Former Central Gwinnett Standout Getting it Done for Union

From time to time here at College Sports, we want to give a shout out to former Gwinnett County, GA student-athletes who are excelling at the college level. One such student-athlete is Jr. Wide Receiver Rolando Dyer of Union College.

Dyer had a stellar career at Central Gwinnett High School and has translated that on to the college grit iron of Union College , a small NAIA school in Barbourville, KY. Back on Sept. 27, 2008, Dyer caught a career-high six passes for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 35-28 win over then-No. 18 Georgeotwn (Ky.). During his Freshman season in 2007, Dyer appeared in 8 games catching 8 passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns for the Bulldogs.

Back in 2008. Union finished the regular season at 9-2 before losing to St. Francis University in the first round of the NAIA Playoffs. Dyer finished the 2008 campaign with 29 catches for 518 yards and 8 touchdowns. His longest reception was for 64 yards against the University of Virginia-Wise back on Nov. 1 of last year. Dyer also performed punt returning duties for the Bulldogs. He had 4 punt returns for 78 yards against St. Francis, his longest being for 31 yards.

Dyer is also teammates of two other Gwinnett Prep standouts: Sophomore RB Chandler Priest out of Grayson High School and Freshman OL Darryl Jones from Lawrenceville. There are 17 Georgia player on Union's roster for 2009, and I'm sure that Head Coach Tommy Reid will do more tapping into the rich talent of Gwinnett County high school football. The Bulldogs open their 2009 campaign on Saturday Sept. 5 with a home game against fellow Appalachian Athletic Conference foe UVA-Wise at 1:30PM.