It's now 67 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, August 31, 2019, against the Mercer Bears, in E.J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC
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 highlight another member of the defensive line:
#67 Jibril Dandy
Class: Graduate
Hometown: Wilmington, N.C.
High School: John T. Hoggard HS
Other College: Tuskegee
Height / Weight: 6-1 / 315
Position: Defensive Line
2018 (Graduate): Did not see game action … Was impressive along the defensive front during WCU’s annual Spring Drills.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU as a graduate senior … Did not see any action as a redshirt sophomore after suffering a season-ending injury during preseason camp … Played in 11 games as a redshirt freshman, mostly on special teams on both field goal and PAT team... Helped pave the way for an offense that recorded 2,062 yards rushing and another 2,121 passing.
High School: Played at John T. Hoggard High in Wilmington ... Started at nose tackle his final two seasons as a prep ... As a junior anchored a defensive line that won its eighth-consecutive conference title and playoff appearance ... As a senior earned Mideastern All-Conference honors in helping lead his team to a ninth-consecutive playoff appearance while recording 70 tackles and eight sacks … Played in the High School All-American Bowl ... Named NUC Combine Defensive Lineman Most Valuable Player... Transferred from Ashley High School where he started at nose tackle, also lettering in lacrosse as a sophomore … Named to Honor Roll ... Member of DECA... Member of Technical Honor Society.
Personal: Is the son of LeRay and Felecia Dandy ... Sister is a chemical engineering student at Tuskegee ... Father, Grandfather, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother are alum of Tuskegee University … Has four relatives who have played sports collegiately and/or professionally: Orien Greene (Florida/Louisiana-Lafayette/Guaros de Lara), Basketball), Cotra Jackson (North Carolina State), Larry Brown (Kansas/Pittsburgh Steelers) and Andre Tippett (Iowa/New England Patriots).
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
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