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 23 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 running back:
#22 Mikai Stanley
POSITION Running Back
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 235
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Wilmington, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL New Hanover HS
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 235
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Wilmington, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL New Hanover HS
2020-21 (Freshman): Saw action in all nine games with one start at running back … Rushed for 222 yards on 45 carries on the season with two touchdowns, adding three receptions for 16 yards … Recorded 238 all-purpose yards … Made his WCU debut at Liberty (Nov. 14), rushing twice for six yards … Made his first collegiate start at North Carolina (Dec. 5), rushing a career-high 11 times for 46 yards … Scored his first touchdown on a five-yard rush against VMI (March 6) … Posted a career-best 65 rushing yards on eight carries against The Citadel (March 13), scoring his second TD on the ground on an 18-yard second quarter run.
Prior to Western Carolina: Rushed for 1,340 yards and 18 touchdowns on just 139 carries (9.6 yds/carry) posting a total of 19 TDs as a senior … Collected first-team StarNews All-Area and was named the StarNews All-Area Offensive Player of the Year … Also dubbed first-team All-Mideastern Conference and the conference’s offensive player of the year … Earned WECT Athlete of the Week plaudits after rushing for 100 yards and a score in a win over Eastern Wayne High … Was the only back to eclipse the 100-yard rushing mark against West Brunswick High all season in 2019 … As a junior, was a first-team all-conference and first-team all-area selection … High school was Dillan Dimock … Also played high school basketball earning second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and first-team plaudits as a junior.
Personal: Is the son of LaTonia and Andrew Stanley … Has a younger sibling, Brianna … His mother, LaTonia, played basketball at UNC Wilmington (1996-2000).
Prior to Western Carolina: Rushed for 1,340 yards and 18 touchdowns on just 139 carries (9.6 yds/carry) posting a total of 19 TDs as a senior … Collected first-team StarNews All-Area and was named the StarNews All-Area Offensive Player of the Year … Also dubbed first-team All-Mideastern Conference and the conference’s offensive player of the year … Earned WECT Athlete of the Week plaudits after rushing for 100 yards and a score in a win over Eastern Wayne High … Was the only back to eclipse the 100-yard rushing mark against West Brunswick High all season in 2019 … As a junior, was a first-team all-conference and first-team all-area selection … High school was Dillan Dimock … Also played high school basketball earning second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and first-team plaudits as a junior.
Personal: Is the son of LaTonia and Andrew Stanley … Has a younger sibling, Brianna … His mother, LaTonia, played basketball at UNC Wilmington (1996-2000).
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