The Dragons had two outstanding pre season scrimmages against cross town rivals, Cordova High School and Evangelical Christian School. Collierville dominated both contests by allowing just one touchdown, which occurred late against the reserves on defense and moving the ball seemingly at will on offense while scoring at least 8 touchdowns. This 2002 Dragon squad has accepted the challenge to replace a very large group of seniors that started last year. This years results were comparable to last summers efforts.

Scores were posted by all of the running backs including Sr Josh Smith at Quarterback, Sr. James Smith at Wingback, So. Brian Hall at Wingback, Jr. Taylor Brashear at Fullback, and receivers Sr. Rogers Thweatt, Jr. Jonathon Scruggs and Sr. Kent DeVinney. Josh Smith ran the offense extremely well, while running for good yardage on the option and passed extremely well to his receivers.

The three starting running backs of Smith, Brashear and Hall demonstrated that experience is not a big factor in determining solid play. The relatively inexperienced trio ran at will through solid competition, with all three backs considered as standing out.

Both lines seemed to come together during practice fairly quickly and made very few mistakes, a key to good line play. The offensive line made great holes for our backs while closing holes on defense. Some key players were moved around to make a solid unit. At this writing it looks like So. Scott Eller, Sr. Robbie Seahorn, Sr. Jake Storz, Jr. Brad Pace, Sr. Josh Peeples, Sr. Chris Hutson, DeVinney, Jr. Clarence Featherstone, and Sr. C.J. Passmore will all make solid contributions to the line this year. It does look like several other players will make solid line contributions in a supporting role as well this year. The linebacker group will be lead by Storz, Seahorn, Brashear and Sr. Grant Williams. The defensive backfield will be lead by s Thweatt, Scruggs, Hall and Josh Smith.