59 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #59 James Wood

 

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 59 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'll highlight another defensive lineman:

#59 James Wood

POSITION Defensive Line
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 235
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Hazlehurst, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL Jeff Davis HS

Prior to Western Carolina: Four-year letter winner as a two-way player at defensive end and tight end/H-back … Two-time All-Region selection at DE, once as a tight end as a sophomore ... Recorded 50 tackles including 38 solo stops as a senior, adding 137 rushing yards on offense … As a junior, amassed 68 tackles including 11 tackles for loss with four sacks … Also caught 12 passes for 184 yards and two TDs … Began his prep career as a linebacker before moving to DE … Earned first-team All-State plaudits at tight end by the GACA and a berth in the Elite Classic All-Star game as a sophomore … High school coach was Lance Helton.

Personal: Full name is James Thomas Wood … Is the son of Amber Johns and Thomas Wood … Has two siblings, Blane and Taylor Wood.