97 Days Until WCU Football Kickoff - #97 Caleb Bradford

It's now 97 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, August 30, 2025, against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in EJ Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, 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 a Defensive Lineman

#97 Caleb Bradford

Position Defensive Line 

Height 6-1 

Weight 265 

Class Redshirt Senior 

Hometown Canton, N.C. 

High School Pisgah HS

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Did not see game action during the season … In WCU’s annual Spring Game, recorded an interception and a touchdown for a second consecutive season, jumping underneath a route and then followed a caravan of blockers to rumble 80 yards for a score.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action during the season … Deflected a pass at the line of scrimmage and returned the interception for a touchdown early in WCU’s annual Spring Game, adding two tackles in the final intrasquad scrimmage of the spring.

2021 (Freshman): Did not see game action, taking a redshirt.

Prior to Western Carolina: Played offensive guard and defensive tackle as a prep at Pisgah High for head coach and former Catamount Brett Chappell ... Was selected first-team 2AA All-State as a senior while also collecting the Mountain Six Conference Lineman of the Year award.

Personal: Full name is William Caleb Bradford ... Is the son of Vicki and Dean Bradford ... Has an older sister, Taylor Watkins.