Spring Outlook: Dreher Blue Devils

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>COLUMBIA </strong>| Since returning to alma mater last year, Dreher head football coach Corey Jenkins has worked to build a winning identity from the ground up.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“The goal every year is to win each game each week,” he said. “I'm trying to teach these guys it's a week-to-week deal. Just because you lost last week doesn't mean you can't win this week. Every week, you have to go out and prove yourself. You're onstage every week. Every Friday that you step off on the field, you're onstage. You're on camera. Everybody is watching.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“The team you play next week is watching. The team we play in two weeks is watching. Everybody gets to see you. Whatever your weakness is, it will be exploited, and I think for us, we're starting to understand that after this past year. We saw where came out and did things to us that we weren't' good at and they kind of exploited that. So I think for the underclassmen there, it really helped us as a team, and we got better throughout the year. So I'm looking forward to it and, hopefully, we can make the playoffs.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jenkins will turn to his senior leaders, specifically starting quarterback <strong>Colby Fueller</strong>, to help make that playoff push. The 6'0, 160-pound Fueller threw for over 1,500 yards last season, displaying a strong arm and ability to make open throws and run out of trouble.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“There's no team that really does well if you're not good at quarterback,” Jenkins said. “I think he'll accept that role and take it on responsibly and go from there.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>His main target last year is rising sophomore wide receiver <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='816750' first='Kaleb' last='Berry']</strong>. As a freshman, he displayed maturity, a physical build (6'2, 180 lbs.) and skill level of a veteran varsity level.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jenkins has also reached out within the Dreher student body to recruit players who normally did not sign up for football. His net-catching has brought in players like defensive tackle <strong>Antonio Bailey</strong> (6'1, 305 lbs.) who developed from a raw talent to a team contributor in his first season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another is rising sophomore linemen <strong>Eric Jackson</strong> who's making his varsity debut this season. The 6'0, 220-pound Jackson is the nephew of former Dreher and University of South Carolina offensive lineman Issac Harris and cousin of former Dutch Fork and East Carolina offensive lineman Ike Harris.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jenkins plans to use Bailey and Jackson, as well as other Dreher players, on both sides of the football this season. The same is true for defensive tackle/offensive guard <strong>Charley Jeffcoat</strong>, a four-year letterman, and linebacker/running back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1575390' first='Willie' last='Smith']</strong>, who amassed 92 tackles, five forced fumbles and two sacks last season.<br> It's Jackson's goal to see the Blue Devils make a playoff push in Region 5-3A with Gilbert, Lower Richland and Brookland-Cayce standing out as the top contenders.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":815743,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Colby Fueller","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'0u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2409","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Dreher","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"trnu003culu003ern tu003cliu003eA 2-year letterman who threw for over 1,500 yards last seasonu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eAt 6'0 and 160 pounds, shows a command of the passer-friendly offense with his willingness to stay in the pocket to make an open throw to a receiveru003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eShows good arm strength on deep passesu003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eDisplays deceptive speed, particularly on RPO reads or to avoid a sacku003c/liu003ern tu003cliu003eCurrently bench presses 345 pounds and squatting 418 poundsu003c/liu003ernu003c/ulu003e","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_1_player_details_selected_featured_image":815748,"_player_evaluations_1_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_1_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='816750' first='Kaleb' last='Berry']","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_1_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_1_player_details_height":"6'2u0022","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_1_player_details_position":"2410","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_1_player_details_school":"Dreher","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_1_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_1_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_1_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"u003culu003ern tu003cli style=u0022list-style-type: noneu0022u003ernu003culu003ern tu003cliu003eMade an immediate impact as a freshman as a player after transfer from Gray Collegiate Academy. 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