24 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #24 Quintin Talley

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 24 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: 

#24 Quintin Talley

POSITION Safety
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 190
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Spartanburg, S.C.
HIGH SCHOOL Byrnes HS

2020-21 (Freshman): Played in five of the team’s nine seasonal games with one start in the defensive secondary … Recorded 23 tackles on the season with 13 solo stops and was credited with a quarterback hurry … Made his WCU debut at Liberty (Nov. 14) … Recorded a season-high eight tackles twice including six solo stops at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 21) … Matched his season-best with eight tackles in his first career start at North Carolina (Dec. 5) … Tallied two tackles and blocked a punt at Mercer (March 20).

Prior to Western Carolina: Two-year varsity letter winner … Posted 86 career tackles over the past two seasons with 2.5 tackles for loss including a sack … Tallied three interceptions and a pair of fumble recoveries … Listed as a two-star recruit by both Rivals.com and 247Sports … Also played baseball as an outfielder as a prep.