31 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Stefan Tipton
Colton McDonald
Jacob Fitchett
Will Kane
Sebastian Melendez
Sebastian Melendez - Millsaps College (MS)
31 days to kickoff…
 
Navarre Raiders at Fort Walton Beach – 26 Aug 2022
 
31 games ago – Navarre 40, Gulf Breeze 12 (2018)
 
Gulf Breeze…0 0 0 12 – 12
Navarre…19 7 14 0 – 40
 
Marlon Courtney III went 3-6 for 115 yards and a touchdown while Chris Williams led the rushing attack with nine carries for 79 yards and a score. Dante Wright took his only reception to the house from 70 yards out.
 
Joshua Carter led the defense with 14 tackles and a blocked punt.
 
31st win in school history – Navarre 21, Catholic 7 (2005)
 
Navarre won for the third straight week to start the season, outscoring their opponents 61-19.
 
Raiders that have worn #31:
DB Michael Porter – Class of 2001
DB Jason Graves – Class of 2004
LB Brandon Lawson – Class of 2006 – assistant coach at Navarre
LB Stefan Tipton – Class of 2007
LB/DB Colton McDonald – Class of 2011
DB Jacob Fitchett – Class of 2013
LB Will Kane – Class of 2016
K Zach Gonzalez – Class of 2017
LB Sebastian Melendez – Class of 2022 – playing at Millsaps College (MS)
RB Aiden Finch – Class of 2025
 
Navarre statistics that involve #31:
31 – assisted tackles in a career – Chris Wells (1999-2001)
31 – assisted tackles in a career – Michael Arnold (2009-10)
31 – solo tackles in a season – Damontell Thompson (2013)
31 – tackle points in a season – Jay Klosinski (2014 & 2015)
31 – assisted tackles in a career – Lee Jones (2015-16)
31 – tackles for loss in a season – Joshua Carter (2016) – Navarre Record
31 – solo tackles in a season – Caleb Dale (2016)
31 – tackle points in a season – Alex Gilchrist (2017)
31 – assisted tackles in a career – Cameron Thomas (2017-18)
31 – assisted tackles in a season – Devin Wright (2020)
 
The Raiders have scored 31 points in a game on five different occasions:
2003 – Navarre 31, Catholic 18
2010 – Navarre 31, Pace 21
2014 – Navarre 31, Catholic 21
2019 – Chiles 49, Navarre 31
2019 – Navarre 31, Leon 28
 
Navarre has won 20 of their last 31 games and leads the overall series against Gulf Breeze, 14-9.

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