It's now 56 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 long-snapper:
#56 Mabry Bumgarner
Position Long-Snapper
Height 5-9
Weight 195
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Sylva, N.C.
High School Smoky Mountain HS
Height 5-9
Weight 195
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Sylva, N.C.
High School Smoky Mountain HS
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Dressed for several games, making his collegiate debut by seeing action in the home win over VMI (Nov. 16), snapping on a successful Corbin Shirley fourth-quarter PAT … Did not record any official season statistics.
2023 (Freshman): Did not see game action despite dressing for several home games ... Remained eligible for a redshirt ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Joined the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on … Named to the Mountain Seven Conference all-conference team and the All-Western North Carolina first-team offense as a long-snapper by the Asheville Citizen-Times … Was also selected to the 2022 North Carolina Sportswriters All-State team … Received a 4.5-star rating from the Rubio Long-Snapping … Is a member of the National Honors Society and has been accepted into WCU’s Brinson Honors College.
Personal: Is the son of Mary and Jeff Bumgarner.
2023 (Freshman): Did not see game action despite dressing for several home games ... Remained eligible for a redshirt ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Joined the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on … Named to the Mountain Seven Conference all-conference team and the All-Western North Carolina first-team offense as a long-snapper by the Asheville Citizen-Times … Was also selected to the 2022 North Carolina Sportswriters All-State team … Received a 4.5-star rating from the Rubio Long-Snapping … Is a member of the National Honors Society and has been accepted into WCU’s Brinson Honors College.
Personal: Is the son of Mary and Jeff Bumgarner.


1 comment:
Glad you stayed home; what an asset you will be as a Catamount in the coming years!!! Go Cats
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