21 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #21 Andreas Keaton

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 21 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 safety:

#21 Andreas Keaton

POSITION Safety
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 190
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Powder Springs, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL Hillgrove HS

Prior to Western Carolina: Three-year letterman at Hillgrove High where he played 7A football ... Recognized on the 2021 All-Metro High School Football Defense Team and 2020 All-Region Team 7A Second Team ... Finished his prep career with eight interceptions – three returned for touchdowns – with 37 pass breakups, four fumble recoveries and two forced including one for a touchdown … Amassed 248 career tackles and three quarterback sacks … Was named the Defensive Player of the Game and Team Captain numerous of times as a prep … In December 2019, he received the Atlanta Falcons/Georgia Power “Power Player Award” … In November 2019, was recognized as the Q99.7 Atlanta Radio Station Player of the Week ... In October 2019, received the Otters Chicken Athlete of the Week Award ... Selected to be a member of the Hillgrove High School Football Leadership Program … Also played basketball and ran track as a prep.

Personal: His full name is Andreas Gregory Keaton. He is the son of Wyoka and Andre Keaton. He has a younger sister named Madison.