It's now 16 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 two players who wear #16, one on offense and one on defense:
#16 James Tyre
Position Wide Receiver
Height 5-10
Weight 175
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
High School Lambert HS
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in two games on special teams and as an offensive reserve … Made his collegiate debut in the road win at Furman (Oct. 19) … Recorded a three-yard rush in the home win over VMI (Nov. 16) … Caught one pass in WCU’s annual Spring Game ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Height 5-10
Weight 175
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
High School Lambert HS
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in two games on special teams and as an offensive reserve … Made his collegiate debut in the road win at Furman (Oct. 19) … Recorded a three-yard rush in the home win over VMI (Nov. 16) … Caught one pass in WCU’s annual Spring Game ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
#16 Jhamari Pierre-Louis
Height 5-11
Weight 195
Class Redshirt Junior
Hometown Delray Beach, Fla.
High School Atlantic HS
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 11 of the team’s 11 games, each coming on special teams and as a defensive reserve … Credited with 22 tackles on the year, including 13 solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss … Tallied a pair of pass breakups … Collected his first collegiate tackle as part of four solo stops against Campbell (Sept. 7) … Had a tackle and two pass breakups against Wofford (Oct. 5) … Recorded a career-high six tackles with four solo stops against The Citadel (Oct. 12) and had five tackles in the road win at Furman (Oct. 19), including a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss … Posted four tackles at Mercer (Oct. 26) … Credited with a team-best seven tackles in WCU’s annual Spring Game.
2023 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2022 (Freshman): Saw action in one game, making his collegiate debut in the home win over Presbyterian (Sept. 17) … Did not record any official statistics.
Prior to Western Carolina: Credited with 34 tackles including 16 solo stops and two TFLs as a senior according to MaxPreps.
Personal: Full name is Jhamari P. Pierrie-Louis, prefers to go by Jay ... Is the son of Tywanza Solomon and Paul Pierre-Louis ... Has three siblings, Zhamari, Isaiah, and Tyler ... Is of Haitian descent.
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