Biography
Jaguar Highlights: An Athlon Sports preseason third-team All-American ... Named preseason first-team all-Sun Belt Conference by Athlon Sports, Lindy’s, Phil Steele Publications and Street & Smith’s ... Will serve as the team’s primary punter for the second year in a row, and is also slated to once again hold on extra-point and field-goal attempts ... Can contribute on kickoffs as well.
As A Junior (2017): Handled the punting duties for South in every game ... Chosen honorable mention on the inaugural All-American Punter team ... Ranked third on the organization’s top five list of Coffin Kickers with a 89.86 rating as well ... A first-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection ... Named first-team all-league by Phil Steele Publications also ... Averaged a school-record 45.24 yards per punt, which ranked first in the conference and was eighth in the country … Also stood second among league punters with 26 kicks inside the opponent’s 20-yard line — the second-highest season total in program history — and led the SBC with 21 punts of 50 or more yards … Efforts helped South ranked seventh nationally in net punting while leading the Sun Belt in the category … Posted an average of 45 yards or higher in seven of 12 contests and had at least two punts inside the 20 nine different times … Also led USA with 23 kickoffs, an average of 60.6 yards per kickoff and five touchbacks ... Recorded season-best 50.3 average on six kicks against Louisiana … Named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week after having career-high four of five punts end inside the 20 while averaging 46.4 yards at Georgia State … Kicked eight times for an average of 47.5 yards with two inside the 20 in win at Troy … Had 48.4 average per punt with two inside the 20 against nationally-ranked Oklahoma State … Three of six punts were inside the 20 while averaging 46.3 yards per kick against Idaho in Sun Belt opener … Also had averages of 46.4 yards in season debut at Ole Miss and 45.7 yards at Georgia Southern ... Credited with three punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line at Louisiana Tech, Georgia Southern and New Mexico State as well.
As A Sophomore (2016): Competed in all 13 contests ... Punted 17 times for an average of 36.5 yards, with four kicks ending up inside the opponent’s 20-yard line ... Eight of those efforts ended up resulting in fair catches ... Also averaged 51.9 yards on 10 kickoffs ... Long punt of the year went for 53 yards and was downed inside the 20 in Homecoming victory over Georgia State ... Only punt at Sun Belt Conference co-champion Arkansas State covered 49 yards ... Had 41-yard punt end inside the 20-yard line in defeat of No. 19 San Diego State ... Averaged 42 yards on a pair of punts against rival Troy ... Punted a career-high five times with a long kick of 46 yards in season-opening win at Mississippi State.
As A Redshirt Freshman (2015): Saw action in each of the first three games, but suffered a season-ending knee injury making a tackle at San Diego State ... Punted four times for a 40.0 yard average and averaged a team-best 62.1 yards on kickoffs ... Kicked off eight times, averaging 61.4 yards, and had a 35-yard punt in collegiate debut to help the Jaguars to a win over Gardner-Webb in the season opener ... Both kickoffs at Nebraska went for a touchback ... Averaged 41.7 yards on three punts at SDSU, with a career-long effort of 49 yards and one kick downed inside the Aztec 20-yard line.
As A Freshman (2014): Sat out the season.
High School Highlights: A three-star prospect according to ESPN.com, which had him ranked nationally among kickers ... Earned two stars from 247Sports.com as well, with the organization rating him fifth in the country as a punter ... Lettered for two years at Milton High ... A first-team all-state and all-area selection as a senior after punting 43 times for an average of 44 yards per kick ... Connected on 8-of-10 field-goal attempts and was 15-of-16 on extra-point tries as well, while 80 percent of his kickoffs resulted in touchbacks ... Handled some kickoff duties for the Panthers as a sophomore and junior, his first two years at the school ... Also lettered in basketball, soccer and track at MHS.
Personal: Full name is Corliss Leendert Waitman ... Born July 21, 1995, in Ghent, Belgium ... Son of Jose Waitman and Aldofine Chaar ... Father, Jose, lettered in basketball at South Alabama from 1983-86 ... Uncle, Greg Allen, lettered in football at Florida State from 1981-84 ... Cousin, Chris Barnes, lettered in basketball at Georgia from 2008-11 ... Aunt, Dorothea Conwell, lettered in basketball at Texas from 1986-88 ... Favorite movies are “I Am Legend” and “Friday” ... Favorite teams are the Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia Eagles ... Favorite athletes are Marquette King and Derrick Rose ... Favorite musical artists are Migos, Rich The Kid, Lil Durk and Kanye West ... Favorite food is pasta ... Favorite subject is psychology ... Likes to produce music in his free time ... Also recruited by Maryland, Memphis and Middle Tennessee ... Major is communication, is also minoring in marketing.
