It's now 45 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 running back
#45 Caleb Ferguson
POSITION Running Back
HEIGHT 5-11
WEIGHT 195
CLASS Redshirt Junior
HOMETOWN Waynesville, N.C
HIGH SCHOOL Tuscola HS
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in all 12 of the team’s games on the season with one start at running back coming against Samford (Nov. 16) … Rushed for 136 yards on 19 carries with one touchdown coming on a career-long 69-yard fake punt rush at Chattanooga (Sept. 28) … Added 44 receiving yards on four receptions on the season … Caught three passes for 41 yards and a touchdown in the overtime win over ETSU (Nov. 9) … Returned 15 kickoffs for a combined 366 yards including a long of 72 on the opening kickoff against Samford … Amassed 546 all-purpose yards on the season … Also handled punting duties for part of the season, punting 23 times for 903 yards – an average of 39.3 yards per kick and included a long of 57 yards at Wofford (Oct. 19) … Had four punts of 50-or-more yards and downed seven kicks inside the opponent 20-yard line … Credited with one tackle assist at Chattanooga.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 10 of the team’s 11 games, each on special teams or as an offensive reserve … Rushed twice for a total of 20 yards including a career-long rush of that same distance … Both of his first career rushes came at Samford (Oct. 6)… Was the team’s starting punter in the season-opener against Newberry (Sept. 1), punting a career-high four times for 149 yards – an average of 37.2 yards per kick … Long punt of 43 yards came in the opener against Newberry … Finished with six punts for a 36.8 yards per punt average on the year – two fair catches, one touchback and one downed inside the opponent 20-yard line … Credited with a solo tackles against VMI (Sept. 22).
2017 (Freshman): Did not see game action, taking a redshirt ... Scored an 18-yard touchdown rush in WCU's annual Spring Game.
Prior to Western Carolina: Was a three-time, All-Western North Carolina football team selection ... Collected the 2016 Citizen-Times All-WNC Offensive Player of the Year accolades ... Finished as the all-time career leader at Tuscola HS with 3,999 rushing yards and 68 career touchdowns ... Scored the second-most touchdowns in North Carolina high school football (38) to go along with single-season school records for rushing yardage (1,944) and rushing TD's (35) ... Selected to the American Family Insurance ALL-USA North Carolina Football Team published by USA TODAY High School Sports ... On defense, secured 73 tackles and three interceptions ... A versatile athlete, also averaged 41.9 yards per punt as a senior ... As a junior, placed second out of more than 100 football players in the standing long jump at the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl Mid-Atlantic Super Regional combine ... Played for head coach Tommy Pursley.
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