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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF LOCATION: Cullowhee, N.C. Head Coach ENROLLMENT: 12,000 Kade Bell Assistant Coach / / QBs FOUNDED: 1889 Justin Hinds Assistant Coach / Defensive Coordinator / LBs NICKNAME: Catamounts Kerry Webb Assistant Coach / Special Teams Coordinator / Nickels COLORS: Purple (PMS 267) & Gold (PMS 467 Chaz Scales Assistant Coach / co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs STADIUM (CAPACITY): E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,742) JJ Laster Assistant Coach / Wide Receivers FIELD (SURFACE): Field (Artificial – IronTurf) Larry Murphy Assistant Coach / Cornerbacks CONFERENCE: Southern (SoCon) John Peacock Assistant Coach / Offensive Line AFFILIATION: NCAA Div. I – Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Rudi Small Assistant Coach / Running Backs CHANCELLOR: Dr. Kelli R. Brown (Univ. of Toledo, 1982) Dennis Thomas Assistant Coach / Defensive Line ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Alex Gary (VCU, 2005) Rylan Wells Assistant Coach / Tight Ends & Fullbacks

CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL HISTORY CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATION & SUPPORT STAFF FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL / SEASONS: 1931 / 87 Todd Shealy Director of Football Operations ALL-TIME RECORD: 342-510-23 (.404) Trent Turknett Director of Player Personnel NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: 2 – 1974 (NCAA D-II), 1983 (NCAA D-I) Sandy Neuenschwander Football Administrative Support BEST FINISH: 1983 National Finalist (lost 43-7 to Southern Illinois) Mike Taylor Head Athletic Equipment Manager LAST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE: 1983 Alayna Ledford Assistant Athletic Equipment Manager Rory Jimerson Director of Athletics Facilities / Game Operations BASIC CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL TEAM INFORMATION BASIC OFFENSE: Pro Spread WESTERN CAROLINA SPORTS PERFORMANCE STAFF BASIC DEFENSE: 4-2-5 Ben Jacobs Director of Sports Performance & Nutrition 2020-21 RECORD: 1-8 (Home: 1-1 | Away: 0-7) Collin Lawless Assistant Director of Sports Performance Record 1-5 (Home: 1-1 | Away: 0-4) Brian Dryden Assistant Sports Performance Coach HEAD COACH: Kerwin Bell (Florida, 1987) Bailey Forst Assistant Sports Performance Coach Record at WCU / Overall: 1st season / 93-42 (12 yrs) Ryan Gipson Assistant Sports Performance Coach D-I: Jacksonville, 66-35 (2007-2015) | D-II: Valdosta State, 27-7 (2016-2018) LETTERMEN RETURNING: 53 – (21 offense, 28 defense, 4 specialists) WESTERN CAROLINA SPORTS MEDICINE STAFF LETTERMEN LOST: 18 – (11 offense, 7 defense, 0 specialists) Steven Honbarger Director of Sports Medicine Other Returners: 17 – (10 offense, 6 defense, 1 specialists) Robert Reyburn Associate Head Athletic Trainer NEWCOMERS: 43 – (28 freshmen, 15 transfers) Nicole Bohannon Assistant Athletic Trainer STARTERS RETURNING: 20 – (6 offense, 10 defense, 4 specialists) Alisha Grisby Assistant Athletic Trainer STARTERS LOST: 6 – (5 offense, 1 defense, 0 specialists) Jackson Thompson Assistant Athletic Trainer Braxton Zeigler Assistant Athletic Trainer 2020-21 WCU POSTSEASON RETURNING AWARD WINNERS: Tyler Spain Athletic Training Intern Ty Harris All-SoCon LB (2nd team media) CATAMOUNT ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Ronald Kent Jr. All-SoCon DB (2nd team media) Daniel Hooker, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations (football contact) Jaquarius Guinn SoCon All-Freshman team Email: [email protected] | Office: (828) 227-2339 | Cell: (828) 508-2494 Paxton Robertson SoCon All-Freshman team Steven Grandy, Director of Media Relations (secondary contact) Email: [email protected] | Office: (828) 227-2655 CONTACT & SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations OFFICIAL ATHLETICS WEBSITE: CatamountSports.com Email: [email protected] | Office: (828) 227-2336 OFFICIAL ATHLETICS TWITTER: @Catamounts Noah Sautter, Director of Video Operations OFFICIAL ATHLETICS FACEBOOK: FB.com/CatamountSports Email: [email protected] | Office: (828) 227-2458 ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT PHONE: (828) 227-7338 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL TWITTER: @CatamountsFB CATAMOUNT ATHLETICS MAILING ADDRESS CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL OFFICE: (828) 227-7395 Western Carolina University FOOTBALL PRESS BOX PHONE: (828) 227-2116 Ramsey Center – Athletics OFFICIAL SoCon WEBSITE: SoConSports.com 92 Catamount Road OFFICIAL SoCon TWITTER: @SoConSports Cullowhee, NC 28723 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

WESTERN CAROLINA – 2020-21 RESULTS FALL 2021 PRESEASON STORY LINES & NOTES: Nov. 14 at #22 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. ESPNU L, 58-14 u For the first time since 2012, Western Carolina enters the 2021 fall season under Nov. 21 at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. ESPN3 L, 49-17 new leadership ... KERWIN BELL was named the 14th head football coach at Dec. 5 at #17 Chapel Hill, N.C. ACCN L, 49-9 WCU on April 27, 2021 ... Bell came to Cullowhee having served as the offensive coordinator at the University of South Florida under head coach Feb. 20 at Furman * Greenville, S.C. ESPN+ L, 35-7 in 2019. Bell most recently walked off the field as a head coach after winning the Feb. 27 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. ESPN+ L, 55-27 2018 NCAA Division II national championship, leading the Valdosta State Blazers March 6 VMI * Cullowhee, N.C. ESPN+ L, 30-7 where he coached for three seasons, twice making playoff appearances. March 13 THE CITADEL * Cullowhee, N.C. ESPN+ W, 21-14 u Bell was an accomplished player who worked his way from walk-on to All- March 20 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. ESPN+ L, 45-28 American to the . He won a combined four conference March 27 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. ESPN+ L, 24-17 championships and the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship in 12 seasons as a collegiate head coach. April 3 CHATTANOOGA * Cullowhee, N.C. Canceled – COVID Aprl 10 WOFFORD * Cullowhee, N.C. Canceled – COVID u Western Carolina returns just TWO of its 11 rushing touchdowns in the 2020-21 sea- son – both by RB MIKAI STANLEY – but returns FIVE of its six receiving scores in the nine-game season in 2020-21: TE CLAYTON BARDALL caught three TD passes WESTERN CAROLINA – 2021 SCHEDULE with RAEKWON HEATH and CALVIN JONES both returning with a score through Sept. 4 EASTERN KENTUCKY Cullowhee, N.C. 6:00 pm the air last season; Sept. 11 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. TBA u Western Carolina returns EIGHT of its Top 10 tacklers from a season ago including Sept. 18 SAMFORD * Cullowhee, N.C. 3:30 pm leader TY HARRIS, who had 90 stops a season ago ... WCU a bulk of its starters on Sept. 25 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 6:00 pm the defensive side of the football in the fall of 2021 as a lot of young players saw Oct. 2 at Chattanooga * Chattanooga, Tenn. 1:30 pm playing time in the split 2020-21 season; Oct. 9 MERCER * Cullowhee, N.C. 3:30 pm WHAT RETURNS ON OFFENSE: WHAT RETURNS ON DEFENSE: Oct. 23 at The Citadel * Charleston, S.C. 2:00 pm Rushing Yards 222 of 1,208 21% Tackles 626 of 762 82% Oct. 30 at Wofford * Spartanburg, S.C. 1:30 pm Rushing TDs 2 of 11 18% Tackles for Loss 31 of 33 94% Nov. 6 FURMAN * Cullowhee, N.C. 2:00 pm Receiving Yards 936 of 1,266 74% Sacks 11 of 11 100% Receiving TDs 5 of 6 83% 6 of 6 100% Nov. 13 ETSU * Cullowhee, N.C. 2:00 pm Scoring (pts) 87 of 147 59% Pass Break-Ups 25 of 33 76% Nov. 20 at VMI * Lexington, Va. 1:30 pm Total Offense Yds Forced Fumbles 6 of 7 86% All-Purpose Yards 1,759 of 3,243 54% Fumble Recoveries 6 of 8 75% ADDITIONAL 2021 TEAM BREAKDOWN Field Goals 5 of 5 100% Punting Yards 2,112 of 2,120 99% STARTERS RETURNING: ...... 20 – (6 offense – 10 defense – 4 specialist) u Western Carolina’s 2021 preseason roster includes 12 “super seniors” who are OFFENSE (6): DEFENSE (10): returning for the additional season granted by the COVID exemption from the Matthew Bair...... OL Ronald Kent Jr...... CB 2020-21 roster ... Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA did not count the fall Owen Cosenke...... TE Aaron Gethers...... CB 2020 or spring 2021 season against a student-athlete’s eligibility clock, allowing Raekwon Heath...... WR Jaquarius Guinn...... DL these players to return for an additional year of eligibility: Dillon Luther...... OL Willie Hampton...... LB PLAYER NAME POS NOTES Daquan Patten...... WR Jacob Harris...... DB Matt Bair OL WCU fifth-year senior Tyler Smith...... OL Ty Harris...... LB Trevor Childers LB WCU fifth-year senior Trae Churn TE Transfer from SC State; 2nd yr at WCU Roman Johnson...... DL Owen Cosenke TE WCU fifth-year senior LA Rogers-Anderson...... S Ty Harris LB WCU fifth-year senior K.J. Milner...... DL Ivan Hogans LB Transfer from Tusculum Micah Nelson...... LB Nick Oelrich DB Fifth-year, transfer from Florida SPECALISTS (4): Ricky Palao DL WCU fifth-year senior Daquan Patten WR WCU fifth-year senior Colby Cross...... LS Richard McCollum...... PK Curtis Roach NIC WCU sixth-year senior (includes a medical hardship) Brandon Dickerson...... P Paxton Robertson...... PK /P Kareem Taylor LB Transfer from Kennesaw State Rogan Wells QB Transfer from Tusculum, Valdosta State STARTERS LOST: ...... 6 – (5 offense – 1 defense – 0 specialist) u Dating back to the regular season finale at fifth-ranked Alabama to end 2019, Western Carolina has played EIGHT of its last 10 games away from the friendly OFFENSE (5): DEFENSE (5): confines of E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field ... WCU played just two home Jacob Combs...... OL Dorian Davis...... DB games in the 2020-21 season as the final two – vs. Chattanooga and vs. Wofford Ryan Glover...... QB – were canceled as both programs opted out of the remainder of the 2021 spring Isaiah Helms...... OL season due to roster concerns surrounding COVID-19. Reggie Jones...... WR u WCU’s last three NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) games have been Donnavan Spencer...... RB played against nationally-ranked competition: Nov. 2019 at No. 5 Alabama L, 66-3 Nov. 14, 2020 at No. 22 Liberty L, 58-14 Dec. 5, 2020 at No. 17 North Carolina L, 49-9 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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CATAMOUNT FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACHES IN DEBUT OUTINGS: u Western Carolina first year head football coaches have combined to go 6-5-2 in their first games dating back to 1931 ...SIX of WCU’s previous 13 head coaches all-time have started out their career at WCU with a victory including three-straight dating back to 2002;

u WCU’s first-year head coaches are 4-1 in first career games that occur at home;

u The Catamounts host Eastern Kentucky to open the 2021 season, the first under head coach KERWIN BELL ... It’s the second time a first-year WCU head coach will match-up with the Colonels – Dale Strahm’s 1989 squad opened up in Richmond, Ky., against EKU;

u Bob Waters – WCU’s all-time winningest head coach – posted the best-ever first season by going 9-1 in 1969, opening the year with a victory:

YEAR COACH RESULT OPPONENT SEASON 1931 C.C. Poindexter W, 12-7 SYLVA INSTITUTE 4-4 1935 L, 26-6 at Apprentice School 1-10 1939 James Whatley T, 0-0 at Guilford 1-6-1 1945 Marion McDonald L, 35-7 at High Point 1-3 1946 Tom Young T, 6-6 at High Point 6-3-1 1956 Dan Robinson W, 19-13 at Carson-Newman 1-9 1969 Bob Waters W, 20-17 CARSON-NEWMAN 9-1 1989 Dale Strahm L, 31-13 at Eastern Kentucky 3-7-1 HARRIS EYES WCU’S CAREER TACKLE-FOR-LOSS LEADER BOARD: u Senior LB TY HARRIS enters his fifth season also eyeing Western Carolina’s career 1990 Steve Hodgin L, 67-0 at N.C. State 3-8 Top 10 list for tackles for loss ... Harris is coming off a career-best 8.5 tackles for 1997 Bill Bleil L, 17-10 LIBERTY 3-8 loss in the 2020-21 season, tied for fourth in the SoCon: 2002 Kent Briggs W, 23-3 at Liberty 5-6 2008 W, 35-0 SHORTER 3-9 RNK PLAYER YEARS TOTAL 2012 W, 42-14 MARS HILL 1-10 1. Michale Spicer 2000-03 56.5 +35.5 2021 Kerwin Bell EASTERN KENTUCKY 2. Louis Cooper 1981-84 48.0 +27 3. Clyde Simmons 1982-85 47.0 +26 SENIOR LB TY HARRIS TAKES AIM AT HISTORY FOR WCU DEFENSE: 4. Rod Dunlap 2000-03 45.0 +24 u Returning for his fifth-year due to the COVID-19 exemption, Western Carolina senior Nick McNeil 2000-03 45.0 linebacker TY HARRIS has shot at etching his name in the Catamount football 6. Billy Bumper 1991-94 38.0 +17 record books for career tackles ... Harris enters the season just 13 tackles shy of WCU’s career Top 10 list and is just 39 away from second-place in WCU’s career Geno Segars 1985-88 38.0 ledgers: 8. Anthony Jenkins 1997-99 37.0 +16 . 9 Derek Summerour 1992-95 32.0 +11 u Harris ranked fourth in the SoCon in 2020-21 with an average of 9.9 tackles per game (19th in the NCAA) ... He ranked second in the league credited with 49 . 10 John Scott 1995-98 31.0 +10 solo stops (5.4 per game, 38th in NCAA); – TY HARRIS 2017– 21.0

RNK PLAYER YEARS UA A TOTAL RONALD KENT CLIMBS CAREER PASS BREAK-UP CHARTS: 1. Tom Bodine 1991-94 296 157 453 +152 u Junior CB RONALD KENT JR. has recorded 22 pass break-ups over his first three 2. Ace Clark 2011-14 169 171 340 +39 seasons in Cullowhee, just outside WCU’s all-time top five … Enters 2021 just TWO pass break-ups shy of fifth-place in WCU’s career record book: 3. Daniel Riddle 2013-17 133 200 333 +32 4. Kenny Banks 1990-94 227 104 331 +30 RNK PLAYER YEARS TOTAL 5. Eric Johnson 1996-98 219 107 326 +25 1. Willie Williams 1990-92 41 +19 Julius Grant 1990-93 215 111 326 2. Trey Morgan 2013-16 27 +5 . 7 Bernard Jones 1981-84 185 135 320 +19 3. DeNorris Burton 1996-98 26 +4 Ricky Smith 1977-80 132 188 320 4. Fred Davis 1985-86 25 +3 . 9 Rock Williams 2009-12 153 166 319 +18 5. Ahmad Green 2000-02 24 +2 10. Everett Spellman 1984-87 201 113 314 +13 Eric Johnson 1996-98 24 11. Louis Cooper 1981-84 189 123 312 +11 Lee McCall 1978-80 24 12. Clyde Simmons 1982-85 191 116 307 +6 – RONALD KENT JR. 2018– 22 13. Steve Yates 1971-74 191 115 306 +5 TY HARRIS 2017-PRES 153 148 301 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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WCU RETURNING OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION: u Western Carolina returns SIX players that have recorded offensive touchdowns in their Catamount careers, paced by a pair of fifth-year seniors – TEOWEN COSENKE and WR DAQUAN PATTEN:

Owen Cosenke, TE 5th-yr Sr. 11 Mikai Stanley, RB 2nd-yr Fr. 2 Daquan Patten, WR 5th-yr Sr. 7 Raekwon Heath, TE Jr. 1 Clayton Bardall, TE Jr. 4 Calvin Jones, WR 2nd-yr Fr. 1

CHARTING THE CATAMOUNT POSITION: u Prior to the 2020-21 season, only FOUR had started in the Catamount backfield since 2012 … All but 12 of the games during that time frame were started by either Tyrie Adams or Troy Mitchell, who respectively rank 1st and 2nd in both career passing yards, passing touchdowns, and total offense ... the only other two QBs to record starts were Eddie Sullivan (2012-13) and Will Jones (2017-21);

u In the split 2020-21 season, Western Carolina turned to THREE different starting quarterbacks: Mark Wright, one game in the fall of 2020; Will Jones, two starts in the fall of 2020; and Ryan Glover, transfer from Penn who started all six games played in the spring 20201 season;

u With the departure of Ryan Glover (transferred to the University of California) and Will Jones (graduate transfer), only TWO quarterbacks remain on roster from the 2020-21 season – JuCo transfer CARLOS DAVIS, who played in two games in the spring and threw a 44-yard touchdown pass at ETSU in his only pass attempt – and redshirt freshman KASON LINCKE, who went 3-for-3 for 21 yards with 17 rushing yards at nationally-ranked North Carolina; u Western Carolina’s new coaching staff added two-time Harlon Hill Trophy finalist QB ROGAN WELLS to the quarterback room ... Wells is a graduate transfer who was the MVP of the title game in winning the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship at Valdosta State and led Tusculum to the Spring 2021 South Atlantic Conference championship. u WCU has also added five freshmen QBs to the roster including signeeMEZIAH SCOTT (Petersburg, Va. / Petersburg HS) ... prep teammates BRODY PALHEGYI (Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Cardinal Gibbons HS) and MASON POLIVKA (Fort Lau- derdale, Fla. / Cardinal Gibbons HS) ... BRYSON GRABOWSKI (Copperhill, Tenn. / Copper Basin HS) ... and in-state product, PARISH METZGER (Matthews, N.C. / David W. Butler HS); u The addition of the much heralded QB ROGAN WELLS can draw similar compari- sons to another former quarterback transfer in WCU’s history – David Rivers:

u DAVID RIVERS, QB – (pronounced RYE-vers) ... transferred to WCU from Virginia prior to the 1999 season with one year of eligibility ... Posted the second-best passing single-season in program history, completing 208-of-350 passes (59.4%) for 2,878 yards and 17 touchdown passes in his one season ... Posted five passing performances of over 300 yards in the 2000 season including a school-record 474 NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK – CATAMOUNTS GO NIKE: passing yards against Wofford (Oct. 14, 2000). u In a year full of transition, Western Carolina enters the 2021 fall season with a new look on the field in uniform as well. Beginning on July 1, 2021, Catamount CATAMOUNT LEGACIES ON THE 2021 SQUAD: Athletics entered a five-year partnership with Nike and BSN SPORTS. As part of the u Western Carolina has two Catamount legacies – fathers and sons – associated with agreement, Nike will serve as the official apparel, footwear and uniform provider Catamount football and the 2021 team: for Catamount Athletics. WCU unveiled one of its new Nike uniforms during the summer months. u CURTIS ROACH, NIC – the senior nickelback is the son of WCU Hall of Fame u In 2021, WCU will have four combinations of uniforms that include a purple and placekicker who was a four-time All-SoCon and three-time All-America selection, a white jersey with both white and gold pants, both featuring leg stripes; Kirk Roach ... A walk-on, Curtis was awarded a scholarship during fall preseason back in early August 2020 ... the elder Roach has twice been listed on the Divi- u Western Carolina is scheduled to wear it’s all-white uniform combination – white sional Player/Coach ballot for the Hall of Fame ... Kirk is WCU’s jerseys over white pants with new-look purple helmets – in its home-opener against all-time leading scorer with 302 career points (89-90 PATs, 71-of-101 FGs); Eastern Kentucky as the Catamounts #WhiteOutWhitmire. u DAQUAN PATTEN, WR – the fifth-year redshirt senior WR is the son of former All-SoCon Catamount receiver – and three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots – David who had a 14-year professional career ... Daquan, who received a grant-in-aid scholarship during the first official team meeting in fall camp before the 2019 season, has 1,092 career receiving yards – his father finished with 1,563 career receiving yards at WCU. CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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CATAMOUNTS THROUGH THE TRANSFER PORTAL: u RAPHAEL WILLIAMS, WR – Redshirt freshman transfer from Tusculum ... Played u Western Carolina’s 2021 preseason roster includes 17 college transfers who have in five games in the spring 2021 season, catching 13 passes for 194 yards and a come to Cullowhee over the summer ahead of the 2021 fall semester (as of 7/19): touchdown … Averaged 38.8 receiving yards per game; u RONALD WILSON, DL – Sophomore transfer from Gardner-Webb ... Played in u MARLON ALEXANDER, DL – Sophomore transfer from Gardner-Webb ... Played nine games as a freshman in 2019 … Recorded five total tackles including four in 14 games for the Runnin’ Bulldogs over the past two seasons with 14 tackles solo stops. including 2.0 TFLs with a sack; u KENNY BENJAMIN, RB – Senior transfer from Valdosta State ... Played in 30 QUICK RECAP OF THE 2020-21 FOOTBALL SEASON: games with 16 starts at VSU ... Rushed 34 times for 265 yards with one score u Western Carolina finished the 2020-21 season with a 1-8 overall record including while catching 75 passes for 765 yards and nine receiving TDs ... Recorded a 1-5 mark in Southern Conference play ... WCU started the season 0-6 before 2,086 all-purpose yards; upending The Citadel in Cullowhee on March 13 which ended an eight-game win- u CHRISTIAN COULTER, OL – Sophomore transfer from Tusculum ... Played in 14 less drought that dated back to the 2019 season ... the Catamounts were unable to games over the past two seasons with 11 starts along the offensive line in 2019; sustain that momentum, dropping its final two games of the season at Mercer and at ETSU before the last two games were canceled. u ANTWANN FANN, DL – Redshirt freshman transfer from Kennesaw State ... u Played in one game for the Owls in 2019, taking a redshirt ... Was a three-star The Southern Conference – and most of the NCAA FCS – moved the 2020 recruit out of high school by 247Sports; league season and playoffs to the spring 2021 semester due to COVID-19 ... WCU was one of 17 NCAA FCS teams to play games in the 2020 fall ... WCU u JAYLEN FLOYD, DB – Graduate transfer from Lehigh ... Played in 31 games played three games and was one of FOUR teams from the SoCon to compete in with 16 starts in the secondary from 2017-2019 ... Recorded 85 tackles including the 2020 fall semester: The Citadel (4), Mercer (3), and Chattanooga (1); 67 solo stops and 3.5 TFLs with 10 passes defended ... Added 454 all-purpose u return yards including 364 on kickoff returns and 90 on punt returns; WCU played THREE nonconference road games in the fall semester – two against NCAA FBS opponents that were ranked inside the Top 25 with the third u IVAN HOGANS, LB – Fifth-year senior transfer from Tusculum ... Played in coming against Eastern Kentucky which opted to play its full, nine-game season 36 career games for the Pioneers, amassing 256 career tackles including 115 in 2020. solo stops and 29 tackles for loss with 8.5 sacks ... Two-time first-team All-SAC (2018, 2019) and was a D2CCA All-Region second-team honoree and a Football FORMER CATAMOUNTS PLAYING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL: Gazette All-Region third-team selection in 2018; u Western Carolina has two student-athlete alumni vying for roster spots with NFL u TERRENCE HORNE, WR – Junior transfer from the Univ. of South Florida ... squads entering the 2021 season with two additional former players active in Played in 20 games over three seasons for the Bulls ... Recorded 15 catches for international football: 90 yards and three touchdowns ... Finished with 520 all-purpose yards; u KEION CROSSEN, DB – enters his third season with the Houston Texans and u TJ JONES, RB – Junior transfer from Tusculum by way of Georgia Military fourth in the NFL after being drafted by the New England Patriots in seventh College ... In five games in the spring, led the Pioneers with 337 rushing yards round of the 2018 NFL Draft ... Crossen has played in 43 career games with 69 on 62 carries and five touchdowns on the ground ... Added 18 catches for 243 total tackles including 53 solo stops and has successfully defended six passes ... yards and three scores out of the backfield ... Scored eight touchdowns in 2019 Crossen had his best season in 2020, ranking eighth on the Texans’ squad with at Georgia Military; 46 total tackles including 33 solo stops. u CAMERON McCUTCHEON, DB – Senior transfer from Gardner-Webb ... Played u JOHN BRANNON, DB – enters his second season with the Los Angeles Char- in 25 games at Gardner-Webb since 2018, recording 87 career tackles including gers ... Was signed to the after being inked as an undrafted free 63 solo stops and a tackle for loss; agent ... Brannon advanced to the active roster for the Week 17 game against eventual AFC Champion Kansas City, seeing action against the Chiefs in his NFL u NICK OELRICH, DB – Fifth-year transfer from Florida ... Graduated from the debut but did not record any official stats; M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Construction Management ... Played in 23 games for u the Gators as a defensive reserve and on special teams, compiling nine tackles; DETREZ NEWSOME, RB – signed with the Ottawa Redblacks of the (CFL), the team announced in mid-December ... He originally u GRIFFIN SESTILLI, OL – Redshirt junior transfer from Temple ... Played in 20 signed as an undrafted free agent by the LA Chargers in 2018 ... Newsome fin- games over three seasons for the Owls after joining the team as a member of ished his career with the school-record for all-purpose yards in a career (6,969 the 2017 recruiting class; yards) and is the only WCU running back to post three consecutive 1,000 yard u KAREEN TAYLOR, LB – Transfer from Kennesaw State by way of Shorter ... rushing seasons between 2015-17 ... He accounted for 37 rushing TDs, tied with Two-time All-Big South second-team defense selection as a junior and senior Otis McIntosh (1968-71) for first in school history; … Recorded 92 tackles over 17 games with 13 starts in two seasons with 12.0 u TERRYON ROBINSON, WR – signed with the Yeditepe Eagles of the American tackles for loss; Football International Turkish league ... Robinson finished his career with a u MYDREON VINES, WR – Senior transfer from Tusculum, though he did not see school-record 230 receptions and 2,839 career receiving yards to rank fifth in game action for the Pioneers ... Played 2017-19 at East Carolina, seeing action program history ... Robinson had eight, 100-yard receiving games in his WCU in 29 games with 19 receptions for 236 yards and a touchdown. career and tallied 19 receiving touchdowns, tied for fifth in school history.

u ROGAN WELLS, QB – Fifth-year transfer from Tusculum by way of Valdosta State ... Two-time Harlon Hill Trophy finalist, two-time Of- fensive Player of the Year ... Amassed 8,982 career passing yards with 84 career TD passes and 2,032 career rushing yards with 27 scores on the ground ... MVP of the 2018 NCAA Division II national championship ... see more next page;

u CJ WILLIAMS, WR – Sophomore transfer from Alabama ... Originally committed to Army West Point as a prep ... Did not see playing time for the Crimson Tide as a true freshman in 2020 ... Was a two-star recruit by Rivals; CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS Two-time finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy (2018, 2019); Runner-up in 2018 Two-time Gulf South Conference Offensive Player of the Year (2018, 2019) AFCA All-America first-team selection in 2019 D2CCA All-Region first-team selection in 2019 Two-time D2CCA Super Region Two Player of the Year Gulf South Conference Player of the Decade First-team Gulf South Conference All-Decade Two-time South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week (2020) Eight-time Gulf South Conference Player of the Week (2018 & 2019) MVP of the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship game

ROGAN WELLS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year G Cmp–Att–Int Pct Yds TD Lng A/Gm Rush Yds TD Lng Avg A/Gm 2017 (VSU) 9 121–217–3 55.8 1,405 12 47 156.1 116 498 8 39 4.3 55.3 2018 (VSU) 14 209–364–4 57.4 3,075 38 88 219.6 136 732 11 81 5.4 52.3 2019 (VSU) 11 213–297–4 71.7 2,650 19 69 240.9 85 702 6 70 8.3 63.8 20-21 (TU) 5 117–189–3 61.9 1,852 15 78 370.4 32 100 2 25 3.1 20.0 TOTALS 39 660–1,067–14 61.9 8,982 84 88 230.3 369 2,032 27 81 5.5 52.1 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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LYNCHBURG, VA – Liberty QB Malik Willis tossed three touchdown passes while also 2020-21 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 (ESPN3) at EKU...... PUNT...... Dickerson, 52-yard punt; 6 plays, 18 yds points on consecutive possessions in the final frame to pull away from Western Caro- Sat., Nov. 21 lina, 49-17, to win the inaugural Opportunity Bowl. EKU's Alonzo Booth ran for 178 yards at N. Carolina...... PUNT...... Dickerson, 39-yard punt; 5 plays, 17 yds Opportunity Bowl and three touchdowns and caught another pass for a TD in the win. WCU's offense at Furman...... TD...... Ryan Glover, 10-yard rush; 3 plays, 12 yds Richmond, Ky. L, 49-17 scored once on a 30-yard Will Jones to Mahari Stribling touchdown pass while Ricky at Samford...... TD...... Glover to C. Jones, 2-yard pass; 6 plays, 75 yds Palao rumbled 58 yards for a scoop-and-score defensive TD. VMI...... PUNT...... Robertson, 33-yd punt; 3 plays, 2 yds CHAPEL HILL, NC – Michael Carter ran for three touchdowns and Sam Howell threw at #17 North Carolina THE CITADEL...... TD...... Donnavan Spencer, 1-yd rush; 3 plays, 58 yds 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...... PUNT...... Robertson, 38-yd punt; 6 plays, 15 yds Sat., Dec. 5 by halftime. WCU got a 40-yard field goal from freshman Paxton Robertson for its first Chapel Hill, N.C. SU at ET ...... TD...... Glover to R. Heath, 21-yd pass; 7 plays, 75 yds first-quarter points of the fall and Nigel Manns capped scoring with a 42-yard scoop- L, 49-9 and-score fumble recovery on a sack by Trevor Childers. WCU 2020-21 2ND HALF OPENING DRIVES: GREENVILLE, SC – Devin Wynn ran for 106 yards and a touchdown while QB Hamp Sis- at Furman * (ESPN+) son tossed three TDs and three interceptions to help Furman down Western Carolina, OPP RESULT DETAILS Sat., Feb. 20 35-7. The Paladins finished with 533 yards of total offense and 33 first downs compared at Liberty...... MFG...... McCollum, 49-yard attempt; 6 plays, 38 yds Greenville, S.C. to WCU’s 109 yards and five first downs. Furman outgained WCU 384-39 and had a L, 35-7 23-1 first down edge in the first half. Jacob Harris, Curtis Roach, and Rod Gattison each at EKU...... PUNT...... Dickerson, 49-yard punt; 3 plays, -7 yds recorded interceptions for WCU, and QB Ryan Glover rushed for a first-quarter score. at N. Carolina...... DOWNS...... Inc. pass on 4th down; 8 plays, 40 yds BIRMINGHAM, AL – Liam Welch threw for two touchdowns and ran for three more in at Furman...... PUNT...... Robertson, 37-yard punt; 5 plays, 16 yds at Samford * (ESPN+) leading Samford to a 55-27 victory over Western Carolina. Welch was 26-of-36 passing at Samford...... PUNT...... Robertson, 36-yard punt; 3 plays, -2 yds Sat., Feb. 27 for 311 yards and rushed for 83 yards on 18 carries. The Bulldogs led 21-20 at halftime Birmingham, Ala. then scored on their first three possessions of the third quarter. Samford had 630 yards VMI...... INT...... VMI's Ethan Caselberry INT; 3 plays, 3 yds L, 55-27 of offense. Ryan Glover threw for 306 yards and two TDs but was also intercepted twice THE CITADEL...... PUNT...... Robertson, 37-yard punt; 3 plays, 3 yds for WCU with Calvin Jones, Clayton Bardall, and Donnavan Spencer scoring. at Mercer...... PUNT...... Robertson, 33-yard punt; 3 plays, 1 yd CULLOWHEE – Korey Bridy ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns to lead VMI to a 30-7 SU at ET ...... PUNT...... Robertson, 41-yd punt; 7 plays, 13 yds VMI * (ESPN+) victory over Western Carolina, the second straight win for VMI. Bridy scored on a 6-yard Sat., March 6 run in the first quarter and from the 1 late in the third. Reece Udinski had a TD pass and Cullowhee, N.C. completed 30 of 41 passes for 239 yards and Jerry Rice made field goals from 27, 29, L, 30-7 and 32 yards. WCU's Mikai Stanley ran for a 5-yard TD with 6:30 remaining to cap the WESTERN CAROLINA 2020-21 BALL CONTROL STATS: scoring. Donnavan Spencer had 98 yards rushing on 18 carries for the Catamounts. OPP DRIVES 3&OUT 1ST DWNS TOP CULLOWHEE – Donnavan Spencer rushed for a career-high 220 yards and two touch- at Liberty...... 14...... 5...... 15...... 30:44 THE CITADEL * (ESPN+) downs, and Western Carolina beat The Citadel 21-14. On the Catamounts’ opening Sat., March 13 drive, Spencer accounted for all offensive yardage, running for 36, 10, and a 1-yard at EKU...... 17...... 4...... 17...... 28:16 Cullowhee, N.C. touchdown run for a 7-0 lead. Mikai Stanley added to WCU’s lead with an 18-yard touch- at N. Carolina...... 13...... 3...... 13...... 31:44 W, 21-14 down run and Spencer added a 67-yard TD jaunt with 45 seconds before halftime for a at Furman...... 10...... 5...... 5...... 18:51 21-6 advantage. WCU's defense held The Citadel scoreless in the second half. at Samford...... 16...... 4...... 22...... 29:19 MACON, GA – Nakendrick Clark and Fred Davis each had two rushing touchdowns, VMI...... 9...... 2...... 11...... 23:59 at Mercer * (Nexstar/E+) Carter Peevy passed for a score and ran for another, and Mercer claimed a 45-28 win THE CITADEL...... 10...... 1...... 18...... 22:31 Sat., March 20 over Western Carolina. Clark finished with 23 carries for 92 yards and Davis added 13 Macon, Ga. for 46. Peevy was 10-of-22 passing for 118 yards. Mercer had 308 yards rushing and at Mercer...... 14...... 4...... 14...... 19:16 L, 45-28 had possession of the ball for nearly 41 minutes. Donnavan Spencer had 12 carries for SU at ET ...... 10...... 1...... 14...... 24:23 78 yards and three touchdowns for WCU with Ryan Glover also rushing for a score. TOTAL DRIVES: 113 JOHNSON CITY, TENN. – Quay Holmes had 30 carries for 197 yards rushing and two 3 & OUT DRIVES: 29 at ETSU * (Nexstar/E+) touchdowns to lead ETSU to a 24-17 victory over Western Carolina in a day that featured Sat., March 27 inclement weather including torrential downpours of rain and hail. Holmes had a 40- Blue Ridge Border Battle WCU DEFENSE 2020-21 BALL CONTROL STATS: Johnson City, Tenn. yard TD run in the second quarter, and his 5-yard TD run with 12:40 remaining was OPP DRIVES 3&OUT 1ST DWNS TOP L, 24-17 the only score in the second half. Jacob Saylors ran the ball 15 times for a career-best 136 yards rushing for ETSU. Tyler Keltner kicked a program-record 54-yard field goal. at Liberty...... 13...... 0...... 21...... 29:16 at EKU...... 17...... 4...... 23...... 31:44 CULLOWHEE – WCU's home football game against Chattanooga slated for Saturday, CHATTANOOGA * (ESPN+) April 3 was canceled as UTC announced that it is opting out of the remainder of the at N. Carolina...... 12...... 1...... 31...... 28:16 Sat., April 3 2021 spring FCS football season. UTC's decision was made with the health and safety of at Furman...... 10...... 0...... 33...... 41:09 Cullowhee, N.C. the entire program as the focus and due to COVID-19 opt-outs, that made it impossible at Samford...... 16...... 3...... 29...... 28:23 No Contest to field the required number of student-athletes in key position groups to meet SoCon regulations. The Mocs' remaining scheduled games will be recorded as no-contests. VMI...... 10...... 1...... 33...... 36:01 THE CITADEL...... 10...... 1...... 22...... 37:29 CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina’s spring football season finale against the Wofford at Mercer...... 14...... 4...... 27...... 40:44 WOFFORD * (Nexstar/E+) Terriers scheduled for Saturday, April 10 was canceled as Wofford announced that it is Sat., April 10 opting out of the remainder of the 2021 spring FCS football season. Wofford’s decision SU at ET ...... 10...... 1...... 28...... 34:54 Cullowhee, N.C. was based upon a combination of player COVID opt-outs and injuries that have left the TOTAL DRIVES: 112 No Contest team below the Southern Conference guidelines for specific position groups. The Terri- 3 & OUT DRIVES: 15 ers’ remaining scheduled games will be recorded as no-contests. CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

2021 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL – SEASON PREVIEW

EASTERN KENTUCKY Western Carolina opens the Kerwin Bell Era in Cullowhee by hosting Eastern Kentucky of the newly formed AQ7 Con- Saturday, Sept. 4 ference for a pre-Labor Day season-opener at E.J. Whitmire Stadium. EKU rallied past WCU, 49-17, in the “Opportu- CULLOWHEE nity Bowl” last November in Richmond, Ky., claiming its second-straight victory over the Catamounts in the head-to-

GAME 1 6:00 pm head series. It’s the first meeting between the two in Cullowhee since 2006 when WCU upset then No. 19 Colonels.

at Oklahoma Western Carolina circles the wagons for its meeting with six-time defending Big XII champion, Oklahoma, in what Saturday, Sept. 11 figures to be WCU’s fourth-straight FBS game against a nationally-ranked opponent. The meeting is the first-ever Norman, Okla. between the Catamounts and Sooners on the gridiron – and just the second for WCU against a team currently in the

GAME 2 TBA Big XII – WCU lost at Kansas back in 1993.

It promises to be an aerial showcase when Western Carolina opens its Southern Conference slate by entertaining the SAMFORD * pass-happy attack of the Samford Bulldogs for the annual “Family Weekend” game. Samford boasted the league’s Saturday, Sept. 18 top-scoring (40.3 ppg) and best-producing (513.9 yds/gm) offense in 2020-21, ranking fifth in the NCAA FCS with CULLOWHEE 353.1 passing yards per game. It was a one-point game at halftime in Birmingham a year ago before Samford took GAME 3 3:30 pm over in posting the 55-27 win, relegating WCU to its third-straight loss in the head-to-head series.

at Gardner-Webb The regional, intra-conference rivalry is renewed when Western Carolina heads to Boiling Springs to face the Runnin’ Saturday, Sept. 25 Bulldogs at Spangler Stadium. GWU hit a game-winning field goal as time expired to win the most-recent meeting, Boiling Springs, N.C. 24-21, in Cullowhee back in 2019, snapping WCU’s four-game series win streak and giving GWU its first win over

GAME 4 6:00 pm WCU since 2009. The Catamounts lead the series with the Runnin’ Bulldogs 6-4 including three wins on the road.

Last year’s meeting in Cullowhee was canceled when Chattanooga opted-out of its remaining spring schedule at Chattanooga * resulting in a no-contest. In the most recent meeting, WCU amassed 497 yards of offense including 423 on the Saturday, Oct. 2 ground as the two squads combined for 96 total points in UTC’s 60-36 win. WCU closed to within one score, 44-36, Chattanooga, Tenn. in the third quarter, but the Mocs pulled away in the final stanza. The Catamounts trail in the all-time series, 17-29, GAME 5 1:30 pm though WCU’s most recent victory came on the road in a convincing 45-7 victory back in 2017.

MERCER * The Mercer Bears come to Cullowhee as the opposition in Western Carolina’s 2021 Homecoming game. Last year, the Saturday, Oct. 9 Bears used a solid rushing attack that included eight different ball-carriers to hand the Catamounts a 45-28 defeat at CULLOWHEE Five Star Stadium. WCU has dropped five-straight games against the Bears in the all-time series, falling to 2-5 overall.

GAME 6 3:30 pm One of the two victories in the series came in Cullowhee in a thrilling 24-21 win back in 2015.

WCU travels down I-26 for the age-old rivalry, Cat vs. Dog, when it squares-off against The Citadel at Johnson at The Citadel * Hagood Stadium. WCU scored its lone win of the 2020-21 season against The Citadel, halting a six-game seasonal Saturday, Oct. 23 slide and a four-game winless drought against conference opponents with its win in Cullowhee a season ago. Charleston, S.C. Donnavan Spencer rushed for 220 yards – the eighth-best single-game performance in WCU history – to key the GAME 7 2:00 pm 21-14 home win as WCU led 21-6 at intermission and stood tall against the ‘Dogs ground game in the second half.

Last year’s meeting in Cullowhee was canceled when Wofford opted-out of its remaining spring schedule resulting at Wofford * in a no-contest. In the most recent meeting in Spartanburg, WCU QB Tyrie Adams threw a 69-yard TD pass on a Saturday, Oct. 30 toss-back reverse flea flicker on the game's first play. However, Adams was lost to a game-ending injury on the Spartanburg, S.C. second offensive series and Wofford took advantage, limiting WCU to just 172 yards and four first downs in handing GAME 8 1:30 pm the Catamounts a 59-7 loss. Three Terriers rushed for 100+ yards and combined for five touchdowns.

FURMAN * Western Carolina hosts chromatic rival Furman in Cullowhee, site of the Catamounts last series win back in 2015. Saturday, Nov. 6 WCU has dropped five-straight to the Paladins in the series, trailing Furman 12-34-2 all-time. Last season, the Cata- CULLOWHEE mount defense had three interceptions and grabbed an early touchdown lead only to see the Paladins gallop to

GAME 9 2:00 pm 533 yards of offense including 320 rushing and 213 passing in scoring 35-consecutive points in the winning effort.

ETSU * The mountain-rivalry is rekindled in WCU’s final home game of 2021 as the Catamounts host ETSU in the “Blue with the traveling trophy again on the line. ETSU reclaimed “the Rock” with a 24-17 win at Saturday, Nov. 13 Ridge Border Battle” Greene Stadium in the spring of 2021. WCU won the most recent rivalry meeting in Cullowhee, outlasting the Bucs CULLOWHEE for a thrilling 23-20 overtime victory. The all-time series between WCU and ETSU now stands at 25-24-1 in favor of

GAME 10 2:00 pm the Catamounts and each of the last three series meetings have been decided in one-possession games.

at VMI * Western Carolina concludes the regular season portion of its schedule with a road trip to Lexington, Va., to face Saturday, Nov. 20 the defending Southern Conference champion VMI Keydets. Last season, VMI halted Western Carolina’s 17-game Lexington, Va. series winning streak which had dated back to 1991 with a 30-7 win over the Catamounts in Cullowhee – the first

GAME 11 1:30 pm by the Keydets all-time, ending a 13-game road slide in the series. WCU leads the series, 23-4, all-time.

2021 NCAA Western Carolina looks to halt a 38-year drought of advancing to the NCAA postseason. The NCAA FCS Playoffs returns FCS PLAYOFFS to 24 teams in the fall of 2021 after being reduced back down to 16 teams in 2020-21. WCU looks to make a return to the Saturday, Nov. 27 NCAA Division I FCS playoffs for the first time since making a run to the national title game in 1983. The Southern Confer- TBA ence regular season champion will garner the league’s automatic bid into the postseason field. POSTSEASON CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

2021 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL – HEAD COACH KERWIN BELL

An accomplished player who worked his way from walk-on to All-American to the National Football League, and a 12-year veteran head coach who won a combined four conference championships and the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship, KERWIN BELL was named the 14th head football coach at Western Carolina University by Director of Athletics Alex Gary on April 27, 2021.

Bell comes to Cullowhee having served as the offensive coordinator at the University of South Florida under head coach Charlie Strong in 2019. He most recently walked off the field as a head coach following the 2018 NCAA Division II national championship, leading the Valdosta State Blazers where he coached for three seasons, twice making playoff appearances. u Over a 12-year head coaching career, Bell led the football programs at Valdosta State (2016-18) and Jackson- ville University (2007-15). He did this coming on the heels of a 13-year playing career in professional football that included several stops in the NFL and the Canadian Football League;

u Bell served three seasons as the head coach at Valdosta State where he also guided the offense. He led the Blazers to a 27-7 record during his tenure including a school-record 15 straight victories, two Division II playoff appearances, and won both a conference and a national championship in 2018. He was named the 2018 Don Hansen NCAA Division II Co-Coach of the Year and the Gulf South Conference Co-Coach of the Year after leading VSU to a 14-0 record – the first unbeaten season in program history that included a thrilling 49-47 vic- tory over Ferris State in the D-II National Championship game. Picked fifth in their conference in the preseason and the No. 3 seed entering the playoffs, the Blazers finished No. 1 nationally in the final AFCA Division II poll;

u PERSONAL INFORMATION: Bell’s 2018 offense led the nation in scoring (52.0 ppg), ranked second in first downs (341), and was fourth in total offense (523.9 ypg), red-zone offense (.901), and pass efficiency (167.37). The Blazers scored 728 points BORN: June 15, 1965 on the year, the most in NCAA Division II history, as they posted 7,334 yards (3,676 rushing/3,658 passing) and HOMETOWN: Mayo, Fla. 7.9 yards per play on the year; ALMA MATER: Florida, 1987 u Within Bell’s system, VSU QB Rogan Wells finished as the runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy, presented to the FAMILY: Bell and his wife Cosette Odom, have three Division II Player of the Year, and was named both the Region Two and Gulf South Conference Offensive Player children; Kade, Kolton, and Kenzley of the Year. Wells accounted for 50 touchdowns on the year (including one receiving), led the nation in points responsible for (300), was second in passing touchdowns (38) and points responsible for per game (21.4 ppg), PLAYING EXPERIENCE: 10th in passing yards (3,075), 12th in passing efficiency (160.6) and 25th in total offense (271.9 ypg). He finished , former walk-on, three-year second on the team with 732 yards rushing and led the team with 11 rushing touchdowns; starter at QB (1984-88); SEC Player of the Year (1984); u Bell led Valdosta State to runner-up conference finishes in his first two years guiding the program and went 8-3 First-Team All-SEC (1985) and Honorable mention All- with a playoff appearance in his first season at the helm in 2016 as the Blazers led the nation with 27 intercep- America (1985, 1986) tions on defense; u Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame, 1996 inductee u Prior to Valdosta, Bell led for nine seasons, guiding the NCAA Football Championship u Univ. of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame, 1997 inductee Subdivision (FCS) program to a 66-35 record and three (PFL) championships. (NFL), 7th-round draft pick (180), 1988 Serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach as well as head coach, Bell was named the2008 and was a after leading the Dolphins to a 9-4 (NFL), 1988 PFL Coach of the Year finalist for the seasonal record and conference title; (NFL), 1989 u ORLANDO THUNDER (WLAF), 1991-92 He also led Jacksonville to a school-best 10-1 record and conference championship in 2010 as the Dolphins led the nation in total (486 ypg) and scoring (42.2 ppg) offense. JU also posted a 9-2 overall mark and won a 1993-94 (CFL), conference title in 2014. EDMONTON ESKIMOS (CFL), 1995 u Originally from Mayo, Fla., Bell was a quarterback at the University of Florida from 1983-87 where he com- (NFL), 1996-97 pleted over 57 percent of his 953 pass attempts for 7,585 yards and 56 touchdowns. A former walk-on, Bell (CFL), 1998 concluded his collegiate career as the SEC Player of the Year in 1984 after leading Florida to a 9-1-1 record u CFL East All-Star (1998) and a conference championship, and both a first-team All-SEC selection and All-America honorable mention (CFL), 1999-2000 in 1985, a season that saw the Gators earn the programs first-ever No. 1 national ranking in the Associated Press poll. Garnering a second honorable mention All-America honor in 1986, Bell was a 1987 team captain and TORONTO ARGONAUTS (CFL), 2000-01 earned the program’s Fergie Ferguson Award.

COACHING EXPERIENCE: u Bell was ranked the No. 26 Greatest Gator of all-time from the first 100 years of football at Florida in 2006 UNIV. OF FLORIDA, graduate assistant (1990) by The Gainesville Sun. Bell later served as a graduate assistant for the 1990 season under at TORONTO ARGONAUTS, offensive coordinator (2000-01) Florida after earning a degree in psychology in 1987. TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH, head coach (2002-06) u Bell was selected in the seventh round (pick No. 180) of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, beginning JACKSONVILLE UNIV., head coach (2007-15) his 13-year professional career that saw stops with NFL teams in Miami, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Indianapolis u Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year (2008) as well as stops in the Canadian Football League ... Passed for 19,538 yards and 101 touchdowns in nine sea- sons in the CFL ... Also played in the World League of (WLAF). VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., head coach (2016-18) u Gulf South Conference Co-Coach of the Year (2018) u Don Hansen NCAA Division II Co-Coach of the Year (2018) “Western Carolina is getting a good one in Kerwin Bell. If you look at his track record, he u NCAA Division II National Champion (2018) wins. He won the national championship at Valdosta State and will bring championships UNIV. OF SOUTH FLORIDA, offensive coordinator (2000-01) to Western Carolina.” WESTERN CAROLINA UNIV., head coach (2021–) – Steve Spurrier, former Univ. of Florida and Univ. of South Carolina head coach CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

2021 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL – ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF

KADE BELL – OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR / QBs JUSTIN HINDS – DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR / LBs COACHING EXPERIENCE: COACHING EXPERIENCE: VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., offensive graduate assistant / QBs (2016) ROWAN (N.J.) UNIV., defensive assistant (2009) VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., assistant coach / offensive coordinator / QBs (2016-18) PLAINFIELD (N.J.) HIGH (2010), WOODBRIDGE (N.J.) HIGH, (2011) assistant coach UNIV. OF SOUTH FLORIDA, offensive analyst (2019) WAGNER (N.Y.) COLLEGE, assistant coach / DL & OLB (2012-13) TUSCULUM UNIV., associate head coach / offensive coordinator (2021) MISSISSIPPI STATE (2014), FLORIDA (2015), graduate assistant , assistant coach / DL (2016-17) NOTABLE: VALDOSTA STATE UNIV. Played for his father at Jacksonville where he was a four-year starting QB and fin- LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, assistant coach / DL (2018) ished his career with 9,613 total yards and accounted for 93 TDs ... All-PFL (2014) CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIV., assistant coach (2019-20)

JJ LASTER – ASSISTANT COACH / WRs KERRY WEBB – SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR / NICKELS COACHING EXPERIENCE: COACHING EXPERIENCE: ALLEN D. NEASE (FLA.) HIGH, assistant coach / RBs (2013) VALDOSTA STATE, graduate assistant coach (2005-06) JACKSONVILLE UNIV., graduate assistant / LBs (2014-15) JACKSONVILLE UNIV., assistant coach / special teams coord. / RBs (2007-15) TUSCULUM UNIV., assistant coach / RBs (2016-17) & WRs (2018) TUSCULUM UNIV., associate head coach / special teams coord. / WRs (2016) GARDNER-WEBB UNIV., assistant coach / RB & TE (2019) VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., assistant coach / special teams coord. / RBs (2017-20) NOTABLE: NOTABLE: Played for Kerwin Bell, was a two-time All-Pioneer Football League (PFL) selection. On Kerwin Bell’s staff at Jacksonville (2007-15) and Valdosta State (2017-18).

JOHN PEACOCK – ASSISTANT COACH / OL CHAZ SCALES – CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR / SAFETIES COACHING EXPERIENCE: COACHING EXPERIENCE: BUCHHOLZ (FLA.) HIGH, assistant coach / OL & DL (2008-15) UNIV. OF WEST GEORGIA., defensive graduate assistant (2014) VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., assistant coach / TEs & FBs (2016-18) VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., quality control assistant (2015) UNIV. OF SOUTH FLORIDA, graduate assistant / OL (2019) NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE, assistant coach / RBs (2016) TUSCULUM UNIV., assistant coach / run-game coordinator / OL (2021) TUSCULUM UNIV., assistant coach / pass game coordinator / CBs (2017-18) CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNIV., assistant coach / Safeties (2019-21) u Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, NEW YORK GIANTS (DBs)

RUDI SMALL – ASSISTANT COACH / RBs LARRY MURPHY – ASSISTANT COACH / CBs COACHING EXPERIENCE: COACHING EXPERIENCE: JACKSONVILLE UNIV., graduate assistant (2014-15) VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., assistant coach / CBs (2018) VALDOSTA STATE UNIV., assistant coach / RBs (2016-18) TUSCULUM UNIV., assistant coach / CBs (2019-21) NOTABLE: NOTABLE: Played for Kerwin Bell at Jacksonville, leading the Dolphins in rushing from 2007- Finished his collegiate career on Kerwin Bell’s 2016 squad at Valdosta State before 2010 with three-straight 1,000-yard seasons ... Was a Walter Payton Award candidate returning in 2018 to join Bell’s NCAA Division II national championship-winning staff ... in 2010 ... Finished with 4,073 career rushing yards at Jacksonville with 43 TDs. Earned USA Football All-American honors and All-Gulf South Conference in 2014.

RYLAN WELLS – ASSISTANT COACH / TEs & FBs DENNIS THOMAS – ASSISTANT COACH / DL COACHING EXPERIENCE: COACHING EXPERIENCE: JACKSONVILLE UNIV., offensive graduate assistant / OTs (2018), WRs (2019) CALHOUN FALLS (S.C.) HIGH, assistant coach / DL (2002-03) TUSCULUM UNIV., assistant coach / RBs / video coordinator (2020-21) GREENWOOD (S.C.) HIGH, assistant coach / DL (2004-08) UNIV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, graduate assistant / DL (2010-14) NOTABLE: WESTERN CAROLINA UNIV., assistant coach / pro scout liasion / DL (2014-15) Recruited to and played three seasons for Kerwin Bell at Jacksonville (2013-17) ... Fin- TUSCULUM UNIV., defensive coordinator / DL (2016) ished ranked among the top-five in Jacksonville history in rushing TDs (20), comple- GARDNER-WEBB UNIV., co-defensive coordinator / DL (2017-19) tions (257), attempts (444), completion percentage, and total offense (5,519 yds). CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

2021 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL – UPDATED PRESEASON NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL) NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL) 0 T.J. Jones RB 5-11 205 Jr. Lakeland, Fla. (Tusculum / GMC / Lake Gibson HS) 47 Neil Ilenrey S 6-0 185 R-Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Johns Creek HS) 0 Jaylen Floyd DB 5-9 175 Sr. Miramar, Fla. (Lehigh / Miramar HS) 49 Demorian Smith LB 6-0 220 Fr. Robersonville, N.C. (South Creek HS) 1 C.J. Williams WR 5-10 160 So. Gallion, Ala. (Alabama / Demopolis HS) 50 Alex McConnell OL 6-4 280 R-So. Boone, N.C. (Watagua HS) 1 Ivan Hogans LB 6-2 220 Sr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Tusculum / Stockbridge HS) 51 Matthew Bair OL 6-3 285 R-Sr. Anderson, S.C. (T.L. Hanna HS) 2 Raphael Williams WR 5-10 160 R-Fr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Tusculum / Dillard HS) 52 Antwann Fann DL 6-3 310 R-Fr. Perry, Ga. (Kennesaw State / Perry HS) 2 Aaron Gethers CB 5-10 190 R-So. Blythewood, S.C. (Boston College / Bishop McDevitt HS) 55 Kevin Thompson LS 5-10 185 So. Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern HS) 3 Calvin Jones WR 5-10 175 Fr. Forest City, N.C. (East Rutherford HS) 56 Griffin Sestili OL 6-3 295 Gr. Sewickley, Pa. (Temple / North Allegheny HS) 3 Jacob Harris S 6-1 190 Jr. Greer, S.C. (Independence CC / Greer HS) 57 Tyler Anderson LB 6-0 225 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford HS) 4 Kason Lincke QB 6-1 195 Fr. Mobile, Ala. (Mobile Christian HS) 58 Giovanni Ricciardi LB 6-0 225 Fr. Clemmons, N.C. (West Forsyth HS) 4 Cameron McCutcheon DB 6-3 195 Sr. Seneca, S.C. (Gardner-Webb / Seneca HS) 60 Joaquin Layno DL 5-10 280 R-Fr. Cherokee, N.C. (Cherokee HS) 5 Carlos Davis QB 6-3 225 R-So. Baltimore, Md. (East Mississippi CC / Mergenthaler Vo-Tech HS) 61 Anthony Giansante OL 6-4 300 Fr. North Huntingdon, Pa. (Norwin HS) 5 Jayden Pauling LB 6-3 245 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. (Louisburg College / Millbrook HS) 62 Michael Harper OL 6-4 280 R-Jr. Wilkesboro, N.C. (Fork Union Military) 6 Daquan Patten WR 5-6 180 R-Sr. Columbia, S.C. (Blythewood HS) 64 Colby Cross LS 5-11 190 Fr. Mooresville, N.C. (Lake Norman HS) 6 Nick Oelrich DB 6-1 205 Gr. Newberry Fla. (Florida / Newberry HS) 66 Gabe Jones OL 6-2 250 Fr. Southern Pines, N.C. (Pinecrest HS) 7 Terrence Horne WR 5-7 180 So. Miami, Fla. (USF / Miramar HS) 68 Torrion Stevenson DL 6-1 330 R-So. Branchville, S.C. (Branchville HS) 7 Charles Gadie S 5-9 175 R-So. Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS) 69 Dillon Luther OL 6-3 300 So. Asheville, N.C. (Erwin HS) 8 Kenny Benjamin RB 5-7 180 Gr. Lehigh Acres, Fla. (Valdosta State / Dunbar HS) 70 Christian Coulter OL 6-5 335 So. Thomson, Ga. (Tusculum / Thomson HS) 8 LA Rogers-Anderson S 6-0 215 Jr. Sumter, S.C. (Western Kentucky / Ridgeview HS) 71 Austin Grunden OL 6-2 250 Fr. Kannapolis, N.C. (A.L. Brown HS) 9 Mydreon Vines WR 6-2 190 Sr. Greenville, N.C. (ECU / Tusculum / J.H. Rose HS) 72 Blake Whitmore OL 6-2 285 R-Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Millbrook HS) 9 Kareem Taylor LB 6-0 215 Gr. Rincon, Ga. (Kennesaw State / South Effingham HS) 74 Tyler Smith OL 6-8 300 R-So. Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland County HS) 10 JaKobe Quillen WR 6-3 200 Fr. Florence, S.C. (Wilson HS) 75 Caleb Carter OL 6-3 285 Fr. Jacksonville, N.C. (Southwest Onslow HS) 10 Willie Hampton LB 6-1 220 R-Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Garden City CC / American Heritage HS) 77 Chris Morgan DL 6-0 265 Fr. Maiden, N.C. (Maiden HS) 11 Rogan Wells QB 6-4 220 Gr. Fort Mill, S.C. (Tusculum / Fort Mill HS) 78 Garrett Bowman OL 6-4 280 R-So. Arab, Ala. (Arab HS) 12 Meziah Scott QB 6-0 200 Fr. Petersburg, Va. (Petersburg HS) 79 Aidan Alston OL 6-2 270 R-Fr. Southern Pines, N.C. (Pinecrest HS) 12 Rod Gattison CB 5-11 185 So. Hartsell, S.C. (Georgia Military / Hartsell HS) 81 Kendall Alford WR 5-10 185 R-Fr. Marietta, Ga. (Walton HS) 13 Keenan Hambrick WR 6-3 205 Fr. Athens, Ala. (Athens HS) 82 Miller DeArmond WR 6-1 175 Fr. Greer, S.C. (Greer HS) 13 Ronald Kent Jr. CB 5-10 175 Jr. Harrisburg, Pa. (Harrisburg HS) 83 Trae Churn TE 6-5 240 Gr. Columbia, S.C. (SC State / Blythewood HS) 14 Toler Keigley WR 6-1 190 Fr. Pensacola, Fla. (Mobile Christian HS) 84 Owen Cosenke TE 6-3 240 Sr. Aldie, Va. (Fork Union Military / John Champe HS) 14 Malik Richardson NIC 6-4 210 R-Fr. Sumter, S.C. (Lakewood HS) 85 Luke Britt TE 6-6 240 R-So. Calypso, N.C. (North Duplin HS) 15 Solomon Butler WR 6-0 195 Fr. Moncks Corner, S.C. (Berkeley HS) 86 Clayton Bardall TE 6-3 230 R-So. Cumming, Ga. (North Forsyth HS) 16 Brody Palhegyi QB 5-9 180 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons HS) 87 Dylan Abernethy WR 6-0 175 Fr. Maiden, N.C. (Maiden HS) 17 Raekwon Heath TE 6-2 205 R-Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Independence CC / Irmo HS) 88 Luke Sutton WR 5-8 170 Fr. Concord, N.C. (Cox Mill HS) 19 Branson Adams WR 5-9 180 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Dudley HS) 89 Richard McCollum K 5-9 180 R-So. Sanford, N.C. (Southern Lee HS) 20 Dramarian McNulty CB 5-11 185 Fr. Brookhaven, Miss. (Niceville (Fla.) HS) 90 Marlon Alexander DL 6-0 320 So. Smyrna, Tenn. (Gardner-Webb / Smyrna HS) 21 Andreas Keaton S 6-2 190 Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove HS) 91 Jaquarius Guinn DL 6-2 280 Fr. Clover, S.C. (Clover HS) 22 Mikai Stanley RB 6-2 235 Fr. Wilmington, N.C. (New Hanover HS) 92 Darrius Bell DE 6-2 240 R-Fr. Gilbert, S.C. (Gilbert HS) 24 Quintin Talley S 6-0 190 Fr. Spartanburg, S.C. (Byrnes HS) 93 Roman Johnson DT 6-3 280 So. Greensboro, N.C. (Southern Guilford HS) 25 Jaiden Bond RB 5-9 180 Fr. Boone, N.C. (Watagua HS) 94 Timothy Jamison DE 6-4 255 Jr. West Columbia, S.C. (Hutchinson CC / White Knoll HS) 26 Tyree Nelson RB 5-10 200 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Mays HS) 95 Laquavion Haynes DE 6-4 220 Fr. Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County HS) 27 Trevor Childers LB 6-1 215 Sr. Lincolnton, N.C. (East Lincoln HS) 96 K.J. Milner DL 6-4 265 Jr. Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute) 28 Tre’ Jolly DE 6-2 220 R-Fr. Shelby, N.C. (Shelby HS) 97 Ronald Wilson DL 6-2 355 So. Mocksville, N.C. (Gardner-Webb / Davie County HS) 29 Willie Rice CB 6-0 185 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. (East Coweta (Ga.) HS) 98 Christian Harris DL 6-3 285 R-Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Baylor School) 30 Micah Nelson DE 6-3 235 R-Fr. Murphy, N.C. (Murphy HS) 99 Ricky Palao DL 6-2 285 Sr. Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS) 31 Jerius Edwards NIC 6-0 180 Fr. Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton HS) Anthony Badgett CB 5-9 185 R-So. Greensboro, N.C. (Southeast Guilford HS) 33 Curtis Roach NIC 6-1 200 R-Jr. Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth HS) Bryson Boyette OL 6-1 285 Fr. Wilmington, N.C. (New Hanover HS) 34 Quenten Zanders RB 5-8 175 Jr. Shelby, N.C. (Cleveland CC / Crest HS) Peyton Davis OL 6-2 290 Fr. Mooresville, N.C. (Lake Norman HS) 35 Glenn Young RB 5-9 200 Fr. Fayetteville, N.C. (Trinity Christian HS) Dreshun Dogan DE 6-0 225 Fr. Roebuck, S.C. (Dorman HS) 36 Skylin Thomas NIC 5-10 195 So. Lenoir, N.C. (Hibriten HS) Brady Elms P 6-4 170 Fr. Huntsville, Ala. (Huntsville HS) 37 Ty Harris LB 6-1 235 Sr. Dacula, Ga. (Dacula HS) Caleb Fisher DE 6-3 230 Fr. Decatur, Ga. (Columbia HS) 38 Brandon Dickerson P 5-11 195 So. Fort Mill, S.C. (Indian Land HS) Trevor Fournet LB 5-11 215 Fr. Cornelius, N.C. (Hough HS) 39 Brayden Blackmon TE 6-3 215 Fr. Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes HS) Bryson Grabowski QB 6-1 180 Fr. Copperhill, Tenn. (Copper Basin HS) 41 Caleb Scott TE 6-2 225 Fr. Black Mountain, N.C. (Owen HS) Nick Hapeshis OL 6-1 250 Fr. Central, S.C. (Daniel HS) 42 Jontavious Shotwell S 5-11 185 R-So. Hoschton, Ga. (Mill Creek HS) Tyler Hoff WR 6-0 185 Fr. Cornelius, N.C. (Hough HS) 43 Luke Hoggard TE 6-0 230 R-Jr. Edenton, N.C. (North Carolina / Edenton HS) Nate Linkous OL 6-5 295 Fr. Cramerton, N.C. (Stuart W. Cramer HS) 44 Nigel Manns LB 6-1 225 Fr. Byron, Ga. (Peach County HS) Parish Metzger QB 6-0 190 Fr. Matthews, N.C. (David W. Butler HS) 45 Ethan Harris DB 5-8 165 Fr. Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes HS) Mason Polivka QB 6-1 180 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons HS) 46 Paxton Robertson K/P 6-0 200 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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KEY RETURNING OFFENSIVE PLAYERS

MATT BAIR, 5th-yr Sr., Offensive Line CALVIN JONES, 2nd-yr Fr., Returns for a sixth year on campus after taking a redshirt in 2016 ... Fifth-year senior Played in all nine games for the Catamounts a season ago with three starts coming at with the COVID-19 exemption ... Has played in 36 career games along the offensive line wide receiver ... Led the WCU receivers with 24 catches for 198 receiving yards and one and on special teams with 19 career starts on offense. touchdown as a true freshman in 2020-21.

CLAYTON BARDALL, R-Jr., Tight End CALVIN JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS Entering his fourth year on campus after redshirting in 2018 and using the COVID-19 ex- emption ... Has played in 23 games on offense with seven starts at tight end ... Ranked Year G Rush Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng KR Yds TD Lng APYds 20-21 9 4 33 0 14 24 198 1 28 7 147 0 44 390 fifth on the 2020-21 squad with 10 receptions but was second in receiving yards with 156 ... Led the team with three receiving touchdowns in the 2020-21 season ... Three- time SoCon Acadmeic Honor Roll recipient and two-time Academic All-SoCon selection. DILLON LUTHER, Soph., Offensive Line Returns for a third year on campus ... Has played in 18 career games along the offensive line and on special teams over his first two years with 14 starts. CLAYTON BARDALL’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G Rush Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng KR Yds TD Lng APYds DAQUAN PATTEN, 5th-yr Sr., Wide Receiver 2018 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Entering his sixth year on campus after redshirting in 2016 and using the COVID-19 ex- 2019 12 – – – – 8 119 1 28 – – – – 119 20-21 9 – – – – 10 156 3 44 – – – – 156 emption ... Has played in 32 career games since 2017 with 25 starts at wide receiver ... TOTALS 23 – – – – 18 275 4 44 – – – – 275 Has 1,092 career receiving yards, the most among WCU’s returning wideouts, and has 91 career receptions ... Is a WCU legacy – his father, David, finished with 1,563 career OWEN COSENKE, 5th-yr Sr., Tight End receiving yards at WCU before a 14-year professional career. Fifth-year senior with the COVID-19 exemption ... Has played in 39 career games with

32 career starts on offense at tight end ... Has 11 career receiving touchdowns ... Missed DAQUAN PATTEN’S CAREER STATISTICS part of the spring 2021 with a hand injury ... se- First-team All-Southern Conference Year G Rush Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng KR Yds TD Lng PR Yds lection and a third-team AP All-America selection back in 2018. 2017 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2018 11 – – – – 39 567 5 51 2 20 0 21 14 124 OWEN COSENKE’S CAREER STATISTICS 2019 12 4 5 0 5 46 433 2 42 12 232 0 33 7 84 Year G Rush Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng KR Yds TD Lng APYds 20-21 6 – – – – 6 92 0 44 2 50 0 28 4 31 2017 10 – – – – 9 82 1 21 – – – – 82 TOTALS 32 4 5 0 5 91 1,092 7 51 16 302 0 33 25 239 2018 11 – – – – 23 261 8 25 – – – – 261 2019 12 – – – – 22 246 2 21 – – – – 246 20-21 6 – – – – 9 108 0 40 – – – – 108 TYLER SMITH, R-Soph., Offensive Line TOTALS 39 – – – – 63 697 11 40 – – – – 697 Returns for his fourth year on campus that included a redshirt year in 2018 ... Has played in 25 career games along the offensive line and on special teams since 2018 OWEN COSENKE’S CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS 2018 Third Team All-America by the Associated Press (AP) with 21-consecutive starts over the past two seasons ... Was an honorable mention 2018 Sophomore All-America Team by HERO Sports HERO Sports Freshman All-America selection in 2019. 2018 First Team All-Southern Conference (Coaches & Media) 2017 Second Team Freshman All-America by Phil Steele MIKAI STANLEY, 2nd-year Fr., Running Back Played in all nine games in the 2020-21 season with one start at running back ... Was MICHAEL HARPER, R-Jr., Offensive Line WCU’s second-leading rusher with 222 yards on 45 attempts and two touchdowns on Entering his fifth season with two years of eligibility remaining ... Has played in 19 the ground ... Both rushing scores came in the spring semester against league-foes VMI games along the offensive line and on special teams since 2018 with seven starts. and The Citadel at home. RAEKWON HEATH, R-Jr., Tight End Entering his second season in Cullowhee with two years of eligibility remaining after MIKAI STANLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS transferring to WCU from Independence Community College in Kansas ... Over two Year G Rush Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng KR Yds TD Lng APYds years between WCU and Independence, has 35 career catches for 524 yards (15.0 yds/ 20-21 9 45 222 2 21 3 16 0 9 – – – – 238 rec) with four career touchdowns including one in spring 2021 at WCU ... Converted to tight end from wide recevier in 2021.

RAEKWON HEATH’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G Rush Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng KR Yds TD Lng APYds 2019* 9 – – – – 23 372 3 51 – – – – 372 20-21 6 – – – – 12 152 1 47 – – – – 152 WCU 6 – – – – 12 152 1 47 – – – – 152 CAREER 15 – – – – 35 524 4 51 – – – – 524 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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KEY RETURNING DEFENSIVE PLAYERS

TREVOR CHILDERS, 5th-yr Sr., Linebacker JACOB HARRIS, Soph., Safety Returns for a fifth-season using the COVID-19 exemption ... Has played in 43 career Back for a second season after transferring in from Independence CC ... Started seven games with 13 starts over the past two seasons ... Has 171 career tackles, averaging of the team’s nine games last year, finishing with 34 total tackles including 13 solo stops right at four tackles per game during his career ... Posted double-digit tackles six times ... Had 10 tackles at Furman, recording his first career intercpetion. during his career ... Two-time Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient (2020-21, 2019-20). JACOB HARRIS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 20-21 7 13 21 34 2.5–7 1.0–5 1–46 0 3 0 0 0 TREVOR CHILDERS’ CAREER STATISTICS Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 2017 12 2 3 5 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 TY HARRIS, 5th-yr Sr., Linebacker 2018 10 3 6 9 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 Returns for a fifth-season using the COVID-19 exemption ... Has played in 43 career 2019 12 44 55 99 7.5–14 1.0–3 0–0 0 2 0 0 0 20-21 9 28 30 58 2.0–11 1.0–9 1–14 0 1 0 1 0 games since 2017 with 31-consecutive starts at linebacker ... Was a second-team All- TOTALS 43 77 94 171 9.5–25 2.0–12 1–14 0 3 0 1 0 Southern Conference (media) selection following the 2020-21 season ... Has 301 ca- reer tackles including 153 solo stops, 21.0 tackles for loss, and six sacks … Enters the AARON GETHERS, R-Soph., Cornerback 2021 fall just 13 tackles shy of WCU’s all-time career top 10. Second season since transferring to WCU from Boston College ... Started eight of WCU’s nine games in 2020-21, finishing the year with 24 total tackles, six passes defended, TY HARRIS’ CAREER STATISTICS and one coming at Eastern Kentucky ... Selected to the 2020-21 Southern Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 2017 12 12 6 18 0.5–1 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 Conference Academic Honor Roll. 2018 10 46 41 87 5.0–16 2.0–10 2–18 0 2 0 0 0 2019 12 45 61 106 7.0–15 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 1 0 0 20-21 9 50 40 90 8.5–34 4.0–25 0–0 0 1 0 1 0 AARON GETHERS’ CAREER STATISTICS TOTALS 43 153 148 301 21.0–66 6.0–35 2–18 0 3 1 1 0 Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd TY HARRIS’ CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS 20-21 9 14 10 24 0–0 0–0 1–22 0 6 1 0 0 2020-21 Second Team All-Southern Conference (Media) 2019 Second Team All-Southern Conference (Media) SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11, 2019) JAQUARIUS GUINN, 2nd yr Fr., Defensive Line 2018 Sophomore All-America Team by HERO Sports Second-year freshman defensive lineman ... Played in nine games with four starts along the defensive front ... Finished with 21 total tackles including 19 against conference foes ROMAN JOHNSON, Soph., Defensive Line ... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team. Has played in 19 career games with 14 starts over the past two seasons ... Has 58 career tackles including a career-best 39 in 2020-21 ... Forced a fumble on a sack at Eastern

JAQUARIUS GUINN’S CAREER STATISTICS Kentucky last fall which was scooped and returned for a touchdown ... Posted a career- Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd high 11 tackles for his only double-digit tackle game at Mercer. 20-21 9 11 10 21 0.5–4 0.5–4 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 JAQUARIUS GUINN’S CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS ROMAN JOHNSON’S CAREER STATISTICS 2020-21 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 2019 10 11 8 19 1.5–12 1.0–11 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 20-21 9 17 22 39 3.5–10 1.0–7 0–0 0 0 0 1 0 WILLIE HAMPTON, R-Jr., Linebacker TOTALS 19 28 30 58 5.0–22 2.0–18 0–0 0 0 0 1 0 Started all nine games in the 2020-21 season after transferring to WCU from Garden City CC ... Finished fifth on WCU’s squad with 44 total tackles including 21 solo stops ... Could KJ MILNER, Jr., Defensive Line see time in new defensive alignment at outside linebacker or stand-up defensive end. Three-year starter along the defensive front ... Has 71 career tackles including 32 solo stops and nine tackles for loss with three sacks ... Poised to take on a larger role under WILLIE HAMPTON’S CAREER STATISTICS the tutelage of Dennis Thomas. Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 20-21 9 21 23 44 2.0–7 1.0–4 0–0 0 2 0 2 0 K.J. MILNER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 2018 8 10 5 15 2.0–10 1.0–9 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 2019 11 15 26 41 4.0–7 1.0–3 0–0 0 0 2 0 0 20-21 7 7 8 15 3.0–8 1.0–3 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 26 32 39 71 9.0–25 3.0–15 0–0 0 1 2 0 0 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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KEY RETURNING DEFENSIVE PLAYERS

MICAH NELSON, 2nd yr R-Fr., Defensive End CURTIS ROACH, 6th yr Sr., Nickelback After redshirting in 2019, played in all nine games a season ago with four starts at hybrid Entering his sixth year in Cullowhee after stepping onto campus as a freshman in 2016 linebacker ... Recorded 27 tackles including 13 solo stops ... Expected to see time in new and redshirting ... Was granted a medical hardship in 2018 to regain the year and is also defensive alignment as a stand-up defensive end ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern taking the COVID-19 exemption year ... Has 45 career tackles including a career single- Conference Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Southern Conference. season best 25 last season ... Is a WCU football legacy – son of Kirk Roach.

MICAH NELSON’S CAREER STATISTICS CURTIS ROACH’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 20-21 9 13 14 27 1.5–3 0.0–0 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 2017 9 2 0 2 1.0–2 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 1 0 0 2018 2 0 0 0 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 12 8 10 18 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 RICKY PALAO, 5th yr Sr., Defensive Line 20-21 9 13 12 25 0.0–0 0.0–0 1–0 0 2 1 0 0 TOTALS 32 23 22 45 1.0–2 0.0–0 1–0 0 2 2 0 0 Returns for a fifth-season using the COVID-19 exemption ... Has played in 30 career games since 2017 with nine starts along the defensive front ... Scooped a fumble and returned it 54 yards for a touchdown at Eastern Kentucky last fall. LA ROGERS-ANDERSON, Jr., Nickelback Entering his second year after transferring from Western Kentucky ... Played in seven games with five starts in the WCU defensive secondary in 2020-21 ... Finished with 23 RICKY PALAO’S CAREER STATISTICS total tackles including 19 solo stops and three tackles for loss. Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 2017 8 4 2 6 1.0–5 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 7 8 16 24 2.5–5 1.0–2 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 10 10 7 17 3.5–20 0.5–3 0–0 0 1 0 0 0 LA ROGERS-ANDERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS 20-21 5 2 14 16 0.5–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 1 0 Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd TOTALS 30 24 39 63 7.5–30 1.5–5 0–0 0 1 0 1 0 20-21 7 19 4 23 3.0–6 0.0–0 0–0 0 2 0 0 0

JAYDEN PAULING, Jr., Defensive End QUINTIN TALLEY, 2nd yr Fr., Safety Returning from an injury that sidelined him in 2020-21 ... After earning second-team Second-year freshman in the WCU defensive secondary ... Played in five games with postseason All-Southern Conference honors in 2019, was dubbed a preseason All- one start as a true freshman, finishing with 23 total tackles including 13 solo stops ... SoCon selection prior to last season ahead of the injury ... Expected to see time as an Had a season-high eight tackles at Eastern Kentucky. outside linebacker or stand-up defensive end in the new schematic ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. QUINTIN TALLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd JAYDEN PAULING’S CAREER STATISTICS 20-21 5 13 10 23 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 1 Year G UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 2019 12 24 27 51 11.0–50 6.5–37 0–0 0 0 1 5 1 JAYDEN PAULING’S CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS 2019 Second-Team All-Southern Conference (Media) HERO Sports Sophomore All-America team (Honorable Mention) Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18, 2019) Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Month (November 2019) CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL | 2021 SoCon MEDIA DAY

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KEY RETURNING SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS

COLBY CROSS, 2nd yr Fr., Long Snapper PAXTON ROBERTSON, 2nd yr Fr., Placekicker/Punter Played in all nine of the team’s games as the long-snapper on special teams … Was not Second-year freshman specialist ... Was named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference credited with any official statistics Named… to the 2020-21 Southern Conference All-Freshman team ... With the injury to Brandon Dickerson, assumed the starting punt- Academic Honor Roll. er role in the spring semester, tallying four punts of 50+ yards and downing 12 of his 34 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line ... Nailed a career-long 52-yard field goal at BRANDON DICKERSON, Soph., Punter Eastern Kentucky, tied for the eighth-longest field goal in WCU program history and Returns from injury that sidelined him in the spring portion of the 2020-21 schedule ... was the ninth-longest field goal in the FCS level in 2020-21 …Named to the 2020-21 Has played in 11 games over the past two seasons, handling the starting punter role in Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. 2019 and fall of 2020 ... Has averaged 37.1 yards per punt over 62 kicks the past two seasons, downing 17 inside the oppositions 20-yard line with two of 50+ yards … Two- PAXTON ROBERTSON’S CAREER STATISTICS time Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019-20, 2020-21). Year Punts Yds Avg. TB FC In20 50+ Lng FG–FGA PAT Pts 20-21 34 1,342 39.5 1 10 12 4 58 2–2 0–0 6 BRANDON DICKERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Punts Yds Avg. TB FC In20 50+ Lng FG-FGA PAT Pts KEVIN THOMPSON, Soph., Long Snapper 2019 42 1,533 36.5 1 16 7 1 59 0–0 0 0 20-21 20 770 38.5 0 3 10 1 52 0–0 0 0 Has played in 11 games over the past two seasons at long-snapper, giving WCU a pair of TOTAL 62 2,303 37.1 1 19 17 2 59 0–0 0 0 returning options at the position on special teams.

RICHARD McCOLLUM, R-Soph., Placekicker Entering his fourth season including a redshirt year from 2018 and the COVID-19 exemp- tion season ... Has played in 18 games over the past three seasons ... Finished second on the team in scoring with 27 points in 2020-21 including three made field goals and 18 PATs ... Kicked a career-long field goal twice in the spring semester ...Is a two-time Southern Conference Acadmeic Honor Roll selection.

RICHARD MCOLLUM’S CAREER STATISTICS Year FGM FGA FG% Lng PAT Pts KO Yds OB TB 2018 0 0 0.0 0 0-0 0 20 1,120 1 2 2019 2 3 66.7 33 5–5 11 17 840 0 1 20-21 3 6 50.0 45 18–19 27 2 80 0 0 TOTALS 5 9 55.6 45 23–24 38 39 2,040 1 3 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Results (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

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 * Feb 20, 2021 at Furman L 7-35 0-4 0-1 2:42 1994 * Feb 27, 2021 at Samford L 27-55 0-5 0-2 3:47 1276 * Mar 06, 2021 VMI L 7-30 0-6 0-3 03:05 1300 * Mar 13, 2021 THE CITADEL W 21-14 1-6 1-3 03:09 980 * Mar 20, 2021 at Mercer L 28-45 1-7 1-4 3:24 3527 * Mar 27, 2021 at ETSU L 17-24 1-8 1-5 3:26 2442 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Team Statistics (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

Team Statistics WCU OPP SCORING 147 359 Points Per Game 16.3 39.9 Points Off Turnovers 44 35 FIRST DOWNS 129 247 R u s h in g 67 136 P a s s in g 47 99 P e n a lt y1512 RUSHING YARDAGE 1208 2503 Yards gained rushing 1383 2645 Yards lost rushing 175 142 Rushing Attempts 298 468 Average Per Rush 4.1 5.3 Average Per Game 134.2 278.1 TDs Rushing 11 32 PASSING YARDAGE 1266 2087 C o m p - A t t - I n t 130-230-8 157-241-6 Average Per Pass 5.5 8.7 Average Per Catch 9.7 13.3 Average Per Game 140.7 231.9 TDs Passing 6 16 TOTAL OFFENSE 2474 4590 Total Plays 528 709 Average Per Play 4.7 6.5 Average Per Game 274.9 510.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 28-590 24-556 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-43 16-133 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-136 8-27 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.1 23.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.6 8.3 INT RETURN AVERAGE 22.7 3.4 FUMBLES-LOST 7-2 13-8 PENALTIES-Yards 49-395 55-490 Average Per Game 43.9 54.4 PUNTS-Yards 55-2120 26-1032 Average Per Punt 38.5 39.7 Net punt average 35.8 38.0 KICKOFFS-Yards 31-1810 63-3782 Average Per Kick 58.4 60.0 Net kick average 38.8 39.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 5 : 2 7 3 4 : 1 3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 35/114 68/128 3rd-Down Pct 31% 53% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/16 12/19 4th-Down Pct 25% 63% SACKS BY-Yards 11-72 18-108 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 19 49 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-8 6-10 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (10-13) 77% (32-39) 82% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (10-13) 77% (28-39) 72% PAT-ATTEMPTS (18-19) 95% (45-48) 94% ATTENDANCE 2280 16783 Games/Avg Per Game 2/1140 7/2398 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Western Carolina 34 65 21 27 0 147 Opponents 90 114 77 78 0 359 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Donnavan Spencer 9 - 9 131 736 18 718 5.5 6 67 79.8 Daquan Patten 4 31 7.8 0 11 Mikai Stanley 9 - 1 45 233 11 222 4.9 2 21 24.7 Calvin Jones 1 12 12.0 0 12 Ryan Glover 6 - 5 53 159 71 88 1.7 2 17 14.7 Total 5 43 8.6 0 12 Will Jones 7 - 2 15 85 33 52 3.5 0 28 7.4 Opponents 16 133 8.3 0 38 Calvin Jones 9 - 3 4 33 0 33 8.2 0 14 3.7 Mark Wright 2 - 1 13 53 21 32 2.5 1 11 16.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Malik Richardson 3 - 0 7 20 3 17 2.4 0 9 5.7 Trevor Childers 1 14 14.0 0 14 Kason Lincke 1 - 0 8 24 7 17 2.1 0 9 17.0 Ronald Kent Jr. 1 24 24.0 0 24 Syheam McQueen 2 - 0 5 11 0 11 2.2 0 4 5.5 Curtis Roach 1 0 0.0 0 0 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 Jacob Harris 1 46 46.0 0 46 Tyree Nelson 5 - 0 3 6 2 4 1.3 0 6 0.8 Rod Gattison 1 30 30.0 0 30 Carlos Davis 2 - 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 Total 6 136 22.7 0 46 Reggie Jones 6 - 5 2 2 2 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 Opponents 8 27 3.4 0 18 Luke Sutton 8 - 0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 D.J. Thorpe 2 - 1 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -1.5 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg TEAM 6 - 0 2 0 3 -3 -1.5 0 0 -0.5 Reggie Jones 11 225 20.5 0 31 Total 9 298 1383 175 1208 4.1 11 67 134.2 Calvin Jones 7 147 21.0 0 44 Opponents 9 468 2645 142 2503 5.3 32 57 278.1 Tyree Nelson 6 162 27.0 0 59 Daquan Patten 2 50 25.0 0 28 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Luke Hoggard 1 6 6.0 0 6 Ryan Glover 6 - 5 107.34 86-147-4 58.5 832 3 59 138.7 Dejon DeCruz 1 0 0.0 0 0 Will Jones 7 - 2 96.35 26-52-2 50.0 256 2 40 36.6 Total 28 590 21.1 0 59 Mark Wright 2 - 1 60.53 13-25-2 52.0 73 0 12 36.5 Opponents 24 556 23.2 1 94 Kason Lincke 1 - 0 158.80 3-3-0 100. 21 0 12 21.0 Reggie Jones 6 - 5 436.00 1-1-0 100. 40 0 40 6.7 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Cade Snotherly 7 - 0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Nigel Manns 1 42 42.0 1 42 Carlos Davis 2 - 0 799.60 1-1-0 100. 44 1 44 22.0 Ricky Palao 1 54 54.0 1 54 D.J. Thorpe 2 - 1 0.00 0-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Tre Jolly 1 1 1.0 0 1 Total 9 104.41 130-230-8 56.5 1266 6 59 140.7 Total 3 97 32.3 2 54 Opponents 9 154.82 157-241-6 65.1 2087 16 83 231.9 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Calvin Jones 9 - 3 24 198 8.2 1 28 22.0 Donnavan Spencer 9 - 9 20 131 6.6 0 36 14.6 Raekwon Heath 6 - 6 12 152 12.7 1 47 25.3 Reggie Jones 6 - 5 11 117 10.6 0 59 19.5 Clayton Bardall 9 - 4 10 156 15.6 3 44 17.3 Owen Cosenke 6 - 4 9 108 12.0 0 40 18.0 Keenan Hambrick 8 - 1 9 74 8.2 0 14 9.2 Luke Sutton 8 - 0 9 32 3.6 0 13 4.0 Dylan Abernethy 8 - 1 7 55 7.9 0 11 6.9 Daquan Patten 6 - 5 6 92 15.3 0 44 15.3 Jakobe Quillen 9 - 2 4 53 13.2 0 23 5.9 D.J. Thorpe 2 - 1 4 51 12.8 0 34 25.5 Mikai Stanley 9 - 1 3 16 5.3 0 9 1.8 Mahari Stribling 3 - 2 1 30 30.0 1 30 10.0 Ethan Harris 2 - 0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.5 Total 9 130 1266 9.7 6 59 140.7 Opponents 9 157 2087 13.3 16 83 231.9 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Donnavan Spencer 6 ------36 Ryan Glover 6 200 88 832 920 153.3 Richard McCollum - 3-6 18-19 - - - - - 27 Donnavan Spencer 9 131 718 0 718 79.8 Clayton Bardall 3 ------18 Will Jones 7 67 52 256 308 44.0 Mikai Stanley 2 ------12 Mikai Stanley 9 45 222 0 222 24.7 Ryan Glover 2 ------12 Mark Wright 2 38 32 73 105 52.5 Raekwon Heath 1 ------6 Carlos Davis 2 2 3 44 47 23.5 Mark Wright 1 ------6 Reggie Jones 6 3 0 40 40 6.7 Nigel Manns 1 ------6 Kason Lincke 1 11 17 21 38 38.0 Paxton Robertson - 2-2 ------6 Calvin Jones 9 4 33 0 33 3.7 Mahari Stribling 1 ------6 Malik Richardson 3 7 17 0 17 5.7 Calvin Jones 1 ------6 Syheam McQueen 2 5 11 0 11 5.5 Ricky Palao 1 ------6 Caleb Ferguson 3 4 10 0 10 3.3 Total 19 5-8 18-19 - - - - - 147 Haki Bradley 3 3 8 0 8 2.7 Opponents 49 6-10 45-48 1-1 - - - - 359 Tyree Nelson 5 3 4 0 4 0.8 Luke Sutton 8 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1 D.J. Thorpe 2 1 -3 0 -3 -1.5 TEAM 6 2 -3 0 -3 -0.5 Total 9 528 1208 1266 2474 274.9 Opponents 9 709 2503 2087 4590 510.0

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 3-6 50.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 3-4 0-1 45 0 Paxton Robertson 34 1342 39.5 58 1 10 12 4 0 Paxton Robertson 2-2 100. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 52 0 Brandon Dickerson 20 770 38.5 52 0 3 10 1 0 Caleb Ferguson 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Western Carolina Opponents Total 55 2120 38.5 58 1 13 22 5 0 Liberty 51,49 45,(54) Opponents 26 1032 39.7 58 0 11 9 3 1 Eastern Kentucky (52) - North Carolina (40) - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Furman - - Paxton Robertson 29 1730 59.7 2 2 Samford (44),(45) 23 Richard McCollum 2 80 40.0 0 0 VMI 30 (27),(29),(32) Total 31 1810 58.4 2 2 23.2 38.8 26 The Citadel - 43 Opponents 63 3782 60.0 29 2 21.1 39.2 25 Mercer - (45) ETSU (45) 48,(54)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Donnavan Spen 9 718 131 0 0 0 849 94.3 Calvin Jones 9 33 198 12 147 0 390 43.3 Reggie Jones 6 0 117 0 225 0 342 57.0 Mikai Stanley 9 222 16 0 0 0 238 26.4 Daquan Patten 6 0 92 31 50 0 173 28.8 Tyree Nelson 5 4 0 0 162 0 166 33.2 Clayton Bardall 9 0 156 0 0 0 156 17.3 Raekwon Heath 6 0 152 0 0 0 152 25.3 Owen Cosenke 6 0 108 0 0 0 108 18.0 Ryan Glover 6 88 0 0 0 0 88 14.7 Keenan Hambric 8 0 74 0 0 0 74 9.2 Dylan Abernethy 8 0 55 0 0 0 55 6.9 Jakobe Quillen 9 0 53 0 0 0 53 5.9 Will Jones 7 52 0 0 0 0 52 7.4 D.J. Thorpe 2 -3 51 0 0 0 48 24.0 Jacob Harris 7 0 0 0 0 46 46 6.6 Mark Wright 2 32 0 0 0 0 32 16.0 Luke Sutton 8 -1 32 0 0 0 31 3.9 Rod Gattison 6 0 0 0 0 30 30 5.0 Mahari Stribling 3 0 30 0 0 0 30 10.0 Ronald Kent Jr. 9 0 0 0 0 24 24 2.7 Aaron Gethers 9 0 0 0 0 22 22 2.4 Kason Lincke 1 17 0 0 0 0 17 17.0 Malik Richardso 3 17 0 0 0 0 17 5.7 Trevor Childers 9 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.6 Syheam McQue 2 11 0 0 0 0 11 5.5 Caleb Ferguson 3 10 0 0 0 0 10 3.3 Haki Bradley 3 8 0 0 0 0 8 2.7 Luke Hoggard 4 0 0 0 6 0 6 1.5 Carlos Davis 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 Ethan Harris 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.5 TEAM 6 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.5 Total 9 1208 1266 43 590 136 3243 360.3 Opponents 9 2503 2087 133 556 27 5306 589.6 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Jul 08, 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 37 Ty Harris 9-9 50 40 90 8.5-34 4.0-25 . 1 2 . 1 . . 27 Trevor Childers 9-2 28 30 58 2.0-11 1.0-9 1-14 . 1 . 1 . . 4 A.J. Rogers 9-4 27 22 49 . . . 3 . . 1 . . 13 Ronald Kent Jr. 9-9 29 18 47 . . 1-24 2 . . 1 . . 10 Willie Hampton 9-9 21 23 44 2.0-7 1.0-4 . 2 1 . 2 . . 9 Dorian Davis 9-5 25 17 42 . . . 3 . 1-0 . . . 93 Roman Johnson 9-9 17 22 39 3.5-10 1.0-7 . . . . 1 . . 38 Jacob Harris 7-7 13 21 34 2.5-7 1.0-5 1-46 2 . . . . . 30 Micah Nelson 9-4 13 14 27 1.5-3 . . 1 2 . . . . 28 Rod Gattison 6-1 20 6 26 . . 1-30 1 1 . . . . 92 Darrius Bell 9-0 10 16 26 0.5-1 ...... 33 Curtis Roach 9-2 13 12 25 . . 1-0 1 1 1-0 . . . 2 Aaron Gethers 9-8 14 10 24 . . 1-22 5 . 1-0 . . . 95 Laquavion Haynes 8-2 17 6 23 1.5-3 . . 1 1 . . . . 8 Rogers-Anderson 7-5 19 4 23 3.0-6 . . 2 2 . . . . 24 Quintin Talley 5-1 13 10 23 . . . . 1 . . 1 . 91 Jaquarius Guinn 9-4 11 10 21 0.5-4 0.5-4 . . 2 . . . . 94 Timothy Jamison 6-0 7 13 20 ...... 3 Darrius Smith 9-2 10 7 17 . . . 2 1 . . . . 99 Ricky Palao 5-5 2 14 16 0.5-0 . . . 1 1-54 . . . 90 Tre Jolly 9-2 6 10 16 1.5-15 1.5-15 . . . 1-1 . . . 96 K.J. Milner 7-7 7 8 15 3.0-8 1.0-3 . . 4 . . . . 14 Quintin Thames 8-0 8 2 10 1.0-2 ...... 25 Dejon DeCruz 8-0 6 1 7 ...... 77 Chris Morgan 6-0 1 5 6 0.5-1 ...... 7 Charles Gadie 6-1 4 1 5 ...... 44 Nigel Manns 5-1 3 2 5 . . . 1 . 1-42 . . . 48 Chester Geffrard 3-0 1 2 3 ...... 41 Cinsere Allison 5-0 1 2 3 ...... 1J Calvin Jones 9-3 3 . 3 1.0-17 ...... 42 Jontavious Shotwell 6-0 1 1 2 ...... 68 Torrion Stevenson 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 83 Brandon Dickerson 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 80 Keenan Hambrick 8-1 . 1 1 ...... 36 Skylin Thomas 9-0 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 6S Mahari Stribling 3-2 1 . 1 ...... 17 Reggie Jones 6-5 1 . 1 ...... 22 Mikai Stanley 9-1 . 1 1 ...... 84 Owen Cosenke 6-4 1 . 1 ...... 4F Caleb Ferguson 3-0 . 1 1 ...... 19 Raekwon Heath 6-6 1 . 1 ...... 31 Kevon Angry 4-0 1 . 1 ...... 58 Giovanni Ricciardi 7-0 1 . 1 ...... 69 Dillon Luther 9-9 . 1 1 ...... TM TEAM 6-0 ...... 1-0 . . . 87 Dylan Abernethy 8-1 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 9 408 354 762 33-129 11-72 6-136 27 21 8-97 7 1 . Opponents 9 325 206 531 46-176 18-108 8-27 21 30 2-0 6 1 . 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Team Game-by-Game (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Nov 14 at Liberty 38 142 1 28 18 140 1 30 18-30-2 140 1 30 4 60 0 27 0 0 0 0 282 Nov 21 at Eastern Kentucky 35 121 0 25 14 134 1 40 14-33-2 134 1 40 1 18 0 18 2 10 0 9 255 Dec 05 at North Carolina 40 137 0 20 11 116 0 40 11-19-0 116 0 40 3 65 0 31 0 0 0 0 253 Feb 20 at Furman 22 67 1 11 7 42 0 13 7-14-0 42 0 13 6 103 0 28 0 0 0 0 109 Feb 27 at Samford 36 143 1 24 25 306 2 59 25-43-2 306 2 59 2 48 0 26 0 0 0 0 449 Mar 06 VMI 35 108 1 41 13 143 0 44 13-19-1 143 0 44 3 70 0 25 2 21 0 11 251 Mar 13 THE CITADEL 39 281 3 67 11 86 0 36 11-18-0 86 0 36 3 50 0 34 0 0 0 0 367 Mar 20 at Mercer 26 143 4 53 16 87 0 21 16-30-1 87 0 21 5 171 0 59 1 12 0 12 230 Mar 27 at ETSU 27 66 0 12 15 212 2 44 15-24-0 212 2 44 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 278 Western Carolina 298 1208 11 67 130 1266 6 59 130-230-8 1266 6 59 28 590 0 59 5 43 0 12 2474 Opponents 468 2503 32 57 157 2087 16 83 157-241-6 2087 16 83 24 556 1 94 16 133 0 38 4590

Games: 9 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 9.7 • Pass effic: 104.41 • KR avg: 21.1 • PR avg: 8.6 • All purpose avg/game: 360.3 • Total offense avg/gm: 274.9

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Nov 14 at Liberty 32 40 72 4.0-10 1.0-5 1 2-0 0-0 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 14 Nov 21 at Eastern Kentucky 36 26 62 5.0-14 1.0-7 2 2-54 2-36 6 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 17 Dec 05 at North Carolina 39 36 75 2.0-13 1.0-9 3 2-42 1-24 2 1 0 0-1 0 0 0 6 9 Feb 20 at Furman 34 82 116 2.0-6 1.0-5 0 0-0 3-76 3 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 7 Feb 27 at Samford 63 18 81 6.0-23 3.0-17 0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27 Mar 06 VMI 63 20 83 4.0-18 2.0-12 0 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Mar 13 THE CITADEL 54 32 86 3.0-18 2.0-17 1 1-1 0-0 6 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 21 Mar 20 at Mercer 45 58 103 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 6 1 4-4 0 0 0 0 28 Mar 27 at ETSU 42 42 84 6.0-26 0.0-0 0 1-0 0-0 1 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17 Western Carolina 408 354 762 33.0-129 11.0-72 7 8-97 6-136 21 27 1 18-19 0 0 0 44 147 Opponents 325 206 531 46.0-176 18.0-108 6 2-0 8-27 30 21 1 45-48 1 0 0 35 359

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Nov 14 at Liberty 5 172 34.4 49 00001 0-200319565.0 1 0 Nov 21 at Eastern Kentucky 10 401 40.1 52 0 0 2 1 7 1-1 52 0 3 161 53.7 0 0 Dec 05 at North Carolina 6 205 34.2 48 00102 1-1400311839.3 0 0 Feb 20 at Furman 8 344 43.0 55 0 0 1 3 5 0-0 0 0 2 126 63.0 0 1 Feb 27 at Samford 6 248 41.3 45 00001 2-2450531563.0 0 0 Mar 06 VMI 5 208 41.6 58 0 0 1 1 2 0-1 0 0 2 100 50.0 0 0 Mar 13 THE CITADEL 5 171 34.2 44 01402 0-000424561.2 1 1 Mar 20 at Mercer 5 195 39.0 48 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 5 298 59.6 0 0 Mar 27 at ETSU 5 176 35.2 41 00301 1-1450425263.0 0 0 Western Carolina 55 2120 38.5 58 0 1 13 5 22 5-8 52 0 31 1810 58.4 2 2 Opponents 26 1032 39.7 58 1 0 11 3 9 6-10 54 0 63 3782 60.0 29 2 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Nov 14 at Liberty 41 254 4 43 18 379 4 83 18-24-0 379 4 83 2 68 0 51 3 15 0 8 633 Nov 21 at Eastern Kentucky 37 217 3 40 19 373 3 69 19-33-2 373 3 69 2 116 1 94 1 6 0 6 590 Dec 05 at North Carolina 38 231 5 30 24 309 2 32 24-29-1 309 2 32 2 39 0 21 2 32 0 22 540 Feb 20 at Furman 66 320 2 20 15 213 3 31 15-25-3 213 3 31 1 21 0 21 2 7 0 4 533 Feb 27 at Samford 51 319 6 57 26 311 2 40 26-36-0 311 2 40 5 133 0 33 4 55 0 38 630 Mar 06 VMI 45 199 2 22 34 293 1 34 34-45-0 293 1 34 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 492 Mar 13 THE CITADEL 68 305 2 21 3 36 0 17 3-11-0 36 0 17 2 21 0 16 0 0 0 0 341 Mar 20 at Mercer 68 308 5 19 10 118 1 22 10-22-0 118 1 22 5 66 0 20 3 17 0 10 426 Mar 27 at ETSU 54 350 3 40 8 55 0 16 8-16-0 55 0 16 4 87 0 28 1 1 0 0 405 Opponents 468 2503 32 57 157 2087 16 83 157-241-6 2087 16 83 24 556 1 94 16 133 0 38 4590 Western Carolina 298 1208 11 67 130 1266 6 59 130-230-8 1266 6 59 28 590 0 59 5 43 0 12 2474

Games: 9 • Avg/rush: 5.3 • Avg/catch: 13.3 • Pass effic: 154.82 • KR avg: 23.2 • PR avg: 8.3 • All purpose avg/game: 589.6 • Total offense avg/gm: 510.0

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Nov 14 at Liberty 43 24 67 6.0-34 4.0-29 1 1-0 2-24 4 0 0 7-8 0 0 0 7 58 Nov 21 at Eastern Kentucky 42 18 60 6.0-31 3.0-25 0 0-0 2-1 9 5 0 7-7 0 0 0 7 49 Dec 05 at North Carolina 40 20 60 6.0-19 1.0-2 2 1-0 0-0 4 0 1 7-7 0 0 0 7 49 Feb 20 at Furman 21 30 51 3.0-5 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 5-5 0 0 0 0 35 Feb 27 at Samford 48 22 70 5.0-20 2.0-14 0 0-0 2-2 5 5 0 7-8 0 0 0 7 55 Mar 06 VMI 38 18 56 6.0-27 3.0-17 1 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 30 Mar 13 THE CITADEL 31 34 65 1.0-2 1.0-2 1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 14 Mar 20 at Mercer 30 24 54 6.0-19 1.0-6 0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 6-6 0 0 0 0 45 Mar 27 at ETSU 32 16 48 7.0-19 3.0-13 0 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Opponents 325 206 531 46.0-176 18.0-108 6 2-0 8-27 30 21 1 45-48 1 0 0 35 359 Western Carolina 408 354 762 33.0-129 11.0-72 7 8-97 6-136 21 27 1 18-19 0 0 0 44 147

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Nov 14 at Liberty 0 0 0.0 0 00000 1-25401059759.7 5 0 Nov 21 at Eastern Kentucky 5 200 40.0 58 0 0 3 1 0 0-0 0 0 8 468 58.5 5 0 Dec 05 at North Carolina 2 83 41.5 44 00101 0-000851163.9 5 0 Feb 20 at Furman 1 32 32.0 32 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 6 340 56.7 0 0 Feb 27 at Samford 4 144 36.0 45 00201 0-100957363.7 7 0 Mar 06 VMI 3 120 40.0 46 0 0 0 0 3 3-3 32 0 6 376 62.7 2 1 Mar 13 THE CITADEL 3 132 44.0 48 00200 0-100315150.3 0 0 Mar 20 at Mercer 6 228 38.0 52 1 0 2 1 1 1-1 45 0 8 458 57.2 2 0 Mar 27 at ETSU 2 93 46.5 55 00112 1-2540530861.6 3 1 Opponents 26 1032 39.7 58 1 0 11 3 9 6-10 54 0 63 3782 60.0 29 2 Western Carolina 55 2120 38.5 58 0 1 13 5 22 5-8 52 0 31 1810 58.4 2 2 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 27 Donnavan Spencer vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Yards Rushing 220 Donnavan Spencer vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) TD Rushes 3 Donnavan Spencer at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Long Rush 67 Donnavan Spencer vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Pass attempts 43 Ryan Glover at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Pass completions 25 Ryan Glover at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Passing 306 Ryan Glover at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) TD Passes 2 Ryan Glover at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Long Pass 59 Ryan Glover at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Receptions 7 Calvin Jones at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Receiving 76 Reggie Jones at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) TD Receptions 1 Clayton Bardall at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 1 Mahari Stribling at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 Calvin Jones at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 1 Clayton Bardall at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 1 Raekwon Heath at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) 1 Clayton Bardall at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Long Reception 59 Reggie Jones at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Field Goals 2 Richard McCollum at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Long Field Goal 52 Paxton Robertson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts 10 Brandon Dickerson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 43.0 Paxton Robertson at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) Long Punt 58 Paxton Robertson vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Punts inside 20 7 Brandon Dickerson at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Punt Return 12 Calvin Jones at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Long Kickoff Return 59 Tyree Nelson at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Tackles 14 Ty Harris vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 14 Ty Harris vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Sacks 1.5 Ty Harris at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 1.5 Ty Harris vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 1.5 Tre Jolly vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Ty Harris at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 2.5 Ty Harris at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Interceptions 1 Trevor Childers at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 Aaron Gethers at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 1 Ronald Kent Jr. at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) 1 Rod Gattison at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) 1 Curtis Roach at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) 1 Jacob Harris at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 40 at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) Yards Rushing 281 vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Yards Per Rush 7.2 vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) TD Rushes 4 at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Pass attempts 43 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Pass completions 25 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Passing 306 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Per Pass 8.8 at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) TD Passes 2 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 2 at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Total Plays 79 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Total Offense 449 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Per Play 6.4 vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Points 28 at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Sacks By 3 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) First Downs 22 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Penalties 9 vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Penalty Yards 84 vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Turnovers 3 at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Interceptions By 3 at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) Punts 10 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 43.0 at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) Long Punt 58 vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Punts inside 20 7 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Long Punt Return 12 at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 33 Storch,Nathan, vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) Yards Rushing 197 Quay Holmes, at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) TD Rushes 3 BOOTH, Alonzo, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 3 Carter, M, at North Carolina (Dec 05, 2020) 3 Liam Welch, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Long Rush 57 Ty Boles, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Pass attempts 41 Udinski,Reece, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Pass completions 30 Udinski,Reece, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Yards Passing 311 Liam Welch, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) TD Passes 3 WILLIS, M., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 3 Hamp Sisson, at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) Long Pass 83 WILLIS, M., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) Receptions 9 A.J. Toney, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 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 3 Rice,Jerry, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Long Field Goal 54 BARBIR, A., at Liberty (Nov 14, 2020) 54 Tyler Keltner, at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Punts 5 RICHARDS, P., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punting Avg 46.5 Garrett Taylor, at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Long Punt 58 RICHARDS, P., at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts inside 20 3 Culbreath,Jack, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Long Punt Return 38 M. Washington, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Long Kickoff Return 94 ROSS, Davion, at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Tackles 16 Britton Jr.,Ant, vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) 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) 1.0 Ward,Jordan, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 1.0 Johnson,Carter, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 1.0 Riddle,Connor, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 1.0 Danijah Gammage, at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) 1.0 Colton Lakes, at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) 1.0 Caman Cody, at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) 1.0 Javion Heard, at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Danijah Gammage, at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) 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) 1 Coutrell Plair, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 1 Chris Edmonds, at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 1 Caselberry,Etha, vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 1 Yahsyn McKee, at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Game Superlatives (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 68 vs The Citadel (Mar 13, 2021) 68 at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Yards Rushing 350 at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Yards Per Rush 6.5 at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) TD Rushes 6 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Pass attempts 45 vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Pass completions 34 vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) 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 91 at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) 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 33 at Furman (Feb 20, 2021) Penalties 11 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) 11 at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) 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) 2 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) Punts 6 at Mercer (Mar 20, 2021) Punting Avg 46.5 at ETSU (Mar 27, 2021) Long Punt 58 at Eastern Kentucky (Nov 21, 2020) Punts inside 20 3 vs VMI (Mar 06, 2021) Long Punt Return 38 at Samford (Feb 27, 2021) 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina Red-Zone Results (as of Jul 08, 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 Feb 20, 2021 at Furman L 7-35 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 27, 2021 at Samford L 27-55 1171010000000 Mar 06, 2021 VMI L 7-30 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 13, 2021 THE CITADEL W 21-14 2 2 14 2 2 0 0000000 Mar 20, 2021 at Mercer L 28-45 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 27, 2021 at ETSU L 17-24 0000000000000 Totals 13 10 70 10 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 of 13 (76.9%)

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 Feb 20, 2021 at Furman L 7-35 3 3 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 27, 2021 at Samford L 27-55 6 4 27 4 4 0 0110000 Mar 06, 2021 VMI L 7-30 7 6 30 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mar 13, 2021 THE CITADEL W 21-14 3 2 14 2 2 0 0010000 Mar 20, 2021 at Mercer L 28-45 6 6 42 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 27, 2021 at ETSU L 17-24 5 3 17 2 2 0 1020000 Totals 39 32 207 28 25 3 4 1 4 0 1 1 0 32 of 39 (82.1%) 2020-21 WCU Catamount Football Western Carolina By-Quarter Statistics (as of Jul 08, 2021) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 5-13 38.5 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 3-15 20.0 2-5 40.0 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 Dec 05, 2020 at North Carolina L 9-49 5-14 35.7 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 Feb 20, 2021 at Furman L 7-35 2-10 20.0 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 Feb 27, 2021 at Samford L 27-55 2-14 14.3 0-3 0.0 0-5 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 Mar 06, 2021 VMI L 7-30 4-13 30.8 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0 2-3 66.7 Mar 13, 2021 THE CITADEL W 21-14 5-12 41.7 2-3 66.7 3-5 60.0 0-1 0.0 0-3 0.0 Mar 20, 2021 at Mercer L 28-45 3-10 30.0 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 0-3 0.0 Mar 27, 2021 at ETSU L 17-24 6-13 46.2 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 Western Carolina 35-114 30.7 8-30 26.7 9-31 29.0 8-26 30.8 10-27 37.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 68-128 53.1 16-26 61.5 15-33 45.5 20-35 57.1 17-34 50.0 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Dec 05, 2020 at North Carolina L 9-49 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 Feb 20, 2021 at Furman L 7-35 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Feb 27, 2021 at Samford L 27-55 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 Mar 06, 2021 VMI L 7-30 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 Mar 13, 2021 THE CITADEL W 21-14 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Mar 20, 2021 at Mercer L 28-45 0-3 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 Mar 27, 2021 at ETSU L 17-24 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Western Carolina 4-16 25.0 0-1 0.0 2-4 50.0 1-4 25.0 1-7 14.3 0-0 0.0 Opponents 12-19 63.2 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 6-7 85.7 2-5 40.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Nov 14, 2020 at Liberty L 14-58 30:44 7:09 7:55 8:23 7:17 Nov 21, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky L 17-49 28:16 8:16 6:15 5:36 8:09 Dec 05, 2020 at North Carolina L 9-49 31:44 9:32 8:22 7:01 6:49 Feb 20, 2021 at Furman L 7-35 18:51 4:58 2:26 5:03 6:24 Feb 27, 2021 at Samford L 27-55 29:19 8:17 9:03 6:29 5:30 Mar 06, 2021 VMI L 7-30 23:59 6:32 5:53 6:17 5:17 Mar 13, 2021 THE CITADEL W 21-14 22:31 4:57 7:02 3:13 7:19 Mar 20, 2021 at Mercer L 28-45 19:16 5:25 4:33 4:27 4:51 Mar 27, 2021 at ETSU L 17-24 24:23 7:00 6:07 6:40 4:36 Western Carolina Total 229:03 62:06 57:36 53:09 56:12 0:00 Avg. 25:27 6:54 6:24 5:54 6:14 0:00 Opponents Total 307:56 72:54 77:24 81:51 75:47 0:00 Avg. 34:12 8:06 8:36 9:05 8:25 0:00