LA PLUME, Pa. – It's Homecoming and Family Weekend at Keystone College headlined Saturday by the Giants' football matchup against Dean College starting at noon at the Turf Field.
Keystone (0-6, 0-2 ECFC) will look to get one in the win column as it hosts the defending (2019) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference champion Bulldogs (1-5, 0-2 ECFC).
COVERAGE
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OFFENSE
Freshman Mujaheed Muhammad (Philadelphia, Pa./Paul Robeson) is coming off back-to-back ECFC Rookie of the Week nods after rushing for season highs of 24 carries, 172 yards and two touchdowns against Gallaudet.
Junior running back Kevin Lewis (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) is tied atop the conference for most overall rushing touchdowns on the season with six.
On third down, the Giants lead the conference with a 41.1 percent conversion rate, converting on 37 of 90 attempts.
DEFENSE
The Keystone defense has been opportunistic as it's tied for second-best in the conference in both fumble recoveries (six) and interceptions (four).
The duo of Sean Pettway (Ellenville, N.Y./Ellenville) and Jerell Springer (Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood) leads the ECFC in solo tackles with each notching 27. Both players have also come down with an interception and two pass breakups.
Linebacker Sean Tocci (Lodi, N.J./Lodi) ranks No. 3 in the conference with 42.0 total tackles.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Josue Hernandez (Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex) has attempted only one field goal thus far on the season but has been a perfect 13 of 13 on PAT kicks.
Darrien Tabb (Pennsauken, N.J./) and Christopher Diaz (Lodi, N.J./Lodi) have returned the bulk of the kickoffs, averaging 18.42 and 15.60 yards, respectively. Both have also had return longs of more than 40 yards.
DEAN BULLDOGS
Dean opened the season with a 42-6 win over winless Fitchburg State but have dropped five straight games since then, including one-score affairs to conference mates Gallaudet (35-42) and Castleton (13-21).
In both games, the Bulldogs passed for more than 330 yards but have averaged only 276.7 overall on the season. With just over a 100 rushing-yards average, Dean has put up 384.8 yards of total offense per game.
Receiver Errol Breaux has been their playmaker, hauling in an ECFC-leading 54 receptions for 889 yards and seven touchdowns. The senior scored the bulk of his touchdowns in the Bulldogs' season opener when he found pay dirt five times, but he has also scored in each of the previous two games where he racked up 199 and 241 receiving yards, respectively.
Defensively, linebackers Dre Kidd and Desmond Dias have totaled a conference-leading 48 and 43 total tackles, respectively. Dias leads the team with 7.0 tackles for loss while Kidd has an interception and forced fumble.
WHAT'S NEXT
Following Saturday's contest, the Giants will travel to Castleton, Vt. to continue conference play against the Castleton University Spartans (3-3, 1-1 ECFC) on Saturday, Oct. 23 at noon.
