It's now 24 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 #24, one on offense and one on defense:
#24 Anthony Benjamin
Position Running Back
Height 5-10
Weight 160
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Fort Myers, Fla.
High School Dunbar HS
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Is a mid-year transfer to Western Carolina from Conference USA-member Jacksonville State ... Western Carolina originally offered him out of high school.
Before Western Carolina: Spent two seasons at Jacksonville State in Alabama, redshirting in 2023 ... Made his collegiate debut against Louisiana Tech on Nov. 18, 2023; High School: Prepped for head coach Sam Brown at Dunbar High … Was Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports out of high school … Was a multi-sport athlete that also competes in track and field and played varsity basketball … Hauled in 34 passes for 461 yards and three touchdowns as a senior … Served as the team’s main kick returner in 2022, totaling 305 yards … Averaged 19.9 yards per reception totaling 758 yards and seven scores on 38 catches as a junior … Helped Dunbar High win district titles in his junior and senior seasons … Ended his varsity career with 106 receptions for 1,766 yards and 16 touchdowns.
#24 Zayveon Wells
Weight 160
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Fort Myers, Fla.
High School Dunbar HS
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Is a mid-year transfer to Western Carolina from Conference USA-member Jacksonville State ... Western Carolina originally offered him out of high school.
Before Western Carolina: Spent two seasons at Jacksonville State in Alabama, redshirting in 2023 ... Made his collegiate debut against Louisiana Tech on Nov. 18, 2023; High School: Prepped for head coach Sam Brown at Dunbar High … Was Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports out of high school … Was a multi-sport athlete that also competes in track and field and played varsity basketball … Hauled in 34 passes for 461 yards and three touchdowns as a senior … Served as the team’s main kick returner in 2022, totaling 305 yards … Averaged 19.9 yards per reception totaling 758 yards and seven scores on 38 catches as a junior … Helped Dunbar High win district titles in his junior and senior seasons … Ended his varsity career with 106 receptions for 1,766 yards and 16 touchdowns.
#24 Zayveon Wells
Height 5-10
Weight 195
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown Sumter, S.C.
High School Lakewood HS
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 10 of the team’s 12 games with one start, missing the season opener at NC State and the home win over Wofford … Credited with nine total tackles, including four solo stops … Posted tackles in five of the 10 games with multiple tackles once … Finished with two interceptions … Had an assisted tackle and his first career interception in the road win at Furman (Oct. 19) … Posted a solo stop and his second career interception at ETSU (Nov. 9) … Recorded a career-high five tackles, including a pair of solo stops, in the home win over VMI (Nov. 16) … Intercepted a pass on the final play of WCU’s annual Spring Game scrimmage to accompany four tackles.
2023 (Freshman): Saw action in one game on the season, playing in the home win over Charleston Southern (Sept. 23) as a defensive substitution and on special teams … Credited with one tackle on an assist against the Bucs … Credited with three tackles in WCU’s annual Spring Game.
Before Western Carolina: Credited with 32 total tackles, including one for loss with three interceptions, three forced fumbles with one defensive TD as a senior … On offense, rushed for 851 yards on 119 carries with 13 touchdowns … Listed as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and a two-star recruit by Rivals.
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