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 29 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 cornerback:
#29 Willie Rice
POSITION Cornerback
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 185
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN St. Louis, Mo.
HIGH SCHOOL East Coweta (Ga.) HS
Prior to Western Carolina: Three-year varsity letter winner at East Coweta High in Georgia … Recorded 113 career tackles including 93 solo stops and 3.0 tackles for loss … Credited with 31 career passes defended with three interceptions returning one for a touchdown … Also forced three career fumbles, recovering one … Earned Class 7-A All-Region first-team honors in 2020 … Added 777 career all-purpose yards on special teams that included a 91-yard kickoff return for a score … Helped ECHS to the Region 2-7A championship … Scored two career touchdowns, both coming in 2020 as a senior – one on a kickoff return and the other on an interception returned for a score … Selected second-team defense All-County as a junior in 2019 … Listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 185
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN St. Louis, Mo.
HIGH SCHOOL East Coweta (Ga.) HS
Prior to Western Carolina: Three-year varsity letter winner at East Coweta High in Georgia … Recorded 113 career tackles including 93 solo stops and 3.0 tackles for loss … Credited with 31 career passes defended with three interceptions returning one for a touchdown … Also forced three career fumbles, recovering one … Earned Class 7-A All-Region first-team honors in 2020 … Added 777 career all-purpose yards on special teams that included a 91-yard kickoff return for a score … Helped ECHS to the Region 2-7A championship … Scored two career touchdowns, both coming in 2020 as a senior – one on a kickoff return and the other on an interception returned for a score … Selected second-team defense All-County as a junior in 2019 … Listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.
Personal: Is the son of Kitina Rice.
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