Three-star football prospect Brian Dillard announces transfer to TFA

West Orange football’s 2024 starting quarterback and do-it-all athlete will be a member of the Royals this fall.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. June 6, 2025

Sports
High Schools

West Orange football’s 2024 starting quarterback and do-it-all athlete Brian Dillard has announced he will be transferring to The First Academy for the 2025 football season.

“Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths,” Dillard wrote in an Instagram post. “Excited to announce I’ll be continuing my high school and football journey (at) The First Academy.”

Dillard, a three-star prospect with offers from Purdue, USF, West Virginia, Pitt and others, had a total of 2,719 all-purpose yards, 27 touchdowns and caught two interceptions for the Warriors in 2024.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.