Sunday, July 10, 2022

55 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #55 Kevin Thompson








Welcome to the twelfth annual Catamount Football  "100 days to WCU Football Kickoff Countdown"

It's now 55 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, September 3rd, 2022, against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, on Buccaneer Field in Charleston, SC

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 day.

Today we will highlight #55, a long snapper:

#55 Kevin Thompson








 POSITION Long Snapper
 HEIGHT 5-10
 WEIGHT 185
 CLASS Junior
 HOMETOWN Rock Hill, S.C.
 HIGH SCHOOL Northwestern HS







2021 (Sophomore*): Saw action in all 11 games as the long-snapper on special teams ... Credited with one tackle with a solo stop against Samford (Sept. 18).

2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in three games on special teams at long-snapper … Did not record any official statistics.

2019 (Freshman): Played in eight of the team’s 12 games on the season, each coming in succession from the season’s mid-point through the finale … Credited with two solo tackles on special teams … Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Joins the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on … Three-year varsity letter winner … Attended the Rubio Long Snapping Camp Summer Tour in 2018 … Two-sport athlete as a prep, playing football and baseball ... High school coach was James Martin.

Personal: Is the son of Mary and Charles Thompson ... Father played football at Western Carolina.




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