(Lindsey Wilson Athletics photo)
Former Caldwell County Tiger Jaylen Boyd is headed toward his senior season on the gridiron at Lindsey Wilson College this fall.
On Wednesday, Blue Raiders head coach Chris Oliver announced the team’s 2020 football schedule.
The Blue Raiders are slated to play a 10-game schedule in 2020 with five home and five away games.
Lindsey Wilson opens the season on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Blue Raider Stadium against Mid-South Conference newcomer Florida Memorial in a non-divisional game. The season-opener marks the only game on the Lindsey Wilson schedule featuring a team the Blue Raiders are playing for the first time.
The Blue Raiders are slated to play a pair of night games this season — both on the road. Lindsey Wilson visits Campbellsville at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 in the annual Battle of Highway 55 and Cumberland (Tenn.) at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31 in Lebanon.
Lindsey Wilson also travels to Bluefield (Va.) on Sept. 12, Kentucky Christian on Sept. 26 and Georgetown (Ky.) on Oct. 17.
The Blue Raiders host Thomas More (Ky.) at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 3. The game is part of Homecoming weekend as well as Lindsey Wilson’s MSC Bluegrass Division opener.
The Blue Raiders host Cumberlands (Ky.) on Oct. 24 and close out the regular season with back-to-back home games against Bethel (Tenn.) on Nov. 7 and Pikeville (Ky.) on Nov. 14.
Boyd, who is second on Caldwell’s all-time rushing list with 5,451 yards, was an NAIA All American last season at Lindsey Wilson. Boyd rushed for 1,119 yards – becoming just the third Blue Raider to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards in a single season. He also amassed 390 receiving yards and 330 kickoff return yards with 16 touchdowns.
Boyd ranked second in the NAIA with 1,839 all-purpose yards a year ago.
Lindsey Wilson is coming off its best season in the program’s history in 2019. The Blue Raiders won a program-record 12 games en route to reaching the NAIA Football Championship Series Semifinals.
(Information from a Lindsey Wilson College press release was used in this report.)
