It's now 36 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, August 30, 2025 against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in E.J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC.
To help pass those long summer days and get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season and more knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the football countdown each day until kickoff day.
Today, we will highlight a Defensive Back:
#36 Ja'morri Downing
Position Nickelback
Height 6-1
Weight 200
Class Redshirt Junior
Hometown Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
High School Stranahan HS
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in five games, each coming on special teams and as a defensive reserve … Credited with one tackle, making his first career solo stop against VMI (Nov. 16) … Recorded five tackles in WCU’s annual Spring Game.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2022 (Freshman): Played in four games, remaining eligible for a redshirt … Made his collegiate debut in the home win over VMI (Oct. 1) … Did not record any official statistics.
Prior to Western Carolina: Recorded 81 tackles including 63 solo stops and 25 tackles for loss with 10 sacks as a high school senior … Credited with nine passes defended … Also ran track as a prep, posting times of 11 flat in the 100m dash and 23 flat in the 200m dash.
Personal: Is the son of Sheneera Perry ... Has two siblings, Jamiya Downing and Paige Pocte.


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