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2021 Football Roster

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3 Drayton Arnold

  • Position Quarterback
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 196
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Myrtle Beach, S.C.
  • Prev School Old Dominion
  • Highschool Myrtle Beach High School
  • Twitter ArnoldDrayton_9

Biography

CAREER
- Grad transfer from Old Dominion in 2019...played three years (2019-21) utilizing COVID exception.
- 14 games played starting seven.
- CoSIDA Academic All-District: 2020-21
- Academic All-SoCon: 2020-21
- Doris Robinson Award Finalist: 2020-21
- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee: 2020-21
- Earned MPA in Political Science and Master's in Criminal Justice.

2021 (Senior II)
- Six games played with two starts...threw for 301 yards on 22 of 53 passing with four interceptions and a touchdown...tan 10 times for six yards and another score.
- Season-high 132 yards passing with a TD in opener against Austin Peay.
- Scored on a 3-yard run and was a perfect 3-3 for 38 yards in reserve at Samford.

2020-21 (Senior)
- Started all five games (3-2)...completed 50 of 104 attempts with three TDs and interceptions for 783 yards...ran 38 times for 26 yards and a score.
- Opened the spring season with a career-best 223 yards on 15-25 and a score vs. Wofford.
- No. 3 in FCS leading the SoCon in yards per completion (15.7)...third in SoCon and 22nd nationally in yards per attempt.
- Also served part-time at punter with six punts for 42.2 yards with a long of 54 on the year.
- 11-20 for 222 yards, TD & INT in the win at The Citadel...75-yard TD strike to Juwan Tyus on the first play
- Finalist for the Doris Robinson Award given to the top student-athlete in the FCS.
- Nominee for the 2021 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
- CoSIDA Academic All-District.
- Academic All-SoCon. 
- Dean’s List & the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters with a 4.0 GPA in the spring...made the SoCon Honor Roll. 

2019 (Junior)
- Played in three games off the bench.
- 5-10 for 36 yards at Tennessee.
- Made the Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters.
- Earned SoCon Honor Roll and the SoCon Commissioner's Medal. 

PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
- Played in two games for ODU in 2018…did not see any action in 2017 and redshirted in 2016.
- 3-star recruit by 247 sports and a two-star recruit by ESPN out of Myrtle Beach High School.
- Rated No. 53 dual-threat quarterback by ESPN and No. 32 recruit in South Carolina…finished his high school career with 8,514 passing yards and 104 touchdown passes.
- Helped Myrtle Beach to two South Carolina state semifinals with a championships appearance as a sophomore.
- Passed for 3,052 yards and 36 touchdowns as a senior…2,570 yards and 31 touchdowns and running for two touchdowns as a sophomore.
- 7-13 for 101 yards with a touchdown and interception in the South Carolina North vs. South All-Star Game.

PERSONAL
- Son of Rodney and Heidi Arnold...one brother, Kaden, and two sisters, Ashley and Lauren.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019Junior

    Quarterback
    5'11" 205 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2020Senior

    Quarterback
    5'11" 205 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021Senior

    Quarterback
    6'0" 196 lbs
    3