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Raleigh Yeldell
  • Art/Studio Art
  • Class of 2017
  • Edgefield, SC

Edgefield Student Selected to Preseason All-SAC teams

2016 Aug 4

The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) announced its 2016 preseason teams and the Newberry Wolves have eight preseason All-SAC football players,including, Raleigh Yeldell

Yeldell - a senior from Edgefield and Strom Thurmond HS – was a second team all-SAC pick following the 2015 playoff season. He was an honorable mention ECAC All-Star and was named third team all-Super Region II by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. He completed 139-of-225 passes for 1,504 yards with 13 touchdowns and five interceptions and carried the ball 78 times for 399 yards and six touchdowns. He earned Corvias ECAC Player of the Week honors for a 24-of-28 passing performance for 279 yards and five touchdowns against Brevard. He also earned AstroTurf SAC Player of the Week honors the following week, completing 18-of-25 passes for 265 yards and four touchdowns in a win at Lenoir-Rhyne.

Newberry is picked to finish in third place in the preseason coaches' poll, which was announced Monday. The Wolves' eight preseason All-SAC honorees are tied for second-most in the league.