1 day to WCU Football Kickoff - #1 Ivan Hogans & #1 CJ Williams

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 1 day 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 linebacker and a wide receiver:

#1 Ivan Hogans

POSITION Linebacker
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 220
CLASS Fifth Year
HOMETOWN Stockbridge, Ga.

COLLEGE  Tusculum
HIGH SCHOOL Stockbridge HS


Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Tusculum; 

Tusculum: Played in 36 career games for the Pioneers, amassing 256 career tackles including 115 solo stops and 29 tackles for loss with 8.5 sacks … Named first-team All-South Atlantic Conference as a junior in 2019, finishing with 85 tackles … Posted a career-high 92 tackles in 10 games as a sophomore in 2018, adding two interceptions in earning first-team All-South Atlantic Conference plaudits … Was also named D2CCA All-Region second team and Football Gazette All-Region third team … Recorded eight career pass break-ups including three in the spring 2021 season … Forced three career fumbles; 

High School: Lettered in varsity football two seasons ... Selected all-Conference in 2014 and 2015 ... A part of three-time region champions coached by Kevin Whitley.

Personal: Full name is Ivan Hogans, Jr.



#1 CJ Williams

POSITION Wide Receiver
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 160
CLASS Sophomore
HOMETOWN Gallion, Ala.

COLLEGE  Alabama 
HIGH SCHOOL Demopolis HS

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Alabama … Originally committed to Army West Point as a prep; 

Alabama: Did not see playing time for the Crimson Tide as a true freshman in 2020. 

High School: Was a two-sport standout playing football and running track & field … Was named the Anthony Robinson Player of the Year as a senior … Was a running back, punt and kick returner, and defensive cornerback as a prep … Received a two-star ranking from Rivals as a cornerback where he was an all-state selection with 16 interceptions between his sophomore and junior years … His high school head coach was Brian Seymore.

Personal: Is the son of Shenika and Talmus Williams.