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Devin duCille 5-11 220 Runningback
Denmark HS, Georgia

Led Denmark in 2018 in rushing (sophomore year) carrying the ball 190 times for 694 yards and seven touchdowns. duCille injured his knee in the 2019 opener and missed the rest of the season. Devin will replace Jordan Brunson (signed with VaTech).

Offers
Columbia, Cornell, Davidson, Furman

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Tommy Beuglas 6-1 225 linebacker.
Helped Buford, HS win the Georgia 5A state championship.
Beuglas made 102 tackles in 2019
Rivals 2-Star

Offers
FCS: Austin Peay, Colgate, Cornell, Chattanooga, Dartmouth, Furman, Harvard, Lehigh, Murray St, Pennsylvania, Southern Illinois, Tennessee St, The Citadel, UT Martin, Yale
FBS: Middle Tennessee, South Alabama, Liberty, Maryland

Scouting Report
"Nice tackling form, wraps up at the thighs and drives legs through the attempt. Keeps head on a swivel, always has a good beat on the play. Drops back well in zone coverage, he does a good job of reading the play." - Recruit Georgia

Film

Tommy Beuglas JR Season 2021 Tommy Beuglas JR Season 2021

Happy Monday, Paladin Fans. I know we're still numb from the reality of no Paladin Football this fall. As our team settles into classes and continues workouts, our coaches continue to build the future of the program.

2021 Recruiting season is on, and the coaches are putting together another impressive class.

This week I'll post who's committed to the Paladins and what we know about them.

Go Dins!

Hello Paladin Fans… I'm so sorry I've neglected this page for way too long. Life has been crazy but still, I should have found time to keep us all connected to something we love Furman Football. I'm going to start some baby steps to at least post once a week, any news updates, related to Paladin Football. We should have an update today from Hero Sports and their spotlight on the SoCon for 2020. I'll post a link to the article and the podcast. If your into FCS football I highly recommend following https://twitter.com/BrianMacWriter

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Paladins VS Phoenix
Excited to watch the Paladins against FCS competition. Going to try something new, post my thoughts on what I think will be interesting matchups as well as other tidbits.

Today we'll get a better picture of the quarterback situation. I know I might be alone here, you want to win these early non-conference games, but I'll be watching the QB performances versus Elon and Colgate as prep work for the start of the SoCon season against ETSU.

Lincoln and Grainger showed the ability against Clemson to get yardage running the ball; I expect 70 plus rushing yards from them.

In the playoff matchup against Elon Wilcox and Dirks ran for 141 yards, I'd expect Elon to focus on shutting down Dirks and crew. Blaze rushed for 55 yards on 12 carries, Morehead only carried the ball three times for 31 yards. With the addition of Watkins and Dejaun Bell, I think we will see more outside rushing attempts. The Wildcard here is IMO the Paladins have upgraded rushing ability at the quarterback position, Elon plays tough D, I'm excited to see what these two freshmen quarterbacks will do in the rushing game.

The other question mark, how will the Paladins passing game perform against FCS teams? Gordon, Burnette, DeLuca, Bell, Avery, throw in Walker at tight end that's a great group of men that can catch the ball. Schumpert and Gordon made some big plays in the playoff game; Walker could make some big plays today, as could the shifty true freshman Dejaun Bell.

On defense, I think the Paladins have improved overall unit speed, and our tackling looked solid against an impressive offensive machine last week. I'll be watching Amir Trapp at corner. I doubt the Phoenix go his way often, but we'll see.

McKoy should put up some big tackle numbers today, the other linebacker position (Perryman and Gilby) should be interesting to watch.

Will Furman put pressure on Cheek from the edge? I think so. I was impressed by the play of the Dins defensive ends and the bandits.

I expect a battle up front, Reid, and Stokes going against Elon center Alex Higgins.

Finally special teams, Furman's Achilles heel against Elon last season. Furman fumbled a punt and a kickoff return setting up two of Elon's scores. Elon had ZERO touchbacks against USF, so it's a safe bet we'll see some returns (Gordon averaged 27 yards a return in the playoff game). FYI, Grayson Atkins belted both of his kickoffs through the end zone. Trapp is set to return punts, the last matchup we got very little — could we see a big play here? Maybe.

Well, that's all I've got for what it's worth, I'm a fan just like you. Go Dins!

A few photos from today’s scrimmage

Hello All, Paladin Nation is back open for the season… I'll be posting photos and recap of today's scrimmage. Hope to see you there. Go Dins!

Great win yesterday… Go Dins!

11.11.2017