49 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #49 Demorian Smith

 

Welcome to the eleventh annual Catamount Football "100 days to Football Kickoff Countdown".

During the countdown, we'll highlight the player whose number corresponds to that day in the countdown. 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 Saturday.

Since the official 2021 Catamount Football Roster has not yet been published, we'll use the 2021 Catamount Football Preseason Roster for jersey numbers until the new roster is posted, at which point we'll switch to the official roster for the remainder of the countdown.

It's now 49 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, September 4th, 2021, against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, in E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field, Cullowhee, NC.

Today, we will highlight a linebacker: 

#49 Demorian Smith

POSITION Linebacker
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 220
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Robersonville, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL South Creek HS 

2020-21 (Freshman): Played in four games on the season, each coming on defense and special teams … Did not record any official statistics.

Prior to Western Carolina: Four-year varsity letter winner … Totaled 244 career tackles including 17.0 tackles for loss with three sacks as a prep … Finished his senior season with a career-best 116 total tackles over 12 games, averaging 9.7 stops per game … Credited with 21 tackles in a first-round playoff game in 2019 … Two-way player that amassed 2,117 career all-purpose yards including 1,710 rushing, 209 receiving, 70 on special teams, and 128 return yards on seven career interceptions … Scored 28 career touchdowns – 26 rushing and one apiece on a fumble return and a punt return … Also ran track and threw the shot put, and also played basketball as a prep.

Personal: Is the son of Wanda and Maurice Smith … His brother, Darrius, plays football at WCU.