10 Zane Whitson
10 Zane Whitson
Height: 6-3
Weight: 180
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Kingsport, Tenn.
High School: Dobyns Bennett
Previous College: MTSU
Position: QB
gp 7
yds 106
td 1
yds/g 15.1

2022: Carson-Newman's second-string quarterback in 2022, Whitson appeared in seven games for C-N.  He completed seven of 19 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown.  He also rushed 14 times for 42 yards and a score.  He saw extended time in the Eagles' opener at West Georgia (Sept. 1) due to an injury to starter Ivan Corbin.  Whitson completed 3-of-8 passes for 40 yards against the Wolves, including a 29-yarder. He tosses his lone touchdown pass in the finale at Catawba (Nov. 12) when he hooked up with Korey Waters for a 27-yard TD.  His lone rushing TD came at Mars Hill (Oct. 22).  

PRIOR TO CARSON-NEWMAN: Did not appear in any games at MTSU.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterman in football and basketball at Dobyns Bennett High School, He earned 6A all-state honors twice while also being tabbed the 6A Region 1 MVP on two occasions. Was also a two-time Big East Conference Player of the Year. His TD to Interception Ratio was 40:3. Threw for 3,690 yards combined as a junior and senior. As a senior he threw for 1,783 yards, while rushing for 628 yards and nine touchdowns

PERSONAL: The son of Ron and Sonya Bennett. His dad is Trey Whitson. 

Recent Games
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23
Statistics category Overall Conf
Completions 7 3
Attempts 19 10
Completion % 36.8% 30.0%
Yards 106 54
Yards per game 15.1 10.8
Yards per attempt 5.6 5.4
Touchdowns 1 1
Interceptions 1 1
Sacks 1 1
Yards lost 3 3
Pass Efficiency 90.5 88.4
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 3 8 37.5% 40 5.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 1 1 100.0% 12 12.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 1 5 20.0% 14 2.8 0 1 1 3
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 1 3 33.3% 13 4.3 0 0 0 0
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 1 1 100.0% 27 27.0 1 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 3 13 4.3 6 0 - -
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 5 10 2.0 10 0 1 0
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 1 0 0.0 0 0 - -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 - -
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 2 15 7.5 11 0 - -
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 2 7 3.5 6 1 - -
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 1 13 - - - 13
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 1 10 - - - 10
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 1 0 - - - 0
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 1 -3 - - - -3
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 1 15 - - - 15
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 1 7 - - - 7
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 1 - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 1 at #12/10 West Georgia L, 38-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Franklin Pierce W, 27-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Limestone L, 40-37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at #18 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 34-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #7/11 Newberry W, 24-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Tusculum L, 34-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Erskine W, 37-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Mars Hill L, 44-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Emory & Henry W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Virginia-Wise W, 38-22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Catawba W, 61-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2022-23 7 7 19 36.8% 106 15.1 5.6 1 1 29 90.5
2023-24 10 60 128 46.9% 984 98.4 7.7 9 4 83 128.4
Total 17 67 147 45.6% 1090 64.1 7.4 10 5 83 123.5
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2022-23 7 14 42 6.0 3.0 1 11 1 0
2023-24 10 43 154 15.4 3.6 1 20 2 0
Total 17 57 196 11.5 3.4 2 20 3 0
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2022-23 7 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
Total 17 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2022-23 7 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 17 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2022-23 7 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 17 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2022-23 7 42 - - - 42 6.0
2023-24 10 154 - - - 154 15.4
Total 17 196 - - - 196 11.5
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2022-23 6 0.9 1 - - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 6 0.6 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Total 12 0.7 2 - - - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2022-23 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 17 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 7 7 19 36.8% 106 15.1 5.6 1 1 29 90.5
Conference 5 3 10 30.0% 54 10.8 5.4 1 1 27 88.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 3 1 2 50.0% 12 4.0 6.0 0 0 12 100.4
Away 4 6 17 35.3% 94 23.5 5.5 1 1 29 89.4
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 4 2 3 66.7% 39 9.8 13.0 1 0 27 285.9
Losses 3 5 16 31.3% 67 22.3 4.2 0 1 29 53.9
-
September 2 4 9 44.4% 52 26.0 5.8 0 0 29 93.0
October 4 2 9 22.2% 27 6.8 3.0 0 1 14 25.2
November 1 1 1 100.0% 27 27.0 27.0 1 0 27 656.8
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 7 14 42 6.0 3.0 1 11 1 0
Conference 5 6 19 3.8 3.2 1 11 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 3 8 25 8.3 3.1 0 11 1 0
Away 4 6 17 4.3 2.8 1 6 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 8 25 6.3 3.1 0 11 1 0
Losses 3 6 17 5.7 2.8 1 6 - -
-
September 2 8 23 11.5 2.9 0 10 1 0
October 4 6 19 4.8 3.2 1 11 - -
November 1 - - - - - - - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 7 - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 3 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
-
September 2 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 1 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 7 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 5 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 3 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
-
September 2 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 1 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 7 - - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 3 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
-
September 2 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 1 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 7 42 - - - 42 6.0
Conference 5 19 - - - 19 3.8
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 3 25 - - - 25 8.3
Away 4 17 - - - 17 4.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 4 25 - - - 25 6.3
Losses 3 17 - - - 17 5.7
-
September 2 23 - - - 23 11.5
October 4 19 - - - 19 4.8
November 1 - - - - 0 .0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 6 0.9 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 1.2 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 1.5 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 2.0 1 - - - - - - - - 0
-
September 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
October 6 1.5 1 - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
September 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -