Western Carolina Catamounts
FCS
Southern Conference · WCU
Team Vitals
-0.8
power · 2026 · #192 D1
+5.3 / -6.1
off / def (higher = better)
7–5
2025 record
120
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Wk 1 | Eastern Kentucky FCS | HOME | Western Carolina 58% |
| 2026-09-05 | Wk 1 | Campbell FCS | AWAY | Western Carolina 57% |
| 2026-09-12 | Wk 2 | Cincinnati FBS | AWAY | Cincinnati 68% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Presbyterian FCS | HOME | Presbyterian 52% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | East Tennessee State FCS | AWAY | East Tennessee State 59% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Tennessee Tech FCS | HOME | Tennessee Tech 54% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Mercer FCS | AWAY | Mercer 64% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Chattanooga FCS | HOME | Western Carolina 63% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Furman FCS | AWAY | Western Carolina 53% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Wofford FCS | HOME | Western Carolina 55% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Samford FCS | AWAY | Western Carolina 66% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | The Citadel FCS | HOME | Western Carolina 59% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | VMI @ | W | 48–6 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | East Tennessee State vs | L | 35–52 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Mercer vs | L | 47–49 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Chattanooga @ | W | 35–28 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | The Citadel @ | W | 45–38 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Furman vs | W | 52–7 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Wofford @ | W | 23–21 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Campbell @ | W | 42–35 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Samford vs | W | 50–35 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Elon vs | L | 31–37 |
| 2025-09-06 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Wake Forest @ | L | 10–42 |
| 2025-08-30 | 2025 | Wk 1 | Gardner-Webb vs | L | 45–52 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 463 | 402 | +61 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 397 | 350 | +47 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 | 413 | 305 | +108 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 351 | 351 | +0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 356 | 454 | -98 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 156 | -116 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 | 217 | 465 | -248 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 | 347 | 451 | -104 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | 389 | 325 | +64 |
| 2016 | 2 | 9 | 265 | 396 | -131 |
| 2015 | 7 | 4 | 301 | 304 | -3 |
Injuries
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Tyre | WR | 83 | #38 | 12 | 68 rec · 832 yds · 11 TD |
| Taron Dickens | QB | 76 | #44 | 9 | 3,508 pass yds · 38 TD · 2 INT |
| Malik Knight | WR | 73 | #166 | 12 | 47 rec · 774 yds · 7 TD |
| Emmet Rhoades team-inferred | OL | 70 | #64 | 1 | — |
| Josiah Thomas | TE | 69 | #90 | 9 | 28 rec · 228 yds · 3 TD |
| Michael Rossin | WR | 69 | #260 | 8 | 22 rec · 462 yds · 6 TD |
| Samaurie Dukes | DB | 69 | #345 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT |
| Ken Moore Jr. | DB | 68 | #390 | 3 | 3 tkl · 3 INT |
| Patrick Boyd Jr. | RB | 67 | #264 | 11 | 420 rush yds · 1 TD · 34 rec |
| Markel Townsend | RB | 66 | #278 | 10 | 322 rush yds · 6 TD · 26 rec |
| Camury Reid | RB | 65 | #315 | 8 | 134 rush yds · 4 TD · 10 rec |
| Brayden Blackmon | TE | 65 | #150 | 9 | 27 rec · 213 yds · 2 TD |
| Bryan McCollum | K | 63 | #109 | 1 | 2 FG · 6 XP · 12 pts |
| Zayveon Wells | DB | 62 | #701 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Jai Boyd | WR | 60 | #633 | 1 | 2 rec · 21 yds · 1 TD |
| Hayward McQueen Jr. | LB | 60 | #500 | 1 | 3 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Jaylin Terzado | WR | 59 | #737 | 4 | 8 rec · 168 yds · 1 TD |
| Marcus Trout | K | 58 | #166 | 10 | 4 FG · 47 XP · 59 pts |
| Darian Anderson Jr. | DB | 57 | #1024 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Stephen Brantley | P | 57 | #100 | 11 | 45 punts · 45.0 yd avg |
| Painter Richards-Baker | WR | 57 | #824 | 8 | 20 rec · 276 yds · 2 TD |
| Josh Perry | RB | 57 | #631 | 2 | 39 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Christian Lowery | K | 56 | #189 | 2 | 2 FG · 6 XP · 12 pts |
| Trey Walker | WR | 56 | #930 | 2 | 3 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD |
| Ryan McKinnis | LB | 55 | #749 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Branson Adams | RB | 55 | #739 | 7 | 147 rush yds · 1 TD · 12 rec |
| Jahleel Anderson | DL | 55 | #1013 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Bo Simpson-Nealy | DB | 54 | #1261 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Hank Bodine | LB | 53 | #834 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Bode Burns | TE | 53 | #388 | 1 | 1 rec · 23 yds |
| Jeno Junius Jr. | DB | 53 | #1415 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1 INT |
| Anthony Benjamin | RB | 53 | #854 | 1 | 21 rush yds |
| Jordan Martin-Durham | QB | 52 | #451 | 1 | 1 rush yds |
| Dominic Dutton | WR | 51 | #1240 | 12 | 25 rec · 314 yds · 2 TD |
| Hasaan Sykes | DB | 51 | #1571 | 4 | 1 tkl · 3 INT |
| Richard Garrett | DL | 51 | #1279 | 1 | 1 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Sean Morris | DL | 51 | #1278 | 1 | 1 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Na'koma Simpson-Nealy | DB | 49 | #1699 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1 INT |
| Cam'Ron Dabney | DB | 49 | #1735 | 2 | 1 tkl · 1 INT |
| Kenyon Partridge | DL | 48 | #1476 | 2 | — |