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2025 Catamount Football Roster

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5 Hayward McQueen Jr.

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
  • High School TRU Prep Academy

Biography

2024 (Senior): Named first-team Preseason All-Southern Conference at linebacker.

2024 (Junior): Played in all 12 of the team’s games with seven starts at linebacker … Led the Catamounts with 61 total tackles, including 23 solo stops with 7.5 tackles for loss with a quarterback sack … Recorded tackles in 11 of his 12 seasonal games, booking five-or-more nine times … Credited with three quarterback hurries and three pass breakups … Had five tackles and forced a fumble in the season-opener at NC State (Aug. 29) … Posted five tackles with solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss against Campbell (Sept. 7) … Recorded double-digit tackles with 11 stops in the road win at Furman (Oct. 19), with three tackles for loss, including half a quarterback sack … Finished with eight tackles at Mercer (Oct. 26), with a pair of TFLs and half a sack … Tallied two tackles and a fumble recovery in the win over VMI (Nov. 16) … Credited with a season-best five solo stops at Samford (Nov. 23) … Posted six tackles including a TFL in WCU’s annual Spring Game.

2023 (Sophomore): Played in 10 of the team’s 11 games on the season with eight starts … Finished with 26 total tackles including 14 solo stops … Posted tackles in nine of the 10 games he played … Had 5.0 tackles for loss including a sack … Forced a fumble while also being credited with a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup … Recorded three tackles including a stop for loss in the season opener at Arkansas (Sept. 2) while also posting three stops at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 16) … Finished with four tackles twice in the home wins over Charleston Southern (Sept. 23) and Furman (Oct. 21) … Credited with a season-high six tackles including four solo stops with a sack and a forced fumble on the road at VMI (Nov. 18).

2022 (Freshman): Early-enrollee where he took part in 2022 spring drills ... Played in all 11 of the team’s games with three starts at linebacker … Finished the season second on the WCU squad with 59 tackles including 27 solo stops with 3.0 tackles for loss with a sack and three quarterback hurries … Ranked 25th in the SoCon – and was the fourth-best freshman – with his 5.3 tackle per game average … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3), recording five tackles including his first career sack … Twice posted double-digit tackles including a career-best 13 tackles with eight solo stops against The Citadel (Oct. 22) … Was listed as an honorable mention for the FedEx Ground FCS National Freshman of the Week on Nov. 21 following a career-high 10 tackle performance that included a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry in the upset win over No. 17/15 Chattanooga in the regular-season finale … Named to the 2022 Southern Conference All-Freshman team on defense … Credited with six tackles including three tackles for loss with a sack in WCU’s annual 2023 Spring Game.

Prior to Western Carolina: Is a hybrid-style linebacker who joined the Catamount football team during the spring 2022 semester, participating in annual spring drills … Was a second-team Class 2-A Independent All-State team selection in the 2020 Independent All-State football team compiled by FloridaHSFootball.com … Posted 90+ tackles with 15 tackles for loss and five sacks, forcing a pair of fumbles as a senior … Listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com.

Career-High:
Tackles
- 13, vs. The Citadel (10/22/22)
Tackles for Loss - 3, at Furman (10/19/24)
Double-Digit Tackles - 3 times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 190 lbs
  • 7

    2022Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 195 lbs
    7
  • 5

    2023Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2025Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 215 lbs
    5