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2024 Catamount Football Roster

20 Wesley Scott

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Jupiter, Fla.
  • High School Jupiter HS

Biography

2024 (5th Year): Played in all 12 of the team’s seasonal games with five starts … Made his WCU debut in the season-opener at NC State (Aug. 29), with his first start coming at home against Wofford (Oct. 5) … Credited with 37 total tackles, including 21 solo stops and three for loss … Registered tackles in all 12 games, with multiple tackles 10 times … Recorded five stops with half a TFL in his debut at NC State … Matched his total with five tackles against Wofford, with one for loss … Posted a season-high six tackles with four solo stops and one for loss against VMI (Nov. 16), adding an interception.

Prior to Western Carolina: Two-time transfer who started his collegiate career at Keiser then Tusculum, coming to Cullowhee in the summer ahead of the 2024 season … Played for WCU defensive coordinator Jerry Odom at Tusculum … Over the past four seasons, has amassed 304 tackles with 32 for loss and nine sacks … Earned three all-conference accolades.
 
At Tusculum: Played in 22 games over two seasons at Tusculum … Was a two-time All-SAC Mountain Division selection … Recorded 185 total tackles including 98 solo stops where he averaged 8.4 tackles per game … Had 21 tackles for loss with 6.5 sacks in two seasons … Earned second-team All-Region plaudits in 2023, finishing with 89 tackles … In 2022, led the team with 96 total tackles, averaging 8.7 tackles per game … Posted a TU-best 15 tackles for loss, 12th in the SAC.
 
At Keiser: Played in 21 career games, credited with 119 tackles including 66 solo stops and six tackles for loss with a pair of sacks … Had two interceptions with a pair of forced fumbles and one recovery … Keiser advanced to the NAIA playoffs three times with three Mid-South Sun Division championships during his tenure … Redshirted in 2019 … Posted 29 total tackles including 16 solo stops with two tackles for loss and an interception as a redshirt freshman in 2020 … In 2021 as a redshirt sophomore, earned All-Mid-South Conference Sun Division second-team plaudits, playing in 11 games with a team-leading 90 tackles including 50 solo stops with four for loss and two sacks … Accounted for 10 or more tackles on four occasions including a school-record 15 stops with a TFL against Southeastern … Earned MSC Sun Division Defensive Player of the Week honors once.
 
At Jupiter (Fla.) HS: Was a 2018 Palm Beach County All-Star.

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