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2025 Catamount Football Roster

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2 Branson Adams

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 190
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Greensboro, N.C.
  • High School Dudley HS

Biography

2025 (Fifth Year): Named to the first-team Preseason All-Southern Conference at running back.

2024 (Senior): Started all 12 games at running back … Led the team in rushing, amassing 749 yards on 134 carries with four touchdowns, averaging 62.4 rushing yards per game … Added 36 receptions for 284 yards and a score … Averaged 86.1 all-purpose yards per game … Totaled double-digit rushes nine times … Rushed for 80 or more yards five times, including a season-high 91 yards on a season-best 17 carries with two touchdowns at nationally-ranked Montana (Sept. 21), adding seven receptions for 50 yards to amass 141 all-purpose yards … Just missed his season-high with 89 rushing yards at Mercer (Oct. 26), adding three catches for 39 yards for 128 all-purpose yards … Rushed six times for 30 yards and a four-yard touchdown in WCU’s annual Spring Game ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Named to the WCU Dean's List.

2023 (Junior): Played in all 11 games with four starts at running back coming in the final four games of the regular season … Rushed 89 times for 539 yards with three touchdowns, averaging 49 yards per game … Eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark one time with a career-best 110 yards against ETSU (Nov. 11) … Added 36 receptions out of the backfield for 266 yards with four touchdowns … Recorded his first collegiate touchdown on a game-winning 8-yard TD reception at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 16) … Scored his first touchdown on the ground at Chattanooga (Oct. 7) with a 37-yard romp late in the third quarter … Twice went over 100 all-purpose yards in  a game with 101 – 51 rushing, 50 receiving – at Wofford (Nov. 4) and a career-high 183 yards – 110 yards rushing and 73 receiving yards – in the home win over ETSU … Led the purple squad in WCU’s annual Spring Game with five rushes for 27 yards.

2022 (Sophomore): Played in four games as an offensive reserve and on special teams … Credited with an unassisted tackle in the road win at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3) … Recorded one rush for three yards and one reception at Georgia Tech (Sept. 10) ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman*): Played in 10 of the team’s 11 games on the season between special teams and an offensive reserve, finishing the season with 94 all-purpose yards … Rushed 13 times for 41 yards with four receptions for 17 total yards … Recorded a career-high three rushes three times including at Oklahoma (Sept. 11), at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25) and at Wofford (Oct. 30) … Caught a career-best two passes at Chattanooga (Oct. 2) … Posted four kickoff returns for a combined 36 yards.

2020-21 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Four-year varsity letter winner … Began his prep career at Northern Guilford while also playing at Page HS before finishing at Dudley HS … Rushed for 1,211 yards over his final two seasons as a prep, scoring 21 touchdowns on the ground … Made 32 career receptions for 503 yards and three receiving scores … Added 150 yards on kickoff returns and 17 on punt returns for 1,881 career all-purpose yards … Defensively, tallied 59 tackles as a senior including 36 solo stops and 1.5 sacks with three interceptions as a senior … Rushed for 183 yards and two TDs while catching two passes for 44 yards as a sophomore at Page HS … Four-year, A-B Honor Roll as a prep while also running track … Joined the WCU football team as a walk-on

Personal: Is the son of Denise Turner ... Has an older brother, Andre Adams Jr., and a younger brother Jamari Burks ... Is related to former NFL standout Stefon Adams, who played collegiate football at East Carolina and played in the NFL with the Los Angeles Raiders, Cleveland Browns, and the Miami Dolphins, while also playing World League of American Football (WALF) with the Sacramento Surge ... Stefon Adams also played for the Charlotte Rage and Connecticut Coyotes of the Arena Football League, and a season with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Career Highs:
Rushes – 17, twice - MR: at Montana (9/21/24)
Rushing Yards – 110, vs. ETSU (11/11/23)
Rushing TDs – 2, at Montana (9/21/24)
Receptions – 7, twice - MR: at Montana (9/21/24)
Receiving Yards – 73, vs. ETSU (11/11/23)
Receiving TDs – 1, five times - MR: at Furman (10/19/24)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'9" 200 lbs
  • 19

    2021Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'9" 180 lbs
    19
  • 22

    2022Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'9" 185 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2023Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'9" 185 lbs
    22
  • 2

    2024Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 190 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Fifth Year

    Running Back
    5'9" 190 lbs
    2