Football is just around the corner, and we at BigCountryPreps.com are committed to bringing you the information you need to prepare for your favorite team’s season.
We’ll be releasing our Big Country Preps Preseason Football Preview, the most comprehensive look at the upcoming Big Country football season anywhere, on Wednesday, Aug. 16. But you won’t have to wait until then to sate your gridiron appetite.
Leading up to the first day of fall football practice on July 31, we’ll be spotlighting each 11-man team in the area and posing some of the key questions they’ll face in 2023 as part of our annual “Countdown to Two-a-Days” series.
We continue in Class 3A Division II with the Dublin Lions. On Monday we will take a look at the Eastland Mavericks, followed by the Merkel Badgers on Tuesday.
DUBLIN LIONS
LAST YEAR’S RECORD
- 2-8 overall, 0-5 District 5-3A Division II
ONE KEY STAT
- The Lions were outscored by a combined margin of 486-208 last season, suffering their second losing season in three years.
TWO NAMES TO KNOW
- Senior RB/LB Cameron Patton (Rushed for 628 yards and 5 touchdowns, received for 111 yards and 1 TD and had 54 tackles and 4 sacks in 2022)
- Junior QB/DB Kaden Gaitan (Passed for 882 yards and 7 touchdowns and rushed for 314 yards and 4 TDs in 2022)
THREE BURNING QUESTIONS
- With 18 of 29 lettermen back from last year, can the Lions turn an experienced nucleus into better results this fall?
- Will Dublin be able to get more defensive stops after allowing 48.6 points per game last year?
- Can DHS build enough depth by district play to compete for a playoff spot in District 5-3A DII?
DON’T MISS BIG COUNTRY PREPS PRESEASON FOOTBALL PREVIEW ON AUG. 16!