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2024 Catamount Football Roster

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3 Calvin Jones

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Forest City, N.C.
  • High School East Rutherford HS

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 11 of the team’s 12 games with five starts at wide receiver … Caught 22 passes for 249 yards, including a long reception of 49 yards … Added 11 kickoff returns for a combined 249 yards and one punt return … Credited with one tackle on special teams … Caught a pass in eight of the 11 games he played … Had five catches for 27 yards at NC State (Aug. 29) … Hauled in a season-high six catches for 98 yards in the road win at Elon (Sept. 14) … Caught a season-long 49-yard reception at Mercer (Oct. 26) … Named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Entered the transfer portal following the 2024 season.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in all 11 of the team’s games with 10 starts at wide receiver … Caught 27 passes for 348 yards with two receiving touchdowns, averaging 12.9 yards per catch … His 31.6 receiving yard per game average was 14th in the SoCon … Added 11 kickoff returns for 252 yards, ranking fourth in the SoCon with a 22.9 yard per return average … Caught four passes for 32 yards with a pair of kickoff returns for 37 yards in totaling 69 all-purpose yards at SEC-foe Arkansas (Sept. 2) … Posted a season-best five receptions twice with five catches for 65 yards at The Citadel (Sept. 30) and five for a season-high 89 yards and a score against Mercer (Oct. 28), adding four kickoff returns for 105 yards in amassing a season-best 194 all-purpose yards … Caught four passes for 60 yards and a TD at Wofford (Nov. 4) ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Sophomore): Missed the season due to an injury suffered in 2022 spring practice ... Was a second-team preseason All-Southern Conference selection at return specialist by the league's head coaches ... Named a third-team Preseason All-America selection by both Stats Perform FCS and Phil Steele as a kick returner ... Was additionally a first-team All-SoCon selection at WR and kick returner by Phil Steele ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman*): Played in all 11 of the team's games with 10 starts at wide receiver ... Finished third on the team in receptions with 38 catches and was second in both receiving yards with 651 and receiving touchdowns with four ... Ranked seventh in the SoCon with a 57.9 receiving yards per game average ... Added 13 rushing yards and 590 yards with a TD on kickoff returns to amass 1,254 all-purpose yards .. Led the SoCon in kick return average at 31.1 yards per return and was fifth in the league in all-purpose yards, averaging 112.7 yards per game ... Had 100-or-more all-purpose yards five times ... Caught at least one pass in each game  played including a career-high 10 for 195 yards and a score at VMI (Nov. 20) ... Finished with 30 total points on five touchdowns - four receptions and a career-long 95-yard kickoff return against ETSU (Nov. 13), where he recorded a career-high 305 all-purpose yards ... Earned SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 15) plaudts after his career day against ETSU ... Added five total tackles on special teams ... Collected second-team All-Southern Conference honors from the SoCon Sports Media Association as a return specialist ... Was a Freshman All-America at return specialist by HERO Sports ... Was named fourth-team All-America selection by Phil Steele and was dubbed FCS Freshman All-America first-team as a kick returner and third-team as a wide receiver by Phil Steele.

2020-21 (Freshman): Played in all nine games on the season with three starts at wide receiver … Led the team with 24 receptions and 198 receiving yards, catching one touchdown pass … Returned seven kickoffs for 147 yards including a long of 44 yards, and returned one punt for 12 yards … Made his collegiate debut at Liberty (Nov. 14), recording a rush, a reception, and a kickoff return … Caught a season-best seven passes for 62 yards and his first career touchdown at Samford (Feb. 27) … Hauled in a two-yard TD reception against the Bulldogs … Amassed a season-high 159 all-purpose yards at Mercer (March 20) including five catches for 45 yards, one rush for 14 yards, three kickoff returns for 88 yards and a 12-yard punt return.

Prior to Western Carolina: Four-year varsity letter winner who rushed for 2,437 career yards and 30 touchdowns while also hauling in 71 passes for 1,428 career receiving yards … Finished his prep career with 5,320 all-purpose yards … Listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com … Amassed 542 all-purpose yards – 346 rushing, 111 receiving, 60 punt return and 25-yard passing – and scored eight touchdowns – rushing, receiving, passing, and on a punt return – in his final high school game … Earned both News 13 WLOS Player of the Week and Player of the Week honors from The Daily Courier … As a junior in 2018, rushed for 683 yards and 10 TDs while catching 16 passes for 308 yards and two TDs as a part of 1,259 all-purpose yards … Defensively, had 77 tackles including 11 for loss and eight interceptions, scoring a pair of defensive touchdowns … High school coach was Clint Bland … Also ran track and wrestled as a prep.

Personal: Full name is Calvin Malik Jones, prefers to go by Cal … Is the son of Aqueesha Mapp.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 170 lbs
    13
  • 3

    2021Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2022Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 190 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 180 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 185 lbs
    3