Junior running back Dylan McDuffie has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
The 6-foot, 207-pound running back had a breakout season in 2021 at Buffalo, totaling 1,049 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 206 attempts.
McDuffie also recorded 14 receptions for 123 yards and one touchdown during the 2021 campaign.
In 2021, McDuffie played in Shane Montgomery’s offense at Buffalo. Montgomery was hired as the Bulls’ offensive coordinator in May 2021. He came to Buffalo after serving as offensive coordinator at James Madison from 2019-20.
Montgomery’s running backs coach at James Madison was Matt Merritt. Merritt served as a senior offensive analyst at Tennessee under Josh Heupel in 2021. Merritt was introduced as Georgia Southern’s running backs coach on Friday.
McDuffie told Vols Wire he has been in contact with a good amount of coaches and wants to go somewhere and play his style and win. McDuffie also noted he loves tempo offenses.
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