Defensively, the Bulldogs return their top six tacklers from last season led by linebacker Anthony Britton Jr.
Other key returners on offense for The Citadel in 2021 is graduate student Raleigh Webb who averaged 23.5 yards per catch on 17 catches and 282 yards last season and second-year running backs Nathan Storch (536 yards) and Cooper Wallace (423 yards) who combined to run for 959 yards and three touchdowns in 2020-21.Last year, Adams led the team in carries (179), rushing yards (757), and rushing touchdowns (9), as well as in passing yards and passing touchdowns (3). Returning to lead the offense again this season is redshirt sophomore quarterback Jaylan Adams.Overall, sixth-year head coach Brent Thompson returns a total of 25 players that started last season for the Bulldogs, including 13 players on offense and 12 on defense.However, the Bulldogs will look to make improvements on the defensive side of the ball, as they gave up 30 points per game last season and allowed an average of 358.3 yards of offense per game.The Citadel will once again bring the triple-option running attack to the field this season, as the Bulldogs averaged 241.9 rushing yards per game in 2020 and held the ball on average for over 34 minutes in time of possession.The Bulldogs were picked to finish seventh in the Southern Conference in a preseason vote by the head coaches, while the media tabbed the Bulldogs to finish eighth.The Bulldogs' two wins last season came in back-to-back weeks versus Wofford (April 3) and Furman (April 10), as The Citadel closed out the season winning two of its final three games.The Citadel Bulldogs enter 2021 looking to bounce back from an unusual 2020 season that saw them go 2-10 overall while playing four games in the fall of 2020 and eight games in the spring of 2021.
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