Family, friends and several former Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets teammates made the road trip to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville this past Saturday to watch Caleb Pratt.

Pratt, a Roanoke Rapids native and Yellow Jacket football standout started the 2015 season as a true freshman walk-on starting place kicker for the East Carolina University Pirates Saturday.

East Carolina beat Towson 28-20 in Saturday's season opener.

Pratt on special teams squad kicked off 5 times for 319 yards, with on touchback & with an average of 63.8 yards per kick-off. Pratt also earned his first collegiate assisted tackle.

Sixth-year East Carolina University Head Football Coach Ruffin McNeill addressed members of the media on Monday and stated, " I thought our kickoff coverage was very good. Three times we got them down inside the 20. Our freshman, (#91 Caleb Pratt) we'll call him by his name soon, he gave us good field position and pretty good hang time for his first game. He got his first touchback and I think he will be a special guy."