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Maxwell system put to test as Tigers rebuild
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As the Dawson County football Tigers closed the chapter on the first full week of practice, newly installed defensive coordinator Bradley Fowler clearly recognized the challenge to rebuilding the defensive juggernaut the team fielded last season. The defensive team lost 14 seniors to graduation, including every starting member of a defensive line that briefly ranked in the top five nationally against the rush and held opponents to an average of 13 points per game while posting two shutouts in 2018. “We lost a lot of talent to graduation on the defensive side of the ball,” Fowler said. “Heck, we lost a lot of talent on both sides of the ball. It’s going to be hard to build it back up but that’s the beauty of this system, it keeps young talent coming through.”