University of Richmond Athletics
Football Announces Captains For 2018 Season
08/24/2018 | Football
RICHMOND, Va. – University of Richmond head football coach Russ Huesman announced the Spiders' team captains for the 2018 season in seniors Dale Matthews Jr. (Bowie, Md./DeMatha), John Yarbrough (Homewood, Ala./Homewood), Justin Rubin (Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Wood), Andrew Clyde (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park) and Tyler Wilkins (L.C. Bird/Richmond, Va.).
The players were chosen as captains after a vote by the players on the team. The five-man captain crew have combined to play in 173 career games for Richmond during their careers heading into the 2018 season.
Rubin and Clyde have played in the most games in their career with 39 games each. Rubin was a Third Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection at linebacker last season after leading the team with 92 tackles. Clyde was a first Team All-CAA selection and is a preseason All-America selection this year. He led the CAA with nine sacks last season and finished with 41 tackles.
Wilkins earned Second Team All-CAA honors last year and has played in 38 games in his career. He caught 62 passes for 876 yards and seven touchdowns last season. Matthews finished the year with 67 tackles, including four sacks, while also notching a pair of interceptions last season. He has played in 29 career games while Yarbrough has played in 28 games. Yarbrough was an All-CAA selection last fall and is a preseason All-CAA pick this year.
The Spiders open the 2018 season Saturday, September 1 when they travel to Charlottesville, Va., for a meeting against the Virginia Cavaliers. The game is set for 6 p.m. and will be streamed online on ACC Network Plus and the ESPN App. The game will not be available on linear television.
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The players were chosen as captains after a vote by the players on the team. The five-man captain crew have combined to play in 173 career games for Richmond during their careers heading into the 2018 season.
Rubin and Clyde have played in the most games in their career with 39 games each. Rubin was a Third Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection at linebacker last season after leading the team with 92 tackles. Clyde was a first Team All-CAA selection and is a preseason All-America selection this year. He led the CAA with nine sacks last season and finished with 41 tackles.
Wilkins earned Second Team All-CAA honors last year and has played in 38 games in his career. He caught 62 passes for 876 yards and seven touchdowns last season. Matthews finished the year with 67 tackles, including four sacks, while also notching a pair of interceptions last season. He has played in 29 career games while Yarbrough has played in 28 games. Yarbrough was an All-CAA selection last fall and is a preseason All-CAA pick this year.
The Spiders open the 2018 season Saturday, September 1 when they travel to Charlottesville, Va., for a meeting against the Virginia Cavaliers. The game is set for 6 p.m. and will be streamed online on ACC Network Plus and the ESPN App. The game will not be available on linear television.
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