Daiqwon Buckley

Buckley was a four-year starter on offense and defense. NEPA Football's career line is 6,073 rushing yards and 84 touchdowns, 8.5 yards a carry. The senior year is 2,322 yards and 35 touchdowns, 10.8 a carry, on an unbeaten regular season. The junior year is the District 2 Class A title and the PIAA Class A final. Temple's roster bio puts the state-final phrase on the senior season. NEPA separates them.

He was all-state in 2012 and 2013, a WNEP Dream Team pick both years, and second team on the Times-Tribune's all-quarter-century offense. After Dunmore he played a year at Salisbury in Connecticut, 1,289 yards and 20 touchdowns, then walked on at Temple and redshirted in 2015. Michael Perry is his brother. James McHale was a teammate at Dunmore and at Temple.

On Sept. 20, 2013, in the 21-16 win over Old Forge, the senior had 112 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. He had 36 yards on eight carries in the first half, then a 34-yard run. In the District 2 Class A final on Nov. 15, he came in with 2,252 yards, at 11.6 a carry, and finished with 70 on 21 carries, 38 of them on his last six. That story closed the career at 6,073 yards and 84 touchdowns.