Showboats’ Derrick Dillon has ‘everybody in the area rooting for him’
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Derrick Dillon (80) walks off the field at the end of an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Dillon now plays for USFL team the Memphis Showboats. (Gary McCullough/AP Photo file)
The speedster from small-town Louisiana is now playing for Memphis of the USFL, and his 109-yard return for a touchdown left many in Franklinton talking.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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