It's now 94 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 1, 2018, against the Newberry College Wolves, in Cullowhee.
For the season kick-off, the Cats will host a "White Out" game in E.J. Whitmire Stadium as the Cats will sport its all-white look with white Adidas jerseys over white pants and for a fourth-straight year, postgame fireworks extravaganza follows the home-opener.
To help pass those long summer days, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, and knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the 100-day football countdown each day until kickoff day.
Today we'll continue to highlight the defensive line:
#94 Jake Helms
Class: Junior
Hometown: Mooresville, N.C.
High School: Lake Norman HS
Height / Weight: 6-2 / 265
Position: DT
2016 (Freshman): Played in nine of the team's 11 games with a pair of starts ... Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at East Carolina (Sept. 3) with his first career start coming in week two against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10) ... Recorded 21 tackles including seven solo stops and 2.5 tackles for loss including a sack against ETSU (Sept. 17) at the Bristol Motor Speedway ... Posted a career-high five tackles with four stops against ETSU ... Tallied a quarterback hurry against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10) and blocked a kick against VMI (Nov. 5) ... Credited with a tackle in WCU's annual Spring Game ... Named to the 2016-17 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Finished with 164 career tackles including 27 tackles for loss and 16 sacks ... Forced five fumbles and blocked two field goals ... Named All-North Piedmont Conference as a senior, as well as garnering all-county honors ... Two-time defensive lineman of the year ... Played in the 2012 Eastbay Youth All-American Bowl as an eight-grade offensive lineman ... High school coach was Rob McNeely ... Also participated in track & field as a prep where he holds the school record in the discus.
Personal: Is the son of Kell and Susan Helms ... His father played football at Western Carolina from 1986-90 as a linebacker ... Has a younger sister, Reagan.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
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