DeAndre Schoultz

Class:
Senior
Position:
WR
Ht. / Wt.:
5-9 / 191
Hometown:
Aiken, S.C.
High School:
South Aiken

CAREER SUMMARY: Average of 7.9 yards per punt return ranks 7th on The Citadel’s all-time career list … one of three Bulldogs, along with Andre Roberts (2006-09) and Mark Slawson (1977-80) to lead team in punt returns four straight years

SENIOR (2016): Appeared in all 12 games with start at VMI … first-team All-Southern Conference return specialist … returned 29 punts for 345 yards and one touchdown and added 79 yards on four kickoff returns … also caught six passes for 81 yards … punt return average of 11.9 yards per return ranked 1st in SoCon and 10th in FCS and was 7th on The Citadel’s single-season list … 424 total return yards ranked 4th in SoCon … returned five punts for 120 yards, including 81-yard touchdown, in 31-24 win at Gardner-Webb … 81-yard punt return was 3rd longest in program history and longest since 1971 … 120 punt return yards ranked 3rd among FCS individuals against Division I opponent in 2016 … named SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance vs. Runnin’ Bulldogs … returned four punts for 108 yards with long of 55 in 45-10 win vs. ETSU … made career-high three receptions for 39 yards in 30-20 win at VMI … had career-long 29-yard reception on 3rd-and-7 to extend game-winning drive in 4th quarter of 19-14 victory vs. Furman … returned six punts for 66 yards and one kickoff for 14 yards and added one reception in 37-14 victory at Western Carolina … gained 46 yards on five punt returns in 38-14 win at North Greenville … returned two kickoffs for 44 yards in 22-14 victory vs. No. 5 Chattanooga … had 21-yard kickoff return in 37-34 victory vs. No. 20 Samford … made 15-yard reception in second round of FCS Playoffs vs. No. 19 Wofford

JUNIOR (2015): Appeared in all 13 games … returned 23 punts for 106 yards and two kickoffs for 36 yards … average of 4.6 yards per punt return ranked 3rd in Southern Conference … returned three punts for 25 yards in season-opening 69-0 win vs. Davidson … gained seven yards on two punt returns in 28-10 win vs. Western Carolina … had 10-yard punt return and one tackle in 44-25 win at Samford … returned five punts for 21 yards in 38-17 win at Furman … had five punt returns for 34 yards in 21-19 win vs. Mercer … recorded three-yard punt return in 35-14 win vs. VMI … returned two kickoffs for 36 yards in 41-38 win at Coastal Carolina in first round of NCAA FCS Playoffs … gained six yards on two punt returns at Charleston Southern in second round of NCAA FCS Playoffs.

SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in all 12 games … caught four passes for 56 yards and one touchdown, returned 12 punts for 69 yards and added 77 yards on four kickoff returns … made season-high two catches for season-high 26 yards and one touchdown at defending national champion Florida State … hauled in 21-yard reception and returned three punts for 26 yards in 37-14 win vs. Gardner-Webb … returned one kickoff for 20 yards and two punts for four yards in 28-26 win at Mercer … totaled 21 yards on three punt returns in 42-35 win vs. Furman … had nine-yard reception and 16 yards on two punt returns vs. Samford … gained 57 yards on three kickoff returns in 45-25 win at VMI.

FRESHMAN (2013): Played in 10 games as the punt return specialist ... returned nine punts for 58 yards (6.4 average) ... returned three punts for 29 yards, including a season-long 16 yarder in a win against Samford ... took a punt back 12 yards against Old Dominion.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2013 graduate of South Aiken High School ... lettered four times in football, six times in track and field and twice in basketball … served as a team captain … accounted for 1,600 all-purpose yards and scored six touchdowns while making 50 tackles his senior season … named to the Aiken Standard and Augusta Chronicle first team and all-region and all-state … chosen to play in the North/South All-Star game … selected to the Aiken Standard and Augusta Chronicle all-star teams and the all-region squad as a junior when he had 1,500 all-purpose yards and 12 touchdowns … had 600 all-purpose yards and scored twice as a sophomore and was honorable mention all-region … coached by former Citadel player Jeremy West ('99) … member of the student council and a scholar-athlete.

PERSONAL: Son of Alex and Katherine Schoultz … brother Marcus was on the track and field team at Charleston Southern for three years … plans on majoring in business administration.