41 Days 'till kickoff - #41 Courtland Carson

It's now 42 days until kickoff of Catamount football at Floyd Stadium, home of the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State on August 29th in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

To help pass those long summer days until football season starts, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, we'll continue with the 100 day football countdown to kickoff.

#41 Courtland Carson

Class: Senior
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
High School: Independence HS
Height / Weight: 6-0 / 200
Position: LB




2012 (Junior): Started all 11 games at linebacker for WCU's defense - one of four defenders to start every game ... Finished second on the team with a career-best 97 tackles including 42 solo stops ... Tallied double-digit tackles in four games on the season including a career-best 16 against nationally-ranked Appalachian State ... Finished with 14 tackles against FBS-foe, Marshall ... Posted at least four stops in every game ... Recorded six tackles for loss including one quarterback sack ... Credited with one pass breakup and a quarterback hurry.

2011 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games with six starts including the first four games to start the season ... Finished tied for fourth on the team with 56 tackles, tallying 29 solo stops and 4.5 tackles for loss ... Credited with two pass break-ups and pounced on a fumble in the season-opener at Georgia Tech ... Intercepted two passes on the year, making his first career interception against Elon before picking off his second in the season finale against Coastal Carolina ... Recorded at least two tackles in all 11 games ... Charted nine tackles against Wofford ... Finished the season with a career-high 15 tackles against Coastal Carolina.

2010 (Freshman): Saw action in all 11 games making four starts as a true freshman ... Saw his first collegiate start at Wofford ... Finished with 26 tackles on the year including 12 solo stops and three tackles for losses ... Credited with one quarterback hurry ... Recorded four tackles in his collegiate debut at North Carolina State ... Tallied a career-high 10 tackles including three solo stops and one for a loss against Georgia Southern ... Had seven stops in the season finale at Elon.

Prior to Western Carolina: Named to the All-Southwestern 4A Conference Football Team at linebacker ... Was a part of the 13-1 Independence team in 2008 ... Also ran track & field at Independence HS competing in the 110-meter high hurdles as well as triple and high jumps ... Ranked inside the top 20 among those three events.

Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations