22 DAYS !!

[The Cats]

It's now 23 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 1, 2018, against the Newberry College Wolves, in Cullowhee.

#22 JerMichael White





Position: Defensive Back
Height/Weight: 6'1" 185
Year: Senior
Hometown: Johnson City, Tenn.
High School: Science Hill HS

2017 (Junior): Saw action in all 12 of the team's games with eight starts in the defensive secondary ... Finished the year with 67 tackles including 35 solo stops and one tackle for loss ... Recorded tackles in all but one of the games in which he played, twice posting double-digit tackles in the year with 12 stops in the road win at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 16) and a career-high 15 tackles against FBS-foe North Carolina (Nov. 18) ... Broke up five passes on the year including two in the home win over ETSU (Oct. 14) ... Had four tackles including one for a loss against Furman (Oct. 28) ... Was credited with one quarterback hurry.

2016 (Sophomore): Played in seven games as a reserve in the defensive secondary and on special teams with his first career start coming at Mercer (Oct. 15) ... Recorded 11 total tackles with seven solo stops ... Matched his previous career-high with three tackles twice, doing so in the season-opener at East Carolina (Sept. 3) and at Mercer ... Tallied one pass break-up at Mercer ... Credited with four tackles in WCU's annual Spring Game.

2015 (Freshman): Appeared in nine games as a true freshman, each coming as a defensive reserve and on special teams ... Recorded 11 tackles including six solo stops ... Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Mars Hill (Sept. 5), tallying his first career tackle against the Lions ... Recorded a career-high three tackles twice -- at Tennessee (Sept. 19) and against Furman (Nov. 7), forcing a fumble in the latter.

Prior to Western Carolina: Played mostly wide receiver and defensive back before seeing more time at running back as a senior ... Rushed for 474 yards and seven touchdowns while also catching 30 passes for 439 yards and three scores ... Defensively, racked up 55 tackles with six TFLs while intercepting five passes, returning two for scores ... Played in the Eighth-Annual Border Bowl between Kentucky and Tennessee, catching a touchdown pass as a wide receiver ... Missed four games due to a hand injury as a junior ... High school coach was Stacy Carter ... Also played basketball and ran track as a prep.

Personal: Full name is Jermichael White ... Is the son of Tonya White ... Has a younger brother.


Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations

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Montana #22 is retired in honor of former RB Terry Dillon, who was killed in a construction accident in 1964 after playing one year as a DB for the Minnesota Vikings.


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[BDKJMU]

JMU's #22 RASHAD ROBINSON. 3 year starter. On virtually every pre season All America list. Could be one of the 1st I-AA taken in the draft. Hero Sports has Robinson as the #1 NFL prospect out of I-AA..
https://herosports.com/nfl-draft/footba ... -2018-ajaj


2018 as a Senior: STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award preseason watch list... CAA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year... STATS FCS First Team Preseason All-American... Athlon Sports First Team Preseason All-American... HERO Sports First Team Preseason All-American... Preseason All-CAA.

2017 as a Junior: Played in all 15 games, making eight starts at cornerback… AFCA FCS First Team All-American... Associated Press FCS Second Team All-American... STATS FCS Third Team All-American... HERO Sports FCS Third Team All-American... First Team All-CAA Cornerback... VaSID First Team All-State… CAA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 30)... Had 51 total tackles (38 solo), to go with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, seven interceptions, one defensive touchdown, nine pass breakups and two quarterback hurries… Ranked third nationally and in the CAA in interceptions… Tied for fourth in JMU single-season history in picks and third in interception yards (145)… Also ranks third in the CAA in passes defended (16)… Returned an interception 82 yards for a touchdown against New Hampshire (Oct. 28), marking the third-longest interception return in school history... Career-high two interceptions in FBS-win at ECU (Sept. 2)… Had a 63-yard interception return at William & Mary (Oct. 21)… Career-high 12 tackles (9 solo) and 1.0 sack in FCS Semifinals against South Dakota State (Dec. 16)… Also had eight tackles and a half sack against Richmond (Nov. 11)… Had three or more tackles in nine games.

The amazing thing is, Robinson, with 7 INTs last season, was only 3rd on the team in INT. The other All American corner, Jimmye Moreland (who also has a good shot at playing on Sundays), had 8..