Western Carolina University

WCU Career: Over 37 career games in a Catamount uniform, recorded 121 total tackles including 85 solo stops and eight tackles for loss with three sacks … Finished with five career interceptions and 20 total passes defended while also forcing a pair of fumbles ... Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tennessee Titans in April after the 2024 NFL Draft.
 
2023 (Senior): Started all 11 games in the defensive secondary … Finished seventh on the team with 38 total tackles including 27 solo stops and four tackles for loss with a pair of sacks … Tallied six pass breakups with one interception … Credited with four or more tackles in six of the team’s games including five stops in the upset win over Samford (Sept. 9), posting a season-high 2.0 TFLs … Also had five tackles including a pair of solo stops in the road win over nationally-ranked Chattanooga (Oct. 7) and five tackles including a TFL coming on a sack against Mercer (Oct. 28), adding three PBUs against the Bears … Accepted an invitation to play in the 9th Annual Trillion Tropical Bowl.

2022 (Junior): Played in all 11 of the team’s games with six starts at cornerback … Recorded 37 total tackles including 22 solo stops and two tackles for loss … Tallied six pass break-ups with an interception … Recorded three tackles with a tackle for loss and two pass breakups in the season-opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3) … Had four tackles with three solos tops at Georgia Tech (Sept. 10) … Posted five tackles and forced a fumble at Furman (Oct. 15) … Finished with six tackles including three solo stops against Wofford (Nov. 5) … Matched his career-high with seven tackles against nationally-ranked Chattanooga (Nov. 19).

(Sophomore*): Saw action in nine of the team's 11 games on the season, missing the final two games of the regular season ... Credited with 20 total tackles including 16 solo stops and two tackles for loss with a sack ... Intercepted two passes and forced a fumble ... Tallied two tackles and forced a fumble at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 25) ... Posted a season-high five tackles with an interception at Chattanooga (Oct. 2) ... Intercepted his second pass of the year to accompany two tackles in the road win at Wofford (Oct. 30), returning the second-quarter pick 25 yards to set up a WCU touchdown that gave the Catamounts a 34-7 halftime lead agaisnt the Terriers.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in all six games in the spring semester with one start … Recorded 26 total tackles on the season including 20 solo stops … Made his WCU debut in the spring-opener at Furman (Feb. 20), finishing with five total tackles … Recorded his first career interception against the Paladins, returning the pick 30 yards … Posted a career-high seven tackles including five solo stops against VMI (March 6) … Credited with three solo stops and a pass break-up at ETSU (March 27).

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Georgia Military College … Played in 11 games in 2019 recording 14 tackles with 10 solo stops … Credited with three pass break-ups with one interception while also recovering a fumble; High School: Led Hartsville High with five interceptions as a senior … Finished with 35 total tackles as a prep with one fumble forced and one recovered while recording one defensive touchdown … Also played basketball and ran track as a prep.

Personal: Full name is Rod’Darius Malik Gattison … Is the son of Priscilla Gattison.