2015 Catamounts /// Returning Player Profiles
Daniel RIDDLE
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6-1 225 R-So. LB Raleigh, N.C. Athens Drive HS
2014 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in all 12 of the team’s games with nine starts at linebacker … Finished third on the team with 74 tackles including 35 solo stops and five tackles for 32 yards in losses … Was the highest ranking rookie defender in the SoCon, averaging 6.2 tackles per game … Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team … Twice finished with double-digit tackles … Recorded 1.5 sacks with a pair of pass break-ups … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at USF (Aug. 30) … Made his first career start count, earning Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week and co-Freshman of the Week from The Sports Network against Catawba (Sept. 13) … Recorded a career-high 18 tackles including seven solo stops with three TFLs, a sack and two forced fumbles in earning the weekly plaudits … Posted an 11-tackle performance in the home win over Wofford (Oct. 11) … In late October, was added to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List for the nation’s top freshman … Named to the 2014-15 Southern Conference Honor Roll.
2012 (FRESHMAN): Played in nine of WCU’s 11 games including six starts at wide receiver, missing the final two games of the regular season ... Was second on the team with 39 receptions and 376 yards including a long of 47 yards with one touchdown reception ... Ranked fifth in the SoCon with a 4.3 receptions per game average while his 41.8 receiving yards per game ranked eighth ... Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Mars Hill, catching five passes for 16 yards ... In his first career start at ninth-ranked Wofford, caught a career-high nine passes for 91 yards ... Matched his career-best with nine catches for a career-high 139 yards at Elon, hauling in his first receiving TD on a 47-yard scoring strike from Troy Mitchell.
2013 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted ... Named to the 2013-14 Southern Conference Honor Roll. PRIOR TO WESTERN CAROLINA: Was a three-year varsity letter winner and starter at Athens Drive High ... Led the Tri-9 Conference in tackles with over 360 including 65 tackles for loss and 13 sacks ... Named the Tri-9 Conference Defensive Player of the Year, recording 169 tackles and seven sacks as a senior ... Recorded two career receiving touchdowns and an interception ... Was a Tri-9 All-Conference Honorable Mention in 2010 ... Two-time Academic All-Conference.
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PRIOR TO WESTERN CAROLINA: In three seasons on the varsity squad, hauled in 104 passes for 2,111 yards and 15 touchdowns at Greenwood High including 1,042 yards and 12 scores as a senior ... Was selected as a senior team captain ... Guided the squad to back-to-back state championship finals appearances, garnering All-Lakelands and all-region plaudits as a senior ... Was chosen to play in the North-South Shrine Bowl ... Helped the school record the most wins over a twoyear period in school history (26-4) ... Also played basketball as a prep.
D A N I E L R I D D L E ’ S C A R E E R S TAT I S T I C S UT AT Tot. TFL–Yds Sack–Yds INT–Yds TD PBU FR FF Blkd 35 39 74 5.0–32 1.5–15 0–0 0 2 0 2 0
DANIEL RIDDLE’S SINGLE-G AME CAREER HIGHS Tackles: ....................................................................................18, CATAWBA (9/13/14) Tackles for Loss:.......................................................................3.0, CATAWBA (9/13/14) Fumbles Forced: ......................................................................... 2, CATAWBA (9/13/14)
PERSONAL: Full name is Kenneth Spearman Robinson, but goes by Spearman ... Is the son of Ken and Barbara Robinson ... His uncle played football at Western Carolina.
Year 2012 2014 TOTALS
DANIEL RIDDLE’S CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS Southern Conference Freshman of the Week during 2014 season National co-Freshman of the Week by The Sports Network during the 2014 season 2014 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team 2014 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference Team Southern Conference Honor Roll (2013-14 & 2014-15)
Spearman ROBINSON
2013 (SOPHOMORE): Did not participate in football in the fall, rejoining the team for spring drills.
2015 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL
S P E A R M A N R O B I N S O N ’ S C A R E E R S TAT I S T I C S Rush Yds TD Lng Avg A/Gm Rec Yds TD Lng Avg A/Gm - 39 376 1 47 4.3 41.8 - 45 571 11 44 12.7 47.6 - 84 947 12 47 11.3 45.1
SPEARMAN ROBINSON’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS Receptions: ................................................................. 9, twice (MR: at Elon, 10/20/12) Receiving Yards: ........................................................................ 139, at Elon (10/20/12) Receiving Touchdowns: ............................................................. 3, at Mercer (10/18/14)
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SPEARMAN ROBINSON’S CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS 2014 First Team All-Southern Conference (Coaches & Media) Two-time Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week during 2014 season
6-4 215 R-Jr. WR Greenwood, S.C. Greenwood HS
2014 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 12 of the team’s games with 11 starts at wide receiver … Ranked second on the WCU squad with 45 catches for 571 yards, averaging 47.6 receiving yards per game to rank ninth in the SoCon … His 3.8 receptions per game ranked him ranked seventh in the league … Recorded at least one catch in all 12 games including a season-high eight in the season-opener at USF (Aug. 30) … Posted two, 100-yard receiving games including a season-high 120 yards at Furman (Sept. 27) and 108 yards at Mercer (Oct. 18) … Paced the squad with 11 receiving touchdowns and 66 points, eighth in the SoCon … Was a two-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Week, collecting honors after a five catch, 120-yard, two TD performance at Furman and again after catching seven passes including a career-high three TDs at Mercer … Named first team All-Southern Conference by both the league’s head coaches and media … Playing for the Gold squad, caught four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown in WCU’s annual Spring Game.
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Terryon ROBINSON 5-11 190 Jr. WR Decatur, Ga. Decatur HS
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2014 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 11 of the team’s 12 games with nine starts at wide receiver … Paced the team with 56 receptions for a team-high 643 receiving yards … Led the Southern Conference with a 5.1 reception per game average and was fourth in the SoCon in receiving yards per game (58.5 yds/gm) … Recorded double-digit receptions three times including a career-high 15 in the seasonopener at USF (Aug. 30), matching a school-record for receptions in a single-game (Eric Rasheed, 15 vs. UTC in 1984) … Threw a touchdown pass on a trick play at Mercer (Oct.
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