48 Days Until WCU Football Kickoff - #48 Colby Cross

It's now 48 days until the kickoff of Catamount Football on Thursday, August 29, 2024, against the NC State Wolfpack in Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC 

To help pass those long summer days, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful a little 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 another special teams player, a long snapper:

#48  Colby Cross

Position: Long Snapper
Height: 6-0
Weight: 225
Class: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Mooresville, N.C.
High School: Lake Norman HS

2023 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 11 of the team’s games as the primary long-snapper on punts and placekicks … Credited with one tackle against Mercer (Oct. 28) … Selected to the 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team … Named to the 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in two games on special teams … Saw action in the home wins over Presbyterian (Sept. 17) and nationally-ranked Chattanooga (Nov. 19), did not record any official statistics ... 

Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman*): Did not see game action, sidelined much of the season due to injury ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Freshman): Played in all nine of the team’s games as the long-snapper … Was not credited with any official statistics … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at Liberty (Nov. 14) ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Was a two-year varsity letter winner at Lake Norman High as the long-snapper on special teams ... Joined the WCU football team as a walk-on.

Personal: Is the son of Kim and Tom Cross.