Brandon Dyer
The West Georgia Wolves wide receivers Karmello English and Dylan Gary have more in common than one might originally think: they both committed to Division 1 Football Bowl Series (FBS) schools, they both play the same position and they both are making an impact on the field for the Wolves early in the season.
West Georgia head coach Joel Taylor noted his impression of the two receivers at his weekly press conference on Sept. 10. “Dylan Gary is one of my favorite guys…He’s really smart and has a huge catch radius,” said Taylor.
Gary heads into his junior season, transferring this offseason from the University of Kentucky, where he signed in the 2022 recruiting class. He spent his high school years playing for North Gwinnett High School, with his senior year being his lone one that he started. In that year, he had 37 catches for 600 yards and five touchdowns.
After not seeing playing time in his two seasons in Kentucky, Gary made the move to West Georgia. Now, Gary finds himself leading the Wolves in receiving yards this season with 278, while hauling in 15 catches and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the offense, it didn’t take long for English to make an impact for the Wolves, catching a 71-yard pass on the first play of the game in the season-opening win against Samford.
English came out of Phenix City Central High School in Alabama as the No. 178 overall player nationally, the No. 25 wide receiver and the No. 15 player in the state. Listed as a four-star recruit, he held offers from multiple Division 1 FBS teams, including Georgia, Alabama, Michigan and Auburn.
English originally committed to Auburn, but decommitted and wound up in Ann Arbor, Mich. as a part of the Michigan Wolverines. He totaled one catch for four yards on the eventual National Champions last season. He decided that he would enter the transfer portal and wound up at The University of West Georgia.
The wide receiver has seen his numbers skyrocket in his first three games at UWG, totaling 19 catches for 251 yards, but hasn’t been able to make his way into the endzone yet this season.
Together, the duo has combined for 74% of the receiving yards that the team has this season.