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Tyshaun Freeman
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    237
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Macon, Ga.
  • High School:
    Westside
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    976
  • yds/g
    97.6
  • td
    13

Bio

Senior (2023): Started all 10 games at running back and led the program with 976 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, which each ranked third in the HCAC...Also caught one touchdown pass and racked up 124 receiving yards...976 yards are 10th-most in a season by a Yellow Jacket ball carrier while 14 total touchdowns were tied for fifth...Named Second Team All-HCAC for his fourth All-Conference selection...Climbed to third on the program career rushing list with 2,603 yards by the end of the season and tied for fourth with 23 rushing touchdowns...Set a single-game career best with 235 rushing yards and three scores on October 14 vs. Franklin...Recorded three 100-yard games and scored at least one touchdown in each of the last five games...Tallied multiple touchdowns in five games...Lost just one fumble in 167 total touches on offense

Junior (2022): Played in nine games...Recorded one tackle...Rushed 128 times for 633 yards and five touchdowns...Caught nine passes for 35 yards...Named HCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention.

Sophomore (2021): Named Honorable Mention All-HCAC...Played in nine games...Recorded career-best 114 rushes for 528 yards...Caught career-high 18 passes for 59 yards.

Freshman(2020-21): Named Second Team All-HCAC ... Played in seven games ... Rushed for 466 yards and five touchdowns on 110 carries ... Caught two passes for 41 yards.

Prep: Graduated in 2019 from Westside High School... Played football and baseball... Started out as a quarterback before moving to running back... Chosen first team all-region as a senior and second team all-region as a junior... Rushed for 2031 yards on 346 carries (5.9 average) and 23 touchdowns during his career... Ran 209 times for 1250 yards (6.0 average) and 15 touchdowns his final year... Team went 8-4 overall with a second-round Class AAA playoff appearance his senior season... Averaged 104.2 rushing yards per game over 12 contests in 2018... Had eight games in which he ran for 100 yards or more, including seven his senior year... Named his squad's Offensive Player of the Game seven times over his career... In baseball, he finished his career with a .320 batting average, .424 on-base percentage, 25 runs batted in, 25 runs scored and 14 stolen bases... Batted .406 as a sophomore... Originally committed to play football at Bayou Prep in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Personal: Son of Christina Ford and John Freeman ... Majoring in sport management.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35
  Total Conference
Rushes 156 110
Yards 976 762
Yards per game 97.6 108.9
Yards per rush 6.3 6.9
Touchdowns 13 11
Fumbles 2 2
Fumbles lost 1 1

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 4 12 3.0 6 0 - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 24 106 4.4 17 2 - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 18 96 5.3 16 0 - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 16 90 5.6 21 2 - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 10 59 5.9 15 0 - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 19 235 12.4 55 3 - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 19 71 3.7 14 1 2 1
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 14 75 5.4 20 3 - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 6 65 10.8 46 1 - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 26 167 6.4 24 1 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 1 10 10.0 10 0 - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 1 3 3.0 3 0 - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 1 6 6.0 6 0 - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 2 72 36.0 40 1 2 1
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 3 28 9.3 17 0 - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 2 1 0.5 4 0 - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - 0 0 0
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 1 12 - - - 12
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 1 106 - - - 106
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 1 96 10 - - 106
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 1 90 3 - - 93
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 1 59 6 - - 65
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 1 235 0 - - 235
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 1 71 72 - - 143
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 1 75 28 - - 103
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 1 65 1 - - 66
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 1 167 4 - - 171

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 12 2 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 12 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 18 3 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 12 1 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 18 3 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2020-21 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 35 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2020-21 7 110 466 66.6 4.2 5 44 1 1
2021-22 9 114 528 58.7 4.6 0 26 3 2
2022-23 9 128 633 70.3 4.9 5 33 2 2
2023-24 10 156 976 97.6 6.3 13 55 2 1
Total 35 508 2603 74.4 5.1 23 55 8 6

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2020-21 7 2 0.3 41 5.9 20.5 0 34
2021-22 9 18 2.0 59 6.6 3.3 0 10
2022-23 9 9 1.0 35 3.9 3.9 0 10
2023-24 10 11 1.1 124 12.4 11.3 1 40
Total 35 40 1.1 259 7.4 6.5 1 40

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2020-21 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 35 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2020-21 7 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 35 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2020-21 7 466 41 - - 507 72.4
2021-22 9 528 59 - - 587 65.2
2022-23 9 633 35 - - 668 74.2
2023-24 10 976 124 - - 1100 110.0
Total 35 2603 259 - - 2862 81.8

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2020-21 32 4.6 5 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
2021-22 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 30 3.3 5 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
2023-24 84 8.4 13 1 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Total 146 4.2 23 1 - - - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2020-21 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 9 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 2 1 3.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 156 976 97.6 6.3 13 55 2 1
Conference 7 110 762 108.9 6.9 11 55 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 65 538 107.6 8.3 5 55 - -
Away 5 91 438 87.6 4.8 8 21 2 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 73 342 85.5 4.7 8 21 2 1
Losses 6 83 634 105.7 7.6 5 55 - -
Month                  
September 4 62 304 76.0 4.9 4 21 - -
October 4 62 440 110.0 7.1 7 55 2 1
November 2 32 232 116.0 7.3 2 46 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 11 1.1 124 12.4 11.3 1 40
Conference 7 10 1.4 114 16.3 11.4 1 40
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 4 0.8 11 2.2 2.8 0 6
Away 5 7 1.4 113 22.6 16.1 1 40
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 6 1.5 103 25.8 17.2 1 40
Losses 6 5 0.8 21 3.5 4.2 0 10
Month                
September 4 2 0.5 13 3.3 6.5 0 10
October 4 6 1.5 106 26.5 17.7 1 40
November 2 3 1.5 5 2.5 1.7 0 4

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 976 124 - - 1100 110.0
Conference 7 762 114 - - 876 125.1
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 538 11 - - 549 109.8
Away 5 438 113 - - 551 110.2
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 4 342 103 - - 445 111.3
Losses 6 634 21 - - 655 109.2
Month              
September 4 304 13 - - 317 79.3
October 4 440 106 - - 546 136.5
November 2 232 5 - - 237 118.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 84 8.4 13 1 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 72 10.3 11 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 30 6.0 5 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Away 54 10.8 8 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 54 13.5 8 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 30 5.0 5 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
Month                        
September 24 6.0 4 0 - - - - 0 - 0 0
October 48 12.0 7 1 - - - - - - 0 0
November 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 7 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 6 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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FB Preview: Yellow Jackets host Bluffton for rights to The Hammer

November 10, 2023

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November 4, 2023

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November 3, 2023

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Yellow Jackets climb to 4-4 with dominating second half at Manchester

October 28, 2023

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October 27, 2023

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Defense and special teams step up in 36-6 road win over Anderson

October 21, 2023

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October 20, 2023

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Franklin outruns Jackets as Freeman, Cora post career rushing totals

October 14, 2023

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October 13, 2023

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Lions’ quick start leads to homecoming loss for Yellow Jackets

October 7, 2023

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October 6, 2023

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Late touchdown and clutch sacks give Defiance huge victory in conference-opener at Hanover

September 30, 2023

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FB Preview: DC opens conference play at Hanover on Saturday

September 29, 2023

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Deisler, Ambrose lead record-setting day for Defiance in shootout loss at Kalamazoo

September 16, 2023

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FB Preview: Jackets seek second straight win at Kalamazoo

September 15, 2023

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Yellow Jackets snap non-conference drought with 34-17 victory at Adrian

September 9, 2023

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September 8, 2023

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September 2, 2023

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FB PREVIEW: Matchup vs. No. 2 Mount Union headlines buzzing Saturday slate at DC

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Photos

Tyshaun Freeman action photo 1
Mount Union vs. Defiance

9/2/2023 1:30 PM EDT

Tyshaun Freeman action photo 2
Mount Union vs. Defiance

9/2/2023 1:30 PM EDT

Tyshaun Freeman action photo 3
Mt. St. Joseph vs. Defiance

10/7/2023 1:30 PM EDT