU forced three takeaways and scored its second defensive touchdown this fall.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Western Carolina 3 0 0 6 9 Record: (0-3) Western Carolina Record: () North Carolina 21 21 7 0 49 Record: (7-3) Furman Record: ()
Scoring Summary: 1st 09:05 UNC Michael Carter 17 yd run (Grayson Atkins kick), 9-71 3:06 WCU 0 - UNC 7 Scoring Summary: 04:27 WCU Paxton Robertson 40 yd field goal, 10-52 4:38 WCU 3 - UNC 7 03:22 UNC Antoine Green 22 yd pass from Sam Howell (Grayson Atkins kick), 4-58 1:05 WCU 3 - UNC 14 00:52 UNC Michael Carter 22 yd run (Grayson Atkins kick), 3-54 1:17 WCU 3 - UNC 21 2nd 05:39 UNC Javonte Williams 3 yd run (Grayson Atkins kick), 10-88 3:45 WCU 3 - UNC 28 01:36 UNC Michael Carter 5 yd run (Grayson Atkins kick), 5-47 1:11 WCU 3 - UNC 35 00:49 UNC Dazz Newsome 26 yd pass from Sam Howell (Grayson Atkins kick), 2-50 0:11 WCU 3 - UNC 42 3rd 00:18 UNC DJ Jones 2 yd run (Noah Ruggles kick), 9-50 4:57 WCU 3 - UNC 49 4th 05:56 WCU Nigel Manns 42 yd fumble recovery (Richard McCollum kick blockd) WCU 9 - UNC 49
WCU UNC FIRST DOWNS ...... 13 31 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ...... 40–137 38–231 PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 116 309 Passes Att-Comp-Int ...... 11-19-0 24-29-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS...... 59–253 67–540 Fumble Returns-Yards-TDs...... 1-42-1 0-0-0 Punt Returns-Yards ...... 0-0 2-32 Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 3-65 2-39 Interception Returns-Yards ...... 1-24 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) ...... 6–205 2–83 Fumbles-Lost...... 3-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards ...... 5-45 3-35 Possession Time ...... 31:44 28:16 Third-Down Conversions...... 5 of 14 5 of 8 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 2 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores–Chances...... 0–1 4–4 Sacks By: Number-Yards...... RUSHING: WCU – Donnavan Spencer 13-52; Mikai Stanley 11-46; Kason Lincke 8-17; Will Jones 3-11; Syheam McQueen 4-7; Caleb Ferguson 1-4. UNC – Michael Carter 8-73; Elijah Green 6-43; Sam Howell 2-41; DJ Jones 5-31; Josh Henderson 4-16; Dazz Newsome 1-15; Jacolby Criswell 4-12; Javonte Williams 3-8; British Brooks 3-4; Jace Ruder 2-minus 12. PASSING: WCU – Will Jones 7-14-0-55; Kason Lincke 3-3-0-21; Cade Snotherly 0-1-0-0; Reggie Jones 1-1-0-40. UNC – Sam Howell 20-23-0-287; Jacolby Criswell 2-3-1-16; Jace Ruder 1-2-0-3; Jefferson Boaz 1-1-0-3. RECEIVING: WCU – Donnavan Spencer 4-33; Owen Cosenke 2-44; Clayton Bardall 1-13; Calvin Jones 1-12; Reggie Jones 1-10; Jakobe Quillen 1-3; Caleb Ferguson 1-1. UNC – Dazz Newsome 6-82; Javonte Williams 3-48; Rontavius Groves 3-28; Emery Simmons 2-33; Garrett Walston 2-30; Dyami Brown 2-19; Khafre Brown 1-24; Antoine Green 1-22; Kamari Morales 1-11; Michael Carter 1-6; Austyn Chestnut 1-3; Kendall Karr 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: WCU – Ronald Kent Jr. 1-24. UNC – None. FUMBLES: WCU – Mikai Stanley 2-0; Syheam McQueen 1-1. UNC – Jacolby Criswell 1-0; Rontavius Groves 1-1; Jace Ruder 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): WCU – Trevor Childers 1-0. North Carolina-Raymond Vohasek 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): WCU – Trevor Childers 4-5; Curtis Roach 4-4; Quintin Talley 3-5; A.J. Rogers 2-4; Ronald Kent Jr. 4-1; Ty Harris 4-1; Roman Johnson 3-2; Willie Hampton 2-3; Darrius Smith 3-1; Aaron Gethers 2-2; Laquavion Haynes 1-1; LA Rogers-Anderson 1-1; K.J. Milner 1-1; Chester Geffrard 0-2; Micah Nelson 0-2; Calvin Jones 1-0; Dorian Davis 1-0; Brandon Dickerson 1-0; Nigel Manns 1-0; Darrius Bell 1-0; Tre Jolly 0-1. UNC – Kaimon Rucker 4-3; Chazz Surratt 3-3; Jeremiah Gemmel 3-1; Raymond Vohasek 3-1; Eugene Asante 1-3; Patrice Rene 3-0; Don Chapman 3-0; Cam'Ron Kelly 3-0; Desmond Evans 1-2; Tomon Fox 2-0; Jake Harkleroad 2-0; Trey Morrison 2-0; Tomari Fox 1-1; Khadry Jackson 1-1; Kevin Hester 1-1; Clyde Pinder 1-0; Jonathan Kim 1-0; Tony Grimes 1-0; Kristian Varner 1-0; Christopher Holliday 1-0; Giovanni Biggers 1-0; Ja'Qurious Conley 1-0; Cedric Gray 0-1; Jahlil Taylor 0-1; Alex Nobles 0-1; Myles Murphy 0-1.
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Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 0-1 0-0 3:17 1000 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 0-2 0-0 3:17 3009 Dec 05, 2020 at #17 North Carolina L 9-49 0-3 0-0 2:54 3535 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Team Statistics (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
Team Statistics WCU OPP SCORING 40 156 Points Per Game 13.3 52.0 Points Off Turnovers 27 21 FIRST DOWNS 45 76 R u s h in g2232 P a s s in g 15 41 P e n a lt y83 RUSHING YARDAGE 400 702 Yards gained rushing 484 753 Yards lost rushing 84 51 Rushing Attempts 113 116 Average Per Rush 3.5 6.1 Average Per Game 133.3 234.0 TDs Rushing 1 12 PASSING YARDAGE 390 1061 C o m p - A t t - I n t 43-82-4 61-86-3 Average Per Pass 4.8 12.3 Average Per Catch 9.1 17.4 Average Per Game 130.0 353.7 TDs Passing 2 9 TOTAL OFFENSE 790 1763 Total Plays 195 202 Average Per Play 4.1 8.7 Average Per Game 263.3 587.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-143 6-223 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-10 6-53 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-60 4-25 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.9 37.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.0 8.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 20.0 6.2 FUMBLES-LOST 4-2 8-6 PENALTIES-Yards 13-110 21-212 Average Per Game 36.7 70.7 PUNTS-Yards 21-778 7-283 Average Per Punt 37.0 40.4 Net punt average 34.5 39.0 KICKOFFS-Yards 9-474 26-1576 Average Per Kick 52.7 60.6 Net kick average 25.1 40.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 1 5 2 9 : 4 5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 13/42 22/37 3rd-Down Pct 31% 59% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/3 1/3 4th-Down Pct 0% 33% SACKS BY-Yards 3-21 8-56 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 5 22 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 2-4 1-2 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (2-4) 50% (8-9) 89% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (2-4) 50% (8-9) 89% PAT-ATTEMPTS (4-5) 80% (21-22) 95% ATTENDANCE 0 7544 Games/Avg Per Game 0/0 3/2515 Neutral Site Games 0/0
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Western Carolina 3 17 7 13 0 40 Opponents 35 56 21 44 0 156 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Donnavan Spencer 3 - 3 38 199 12 187 4.9 0 25 62.3 Daquan Patten 2 10 5.0 0 9 Mikai Stanley 3 - 1 20 87 5 82 4.1 0 16 27.3 Total 2 10 5.0 0 9 Will Jones 3 - 2 15 85 33 52 3.5 0 28 17.3 Opponents 6 53 8.8 0 22 Mark Wright 2 - 1 13 53 21 32 2.5 1 11 16.0 Kason Lincke 1 - 0 8 24 7 17 2.1 0 9 17.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Syheam McQueen 2 - 0 5 11 0 11 2.2 0 4 5.5 Trevor Childers 1 14 14.0 0 14 Caleb Ferguson 3 - 0 4 10 0 10 2.5 0 4 3.3 Aaron Gethers 1 22 22.0 0 22 Haki Bradley 3 - 0 3 8 0 8 2.7 0 3 2.7 Ronald Kent Jr. 1 24 24.0 0 24 Malik Richardson 2 - 0 3 5 3 2 0.7 0 4 1.0 Total 3 60 20.0 0 24 Calvin Jones 3 - 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 4 25 6.2 0 18 Reggie Jones 3 - 3 2 2 2 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 Luke Sutton 3 - 0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.3 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 3 113 484 84 400 3.5 1 28 133.3 Reggie Jones 7 143 20.4 0 31 Opponents 3 116 753 51 702 6.1 12 43 234.0 Calvin Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 8 143 17.9 0 31 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 6 223 37.2 1 94 Will Jones 3 - 2 96.35 26-52-2 50.0 256 2 40 85.3 Mark Wright 2 - 1 60.53 13-25-2 52.0 73 0 12 36.5 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Kason Lincke 1 - 0 158.80 3-3-0 100. 21 0 12 21.0 Ricky Palao 1 54 54.0 1 54 Cade Snotherly 1 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Nigel Manns 1 42 42.0 1 42 Reggie Jones 3 - 3 436.00 1-1-0 100. 40 0 40 13.3 Total 2 96 48.0 2 54 Total 3 90.68 43-82-4 52.4 390 2 40 130.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 3 202.12 61-86-3 70.9 1061 9 83 353.7
Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Owen Cosenke 3 - 2 8 104 13.0 0 40 34.7 Donnavan Spencer 3 - 3 8 60 7.5 0 14 20.0 Reggie Jones 3 - 3 7 30 4.3 0 10 10.0 Calvin Jones 3 - 0 6 40 6.7 0 12 13.3 Clayton Bardall 3 - 0 3 62 20.7 1 40 20.7 Daquan Patten 3 - 3 2 24 12.0 0 14 8.0 Dylan Abernethy 2 - 0 2 15 7.5 0 10 7.5 Keenan Hambrick 3 - 0 2 14 7.0 0 10 4.7 Luke Sutton 3 - 0 2 7 3.5 0 6 2.3 Mahari Stribling 3 - 2 1 30 30.0 1 30 10.0 Jakobe Quillen 3 - 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Caleb Ferguson 3 - 0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.3 Total 3 43 390 9.1 2 40 130.0 Opponents 3 61 1061 17.4 9 83 353.7 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Clayton Bardall 1 ------6 Will Jones 3 67 52 256 308 102.7 Mark Wright 1 ------6 Donnavan Spencer 3 38 187 0 187 62.3 Nigel Manns 1 ------6 Mark Wright 2 38 32 73 105 52.5 Paxton Robertson - 2-2 ------6 Mikai Stanley 3 20 82 0 82 27.3 Mahari Stribling 1 ------6 Reggie Jones 3 3 0 40 40 13.3 Ricky Palao 1 ------6 Kason Lincke 1 11 17 21 38 38.0 Richard McCollum - 0-2 4-5 - - - - - 4 Syheam McQueen 2 5 11 0 11 5.5 Total 5 2-4 4-5 - - - - - 40 Caleb Ferguson 3 4 10 0 10 3.3 Opponents 22 1-2 21-22 - - - - - 156 Haki Bradley 3 3 8 0 8 2.7 Malik Richardson 2 3 2 0 2 1.0 Luke Sutton 3 1 -1 0 -1 -0.3 Total 3 195 400 390 790 263.3 Opponents 3 202 702 1061 1763 587.7
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Richard McCollum 0-2 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0 0 Brandon Dickerson 20 770 38.5 52 0 3 10 1 0 Paxton Robertson 2-2 100. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 52 0 Caleb Ferguson 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0 0 0 Total 21 778 37.0 52 0 3 10 1 0 FG Sequence Western Carolina Opponents Opponents 7 283 40.4 58 0 4 1 1 0 Liberty 51,49 45,(54) Eastern Kentucky (52) - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln North Carolina (40) - Paxton Robertson 8 432 54.0 1 0 Richard McCollum 1 42 42.0 0 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Total 9 474 52.7 1 0 37.2 25.1 39 Opponents 26 1576 60.6 15 0 17.9 40.7 24 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Donnavan Spen 3 187 60 0 0 0 247 82.3 Reggie Jones 3 0 30 0 143 0 173 57.7 Owen Cosenke 3 0 104 0 0 0 104 34.7 Mikai Stanley 3 82 0 0 0 0 82 27.3 Clayton Bardall 3 0 62 0 0 0 62 20.7 Will Jones 3 52 0 0 0 0 52 17.3 Calvin Jones 3 0 40 0 0 0 40 13.3 Daquan Patten 3 0 24 10 0 0 34 11.3 Mark Wright 2 32 0 0 0 0 32 16.0 Mahari Stribling 3 0 30 0 0 0 30 10.0 Ronald Kent Jr. 3 0 0 0 0 24 24 8.0 Aaron Gethers 3 0 0 0 0 22 22 7.3 Kason Lincke 1 17 0 0 0 0 17 17.0 Dylan Abernethy 2 0 15 0 0 0 15 7.5 Keenan Hambric 3 0 14 0 0 0 14 4.7 Trevor Childers 3 0 0 0 0 14 14 4.7 Syheam McQue 2 11 0 0 0 0 11 5.5 Caleb Ferguson 3 10 1 0 0 0 11 3.7 Haki Bradley 3 8 0 0 0 0 8 2.7 Luke Sutton 3 -1 7 0 0 0 6 2.0 Jakobe Quillen 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.0 Malik Richardso 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 Total 3 400 390 10 143 60 1003 334.3 Opponents 3 702 1061 53 223 25 2064 688.0 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 4 A.J. Rogers 3-2 10 11 21 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 37 Ty Harris 3-3 11 9 20 2.0-7 1.0-5 . . . . 1 . . 24 Quintin Talley 3-1 9 7 16 . . . . 1 . . . . 10 Willie Hampton 3-3 8 8 16 1.0-3 . . 1 . . 1 . . 13 Ronald Kent Jr. 3-3 11 4 15 . . 1-24 1 . . 1 . . 27 Trevor Childers 3-0 7 7 14 2.0-11 1.0-9 1-14 . 1 . 1 . . 33 Curtis Roach 3-1 6 7 13 . . . 1 1 1-0 . . . 93 Roman Johnson 3-3 6 6 12 2.5-8 1.0-7 . . . . 1 . . 38 Jacob Harris 2-2 1 8 9 0.5-0 . . 1 . . . . . 3 Darrius Smith 3-2 5 4 9 . . . 2 . . . . . 99 Ricky Palao 2-2 1 8 9 . . . . 1 1-54 . . . 2 Aaron Gethers 3-3 4 4 8 . . 1-22 . . 1-0 . . . 96 K.J. Milner 3-3 5 1 6 2.0-5 . . . 3 . . . . 92 Darrius Bell 3-0 2 3 5 0.5-1 ...... 44 Nigel Manns 3-1 3 2 5 . . . 1 . 1-42 . . . 25 Dejon DeCruz 3-0 3 . 3 ...... 9 Dorian Davis 3-1 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 48 Chester Geffrard 3-0 1 2 3 ...... 8 LA Rogers-Anderson 2-0 1 2 3 ...... 91 Jaquarius Guinn 3-1 2 . 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 30 Micah Nelson 3-0 . 2 2 0.5-2 ...... 95 Laquavion Haynes 2-0 1 1 2 ...... 14 Quintin Thames 2-0 2 . 2 ...... 83 Brandon Dickerson 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 80 Keenan Hambrick 3-0 . 1 1 ...... 69 Dillon Luther 3-3 . 1 1 ...... 68 Torrion Stevenson 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 17 Reggie Jones 3-3 1 . 1 ...... 45 Caleb Ferguson 3-0 . 1 1 ...... 6S Mahari Stribling 3-2 1 . 1 ...... 84 Owen Cosenke 3-2 1 . 1 ...... 41 Cinsere Allison 3-0 . 1 1 ...... 1J Calvin Jones 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 90 Tre Jolly 3-2 . 1 1 ...... TM TEAM 2-0 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 3 107 102 209 11-37 3-21 3-60 8 8 6-96 6 . . Opponents 3 125 62 187 18-84 8-56 4-25 5 17 2-0 3 1 . 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes 13 Donnavan Spencer at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 13 Donnavan Spencer at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Yards Rushing 79 Donnavan Spencer at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) TD Rushes 1 Mark Wright at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Long Rush 28 Will Jones at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Pass attempts 25 Will Jones at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Pass completions 12 Will Jones at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Yards Passing 127 Will Jones at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) TD Passes 1 Will Jones at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 Will Jones at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Pass 40 Will Jones at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 40 Reggie Jones at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Receptions 5 Owen Cosenke at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Receiving 56 Owen Cosenke at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) TD Receptions 1 Clayton Bardall at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 Mahari Stribling at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Reception 40 Clayton Bardall at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 40 Owen Cosenke at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Field Goals 1 Paxton Robertson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 Paxton Robertson at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Field Goal 52 Paxton Robertson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts 10 Brandon Dickerson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 41.0 Brandon Dickerson at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Long Punt 52 Brandon Dickerson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts inside 20 7 Brandon Dickerson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Punt Return 9 Daquan Patten at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Kickoff Return 31 Reggie Jones at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Tackles 11 Ty Harris at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Sacks 1.0 Ty Harris at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1.0 Roman Johnson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1.0 Trevor Childers at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Tackles For Loss 1.5 Roman Johnson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Interceptions 1 Aaron Gethers at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 Trevor Childers at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 Ronald Kent Jr. at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes 40 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Yards Rushing 142 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Per Rush 3.7 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) TD Rushes 1 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Pass attempts 33 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Pass completions 18 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Passing 140 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Per Pass 6.1 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) TD Passes 1 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Total Plays 68 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 68 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Total Offense 282 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Per Play 4.3 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Points 17 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Sacks By 1 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) First Downs 17 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Penalties 5 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Penalty Yards 45 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 45 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Turnovers 3 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Interceptions By 2 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts 10 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 40.1 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Punt 52 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts inside 20 7 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Punt Return 9 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Rushes 27 BOOTH, Alonzo, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Yards Rushing 178 BOOTH, Alonzo, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) TD Rushes 3 BOOTH, Alonzo, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 3 Carter, M, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Rush 43 WILLIS, M., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Pass attempts 32 VELEZ, Isaiah, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Pass completions 20 Howell, S, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Yards Passing 310 VELEZ, Isaiah, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) TD Passes 3 WILLIS, M., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Long Pass 83 WILLIS, M., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Receptions 6 Newsome, D, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Yards Receiving 137 SHAA, K., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) TD Receptions 2 DANIELS, CJ, at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Long Reception 83 SHAA, K., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Field Goals 1 BARBIR, A., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Long Field Goal 54 BARBIR, A., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Punts 5 RICHARDS, P., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 41.5 Kiernan, B, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Punt 58 RICHARDS, P., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts inside 20 1 Kiernan, B, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Punt Return 22 Newsome, D, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Kickoff Return 94 ROSS, Davion, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Tackles 7 JACKSON, M., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 7 Rucker, K, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Sacks 1.0 REESE, Q., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1.0 CLARK, T., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1.0 JOHNSON, D., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1.0 JAMES, E., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1.0 McCLUNG, Tahj, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1.0 RICHARDS, K., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1.0 TAYLOR, Elijah, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1.0 Vohasek, R, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Tackles For Loss 2.0 CLARK, T., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 2.0 Rucker, K, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) 2.0 Vohasek, R, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Interceptions 1 JOHNSON, D., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 POOLE, Carl, at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 LEAPHEART, A., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 FITZPATRICK, D., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes 41 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Rushing 254 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Per Rush 6.2 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) TD Rushes 5 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Pass attempts 33 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Pass completions 24 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Yards Passing 379 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Per Pass 15.8 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) TD Passes 4 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Total Plays 70 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Total Offense 633 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Yards Per Play 9.7 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Points 58 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Sacks By 4 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) First Downs 31 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Penalties 11 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Penalty Yards 100 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Turnovers 4 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Interceptions By 2 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 2 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts 5 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 41.5 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Punt 58 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts inside 20 1 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Long Punt Return 22 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Red-Zone Results (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
Western Carolina Inside Opponent Red-Zone
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 2 2 14 2 1 1 0000000 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dec 05, 2020 at North Carolina L 9-49 1000000010000 Totals 4 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 of 4 (50.0%)
Opponents Inside Western Carolina Red-Zone
Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 3 2 14 2 2 0 0000100 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 2 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 05, 2020 at North Carolina L 9-49 4 4 28 4 4 0 0000000 Totals 9 8 56 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 of 9 (88.9%) 2020 Western Carolina Catamount Football Western Carolina Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 17, 2021) All games
Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 1000 All games 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 3009 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Dec 05, 2020 at #17 North Carolina L 9-49 3535 Non-Conference 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0
Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Team Statistics WCU OPP Donnavan Spencer 3 - 3 38 199 12 187 4.9 0 25 62.3 FIRST DOWNS 45 76 Mikai Stanley 3 - 1 20 87 5 82 4.1 0 16 27.3 R u s h i n g 22 32 Will Jones 3 - 2 15 85 33 52 3.5 0 28 17.3 P a s s i n g 1 5 4 1 Mark Wright 2 - 1 13 53 21 32 2.5 1 11 16.0 P e n a l t y 8 3 Kason Lincke 1 - 0 8 24 7 17 2.1 0 9 17.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 400 702 Syheam McQueen 2 - 0 5 11 0 11 2.2 0 4 5.5 Rushing Attempts 113 116 Caleb Ferguson 3 - 0 4 10 0 10 2.5 0 4 3.3 Average Per Rush 3.5 6.1 Haki Bradley 3 - 0 3 8 0 8 2.7 0 3 2.7 Average Per Game 133.3 234.0 Malik Richardson 2 - 0 3 5 3 2 0.7 0 4 1.0 TDs Rushing 1 12 Total 3 113 484 84 400 3.5 1 28 133.3 PASSING YARDAGE 390 1061 Opponents 3 116 753 51 702 6.1 12 43 234.0 C o m p - A t t - I n t 43-82-4 61-86-3 Average Per Pass 4.8 12.3 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Catch 9.1 17.4 Will Jones 3 - 2 96.35 26-52-2 50.0 256 2 40 85.3 Average Per Game 130.0 353.7 Mark Wright 2 - 1 60.53 13-25-2 52.0 73 0 12 36.5 TDs Passing 2 9 Kason Lincke 1 - 0 158.80 3-3-0 100.0 21 0 12 21.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 790 1763 Cade Snotherly 1 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Play 4.1 8.7 Reggie Jones 3 - 3 436.00 1-1-0 100.0 40 0 40 13.3 Average Per Game 263.3 587.7 Total 3 90.68 43-82-4 52.4 390 2 40 130.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 8-143 6-223 Opponents 3 202.12 61-86-3 70.9 1061 9 83 353.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-10 6-53 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-60 4-25 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g FUMBLES-LOST 4-2 8-6 Owen Cosenke 3 - 2 8 104 13.0 0 40 34.7 PENALTIES-Yards 13-110 21-212 Donnavan Spencer 3 - 3 8 60 7.5 0 14 20.0 PUNTS-AVG 21-37.0 7-40.4 Reggie Jones 3 - 3 7 30 4.3 0 10 10.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 1 5 2 9 : 4 5 Calvin Jones 3 - 0 6 40 6.7 0 12 13.3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 13/42 22/37 Clayton Bardall 3 - 0 3 62 20.7 1 40 20.7 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/3 1/3 Daquan Patten 3 - 3 2 24 12.0 0 14 8.0 Dylan Abernethy 2 - 0 2 15 7.5 0 10 7.5 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Keenan Hambrick 3 - 0 2 14 7.0 0 10 4.7 Ronald Kent Jr. 1 24 24.0 0 24 Luke Sutton 3 - 0 2 7 3.5 0 6 2.3 Trevor Childers 1 14 14.0 0 14 Mahari Stribling 3 - 2 1 30 30.0 1 30 10.0 Aaron Gethers 1 22 22.0 0 22 Jakobe Quillen 3 - 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Caleb Ferguson 3 - 0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.3 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Total 3 43 390 9.1 2 40 130.0 Brandon Dickerson 20 770 38.5 52 0 3 10 1 0 Opponents 3 61 1061 17.4 9 83 353.7 Caleb Ferguson 1 8 8.0 800000
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Richard McCollum 0-2 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0 0 Daquan Patten 2 10 5.0 0 9 Paxton Robertson 2-2 100.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 52 0 Total 2 10 5.0 0 9 Opponents 6 53 8.8 0 22 PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Paxton Robertson - 2-2 ------6 Reggie Jones 7 143 20.4 0 31 Mark Wright 1 ------6 Calvin Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mahari Stribling 1 ------6 Total 8 143 17.9 0 31 Ricky Palao 1 ------6 Opponents 6 223 37.2 1 94 Nigel Manns 1 ------6 Clayton Bardall 1 ------6 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Richard McCollum - 0-2 4-5 - - - - - 4 Donnavan Spenc 3 187 60 0 0 0 247 82.3 Total 5 2-4 4-5 - - - - - 40 Reggie Jones 3 0 30 0 143 0 173 57.7 Opponents 22 1-2 21-22 - - - - - 156 Owen Cosenke 3 0 104 0 0 0 104 34.7 Mikai Stanley 3 82 00008227.3 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Clayton Bardall 3 0 62 0 0 0 62 20.7 Western Carolina 3 17 7 13 0 40 Total 3 400 390 10 143 60 1003 334.3 Opponents 35 56 21 44 0 156 Opponents 3 702 1061 53 223 25 2064 688.0
Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Will Jones 3 67 52 256 308 102.7 Donnavan Spencer 3 38 187 0 187 62.3 Mark Wright 2 38 32 73 105 52.5 Mikai Stanley 3 20 82 0 82 27.3 Reggie Jones 3 3 0 40 40 13.3 Total 3 195 400 390 790 263.3 Opponents 3 202 702 1061 1763 587.7
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 4 A.J. Rogers 3-2 10 11 21 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 37 Ty Harris 3-3 11 9 20 2.0-7 1.0-5 . . . . 1 . . 24 Quintin Talley 3-1 9 7 16 . . . . 1 . . . . 10 Willie Hampton 3-3 8 8 16 1.0-3 . . 1 . . 1 . . 13 Ronald Kent Jr. 3-3 11 4 15 . . 1-24 1 . . 1 . . Total 3 107 102 209 11 37 321 360 8 8 696 6