It's now 34 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Thursday, September 3th, 2020 at 7 pm, against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, in Roy Kid Stadium, Richmond, KY.
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 football countdown each day until kickoff day.
Today we'll highlight a defensive end:
#34 Ezekiel Jennette
POSITION Defensive End
HEIGHT 5-11
WEIGHT 235
CLASS Redshirt Junior
HOMETOWN Durham, N.C.
COLLEGE NC State
HIGH SCHOOL Southern Durham HS
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in all 12 of the team’s games on the season with four starts between linebacker and defensive line … Credited with 10 tackles on the season including five solo stops and one tackle for loss coming on a sack … Matched a career-high with two tackles twice coming at Chattanooga (Sept. 28) and at home against Samford (Nov. 16) … Forced a fumble in the home overtime win over ETSU (Nov. 9) … Named 2019 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 11 games as a defensive reserve along the line, as well as on special teams … Finished with five tackle assists on the year … Made his WCU and collegiate debut in the season-opener against Newberry (Sept. 1) … Credited with his first career tackle against Chattanooga (Oct. 13) … Twice posted a career-high of two tackles at Mercer (Oct. 20) and against Wofford (Nov. 10) ... Named to the 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from North Carolina State during the summer of 2018 ... Did not see game action at NCSU in 2017;
High School: Attended Durham Tech before N.C. State ... Was a Big 8 all-conference performer on defense as a prep ... Recorded 50+ tackles as a senior including a team-high eight sacks.
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