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 8 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.
From this point forward, most of the roster numbers have both an offensive and defensive player assigned to that number, today we will highlight both a running back and a nickleback:
#8 Kenny Benjamin
POSITION Running Back
HEIGHT 5-7
WEIGHT 180
CLASS Graduate Student
HOMETOWN Lehigh Acres, Fla.
HEIGHT 5-7
WEIGHT 180
CLASS Graduate Student
HOMETOWN Lehigh Acres, Fla.
COLLEGE Valdosta State
HIGH SCHOOL Dunbar HS
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Valdosta State through the transfer portal;
HIGH SCHOOL Dunbar HS
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Valdosta State through the transfer portal;
Valdosta State: Played in 30 games over three seasons with 16 starts … Caught 75 passes for 765 yards and nine receiving touchdowns, adding 34 rushes for 265 yards with one score … Also returned 48 kicks for 1,056 yards, amassing 2,086 career all-purpose yards … Missed four games due to injury as a junior in 2019 … Scored 10 career touchdowns for 60 points … Led the Blazers in receptions with 40 catches for 444 receiving yards and seven TDs on the national championship team, averaging 11 yards per reception … Enrolled early at Valdosta as a part of the 2017 signing class;
High School: Dunbar HS: Was a second-team News-Press all-area selection as a senior, leading his high school team to a district title in 2015 and the regional final … Caught 42 passes for 748 yards while rushing for 509 yards over his final two yards as a prep, scoring 14 touchdowns – eight receiving, three rushing, two on kick returns, and one passing … Played for high school coach Sam Brown … Also played baseball as a prep.
Personal: Is the son of Syretta Johnson and Kenny Benjamin … Has a younger brother, Brandon Benjamin.
#8 LA Rogers-Anderson
Personal: Is the son of Syretta Johnson and Kenny Benjamin … Has a younger brother, Brandon Benjamin.
#8 LA Rogers-Anderson
POSITION Nickelback
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 215
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Sumter, S.C.
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 215
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Sumter, S.C.
COLLEGE Western Kentucky
HIGH SCHOOL Ridgeview HS
2020-21 (Junior): Played in seven games with five starts in the defensive secondary … Finished with 23 total tackles including 19 solo stops and three tackles for loss … Credited with a pair of quarterback hurries and a pair of pass break-ups … Made his WCU debut with a tackle assist at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 21) … Posted his first tackle for loss at Furman (Feb. 20) in his first start for WCU … Credited with a season-best six solo tackles at Samford (Feb. 27) … Recorded four tackles with one for loss against VMI (March 6) … Had five tackles with four solo stops at ETSU (March 27).
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU prior to the 2020 fall semester from Western Kentucky ... Played two seasons -- 2016 and 2017 ... Appeared in all 12 games as a key special teams player on coverage and protection units as a sophomore where he was credited with three solo tackles ... Played in seven games on special teams as a true freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL Ridgeview HS
2020-21 (Junior): Played in seven games with five starts in the defensive secondary … Finished with 23 total tackles including 19 solo stops and three tackles for loss … Credited with a pair of quarterback hurries and a pair of pass break-ups … Made his WCU debut with a tackle assist at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 21) … Posted his first tackle for loss at Furman (Feb. 20) in his first start for WCU … Credited with a season-best six solo tackles at Samford (Feb. 27) … Recorded four tackles with one for loss against VMI (March 6) … Had five tackles with four solo stops at ETSU (March 27).
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU prior to the 2020 fall semester from Western Kentucky ... Played two seasons -- 2016 and 2017 ... Appeared in all 12 games as a key special teams player on coverage and protection units as a sophomore where he was credited with three solo tackles ... Played in seven games on special teams as a true freshman.
High School: Was a dual-role senior at Ridgeview High for head coach Perry Parks ... Finished his season for the Blazers with 869 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns to go along with 55 tackles and two interceptions culminating in an invitation to the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives North-South Bowl ... Helped his team to a second-round appearance in the South Carolina Class 4A playoffs and earned All-Region 3 4A honors in the process ... Listed as a three-star prospect in the 247Sports composite rankings and was ranked as the No. 25 player in the state by 247Sports and the No. 4 safety in the state by Scout.com.
Personal: Name is Latheron "LA" Rogers-Anderson.
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