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2025 Catamount Football Roster

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95 Stephen Brantley

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pilot Mountain, N.C.
  • High School East Surry HS

Biography

2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in all 12 of the team’s games as the primary punter … Punted 47 times for 1,967 total yards, averaging 41.85 yards per kick to rank fifth in the Southern Conference … 22 of his 47 punts were fair caught with five traveling over 50 yards … Punted five or more times in four games … Downed 14 punts inside the opposition’s 20-yard line … Also held on WCU’s placekicks on field goals and PATs … Punted a career-high seven times at Elon (Sept. 14) … Punted four times for a 42-yard average against VMI (Nov. 16), adding a career-long 10-yard rush on a fourth down fake punt to extend a drive against the Keydets … Named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Selected to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team ... Punted three times, averaging right at 50 yards with a long of 54 yards, in WCU's annual Spring Game ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games handling the punting and placekick holding duties on special teams … Punted 31 times for a combined 1,248 yards with four touchbacks … Ranked sixth in the SoCon with a 40.3 yard per punt average … Posted a single-game career-high of five punts three times … Recorded seven punts of 50+ yards with nine kicks downed inside the opponent 20-yard line on the season … Also kicked off eight times for 430 total yards with a touchback, recording a career-high seven kickoffs against ETSU (Nov. 11) … Averaged 53.8 yards per kickoff … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at SEC-foe Arkansas (Sept. 2) in Little Rock, punting a career-high five times … Matched his career-best with five punts at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 16) and at Chattanooga (Oct. 7) ... Named to the Coaches 2023 SoCon All-Freshman team … Punted seven times in WCU’s annual Spring Game, averaging 42 yards per boot including a long of nearly 60 yards, while also handling the placekick holding duties for both squads ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Joined the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on … Played defensive end, tight end, H-back, and kicker/punter as a prep ... Was a third-team HighSchoolOT.com All-State special teams selection and a first-team 2-A All-State… As a senior, recorded 18 punts for a 41.2 yard per kick average with eight downed inside the opponent 20-yard line ... Had touchbacks on 14 of his 19 kickoffs while also hitting a 45-yard field goal … Also added 24 receptions for 299 yards and four touchdowns … As a junior, punted 17 times for a 40.1 yard per kick average with six downed inside the opponent 20-yard line … Over three seasons, recorded 50 kickoffs with a 54.5 yard per kick average and 21 touchbacks ... Credited with 6.5 tackles as a kicker/punter ... Named the Foothills 2-A Specialist of the Year and a Kohl's National Top Performer of the Week in 2022 ... Won the Kohl's Eastern Showcase Punting competition in May 2022, earning a 5-start punter rating with Kohl's kicking ... 10th-ranked punter in the nation by Kohl's in 2023, earning Kohl's Blue-Grey All-America selection in 2022-23 ... Finalist for the Under Armour All-America selection at the Kohl's National Scholarship Camp ... Named 2022 MaxPreps Small Town All-American football second-team defense as a punter.

Personal: Is the son of Deborah and Bryant Brantley ... Is one of six children ... Has a cousin and her husband who attended WCU ... Intends to major in construction management at WCU.

Career-Highs:
Punts – 7, at Elon (9/14/24)
Long Punt – 65 yards, vs. ETSU (11/9/24)
Kickoffs – 7, ETSU (11/11/23)
Rushes - 1, twice, MR: vs. VMI (11/16/24)
Rushing Yards - 10 yards, vs. VMI (11/16/24)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 95

    2023Freshman

    Punter
    6'2" 230 lbs
    95
  • 95

    2024Sophomore

    Punter
    6'2" 220 lbs
    95
  • 95

    2025Junior

    Punter
    6'2" 225 lbs
    95