It's now 2 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 two players assigned to #2, one offense, one defense, a wide receiver and a defensive cornerback:
#2 Rod Gattison
POSITION Cornerback
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 190
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Hartsville, S.C.
POSITION Cornerback
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 190
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Hartsville, S.C.
COLLEGE Georgia Military College
HIGH SCHOOL Hartsville HS
2021 (Sophomore): Saw action in nine of the team's 11 games on the season, missing the final two games of the regular season ... Credited with 20 total tackles including 16 solo stops and two tackles for loss with a sack ... Intercepted two passes and forced a fumble ... Tallied two tackles and forced a fumble at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25) ... Posted a season-high five tackles with an interception at Chattanooga (Oct. 2) ... Intercepted his second pass of the year to accompany two tackles in the road win at Wofford (Oct. 30), returning the second-quarter pick 25 yards to set up a WCU touchdown that gave the Catamounts a 34-7 halftime lead agaisnt the Terriers.
2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in all six games in the spring semester with one start … Recorded 26 total tackles on the season including 20 solo stops … Made his WCU debut in the spring-opener at Furman (Feb. 20), finishing with five total tackles … Recorded his first career interception against the Paladins, returning the pick 30 yards … Posted a career-high seven tackles including five solo stops against VMI (March 6) … Credited with three solo stops and a pass break-up at ETSU (March 27).
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Georgia Military College … Played in 11 games in 2019 recording 14 tackles with 10 solo stops … Credited with three pass break-ups with one interception while also recovering a fumble;
HIGH SCHOOL Hartsville HS
2021 (Sophomore): Saw action in nine of the team's 11 games on the season, missing the final two games of the regular season ... Credited with 20 total tackles including 16 solo stops and two tackles for loss with a sack ... Intercepted two passes and forced a fumble ... Tallied two tackles and forced a fumble at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25) ... Posted a season-high five tackles with an interception at Chattanooga (Oct. 2) ... Intercepted his second pass of the year to accompany two tackles in the road win at Wofford (Oct. 30), returning the second-quarter pick 25 yards to set up a WCU touchdown that gave the Catamounts a 34-7 halftime lead agaisnt the Terriers.
2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in all six games in the spring semester with one start … Recorded 26 total tackles on the season including 20 solo stops … Made his WCU debut in the spring-opener at Furman (Feb. 20), finishing with five total tackles … Recorded his first career interception against the Paladins, returning the pick 30 yards … Posted a career-high seven tackles including five solo stops against VMI (March 6) … Credited with three solo stops and a pass break-up at ETSU (March 27).
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Georgia Military College … Played in 11 games in 2019 recording 14 tackles with 10 solo stops … Credited with three pass break-ups with one interception while also recovering a fumble;
High School: Led Hartsville High with five interceptions as a senior … Finished with 35 total tackles as a prep with one fumble forced and one recovered while recording one defensive touchdown … Also played basketball and ran track as a prep.
Personal: Full name is Rod’Darius Malik Gattison … Is the son of Priscilla Gattison.
#2 Raphael Williams
POSITION Wide Receiver
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 165
CLASS Sophomore
HOMETOWN Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Personal: Full name is Rod’Darius Malik Gattison … Is the son of Priscilla Gattison.
#2 Raphael Williams
POSITION Wide Receiver
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 165
CLASS Sophomore
HOMETOWN Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
COLLEGE Tusculum
HIGH SCHOOL Dillard HS
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Was a first-team preseason All-Southern Conference selection at wide receiver by the league's head coaches ... Named preseason All-Southern Conference by The Bluebloods online publication and first-team preseason All-SoCon by Phil Steele.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Started all 11 games at wide receiver ... Led WCU with 73 receptions for 959 receiving yards and nine touchdowns ... Paced the SoCon both with a 6.6 reception per game and 87.2 receiving yards per game average ... Ranked ninth in the SoCon in scoring with nine TDs, averaging 4.9 points per game ... Recorded five, 100-yard receiving games with three double-digit reception games including setting a school-record with 16 catches for a season-high 177 yards in the road win at Wofford (Oct. 30), scoring two TDs ... Caught eight passes for 122 yards in his WCU debut against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 4) ... Caught eight passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns against Samford (Sept. 18) ... Posted his first double-digit receptions game with 11 at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25), eclipsing that with a 12-catch, 147-yard performance with a score in the road win at The Citadel (Oct. 23) ... Named first-team All-Southern Conference by both the league's head coaches and SoCon Sports Media Association ... Tabbed SoCon Freshman of the Year by Phil Steele ... Was a Freshman All-America selection by both HERO Sports and Phil Steele.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Tusculum;
HIGH SCHOOL Dillard HS
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Was a first-team preseason All-Southern Conference selection at wide receiver by the league's head coaches ... Named preseason All-Southern Conference by The Bluebloods online publication and first-team preseason All-SoCon by Phil Steele.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Started all 11 games at wide receiver ... Led WCU with 73 receptions for 959 receiving yards and nine touchdowns ... Paced the SoCon both with a 6.6 reception per game and 87.2 receiving yards per game average ... Ranked ninth in the SoCon in scoring with nine TDs, averaging 4.9 points per game ... Recorded five, 100-yard receiving games with three double-digit reception games including setting a school-record with 16 catches for a season-high 177 yards in the road win at Wofford (Oct. 30), scoring two TDs ... Caught eight passes for 122 yards in his WCU debut against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 4) ... Caught eight passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns against Samford (Sept. 18) ... Posted his first double-digit receptions game with 11 at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25), eclipsing that with a 12-catch, 147-yard performance with a score in the road win at The Citadel (Oct. 23) ... Named first-team All-Southern Conference by both the league's head coaches and SoCon Sports Media Association ... Tabbed SoCon Freshman of the Year by Phil Steele ... Was a Freshman All-America selection by both HERO Sports and Phil Steele.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU in the summer of 2021 from Tusculum;
Tusculum: Played in five games in the spring 2021 season, catching 13 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown … Averaged 38.8 receiving yards per game with a long reception of 51 yards …
High School: Was a First-Team All-Broward selection and a Second-Team All-State honoree … Considered one of the best route runners in South Florida … Selected to the Broward All-Star Team ... Named his high school’s team MVP ... 31 catches for 800 yards and 12 TD in his senior campaign ... Was an honors student ... High school coach was Eddie Frasier.
Personal: Full name is Raphael Williams, Jr. ... Nickname is "Poppi" ... Is the son of Rachel Sims and Raphael Williams Sr. … Has four siblings: Mikheal McCray, Radaijah McCray, Ryan Sims - who joined the WCU football team in 2022, and Ry'Carri Dailey.
Personal: Full name is Raphael Williams, Jr. ... Nickname is "Poppi" ... Is the son of Rachel Sims and Raphael Williams Sr. … Has four siblings: Mikheal McCray, Radaijah McCray, Ryan Sims - who joined the WCU football team in 2022, and Ry'Carri Dailey.
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