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2025 Football Roster

John Byrum
John Byrum
John Byrum

2 Maximus Pulley

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Fort Worth, Texas
  • Prev School Western Kentucky
  • High School Bell

Biography

CAREER: Started all 34 games played ... Recorded 189 career tackles with 7.0 tackles for loss and seven interceptions ... Consensus All-American as a senior ...

2025: Started all 11 games played at safety ... Second on the team with 85 tackles ... Had five interceptions, which led the team and the Southern Conference ... Two interceptions were returned for touchdowns, tied for the most in the nation ... Named All-Southern Conference first team ... Earned first team All-America honors from the AP, AFCA, Walter Camp, and Stats Perform, along with second team All-America honors from FCS Football Central and third team recognition from Phil Steele ... A finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, finished ninth in the voting for the top defensive player in FCS ... Named team MVP ... In the season opener at S.C. State (8/30) had five tackles and blocked a punt that was recovered by the Terriers for a touchdown ... Against Richmond (9/6) had eight tackles ... At Mercer (9/13) had 14 tackles and recovered a fumble ... At Virginia Tech (9/20) had five tackles ... Added six tackles against Norfolk State (10/11) and four tackles against Furman (10/18) ... At ETSU (10/25) had 12 tackles ... Against Samford (11/1) had seven tackles and interceptions on back-to-back plays ... First interception was returned 25 yards for a touchdown, while the second was returned three yards, both coming in the first quarter ... At VMI (11/8) had five tackles and two interceptions ... Had first interception on the first play of the second quarter and added an interception returned 50 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter ... At The Citadel (11/15) had 11 tackles ... Against Chattanooga (11/22)  had eight tackles and a forced fumble, along with returning an interception 24 yards on the opening drive of the third quarter ... Preseason All-Southern Conference first team selection ... Named CSC Academic All-District ... Named to the Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team ...  2024: Started all 12 games at safety ... Recorded 53 total tackles, which ranked fourth on the team ... Added 4.0 tackles for loss and one fumble return ... At Richmond (9/7) had four tackles ... Against William & Mary (9/14) had nine tackles, including a tackle for loss ... Had seven tackles with a tackle for loss against Mercer (9/28) ... At Western Carolina (10/5) had four tackles ... Against VMI (10/12) had two tackles and had a fumble recovery in the first quarter ... Had four tackles at Chattanooga (10/19) ... Added four tackles with a tackle for loss against ETSU (10/26) ... At Samford (11/2) had six tackles ... At Furman (11/9) recorded four tackles, including a tackle for loss ... At South Carolina (11/23) had four tackles ... Named to the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team and the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Named CSC Academic All-District ... 2023: Started all eleven games at safety ... Finished fourth on the team in total tackles with 51 ... Tied for first in the Southern Conference with three fumbles recovered and was first in fumble return yardage ... In the season opener at Pitt (9/2) had four tackles ... At William & Mary (9/9) led the team with 11 tackles ... Against Presbyterian (9/16) had five tackles ... At VMI (9/23) had an interception of Isaiah Lemmond in the first quarter and Collin Ironside in the fourth quarter ... Against Chattanooga (9/30) had eight tackles ... Had four tackles each against Samford (10/7) and at ETSU (10/14) .,.. Against Western Carolina (11/4) had eight tackles and recovered a fumble on a punt return in the third quarter ... At The Citadel (11/11) recovered a fumble in the first quarter ... Against Furman (11/18) had three tackles and in the third quarter returned a fumble 64-yards for a touchdown  ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Enrolled at Wofford in the spring of 2023 ... BEFORE WOFFORD: Played the last two seasons at Western Kentucky as a defensive back ... After not seeing action in 2021, he played in nine games in 2022 and had a tackle against FIU (9/24) ... Member of the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Played football and competed with the track and field team at L.D. Bell High School ... Earned Academic All-District honors ...

PERSONAL: Son of Ricky Pulley and Debra Daire ... Majoring in sociology and anthropology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2023Sophomore

    Defeneive Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Junior

    Defeneive Back
    5'11" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Fifth Year

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 200 lbs
    2