Posted on Friday, October 24, 2025
Passionate about more than executing plays and winning games, DeQueze Fryer ’23 uses his roles as Assistant Tight Ends Coach and Assistant Panther Academic Center for Excellence (PACE) Director to teach students fundamentals that can help them be better prepared for life after graduation.
“In my academic position, I oversee the peer tutors and work on supplemental instruction, retention and academic coaching, he said. “On the football field, I train and develop the players. I enjoy pouring into students and seeing them have success.”
When he first arrived at LC as a freshman, Fryer said he was drawn to Political Science because of his Ethos Professor Dr. John Tures.
“I loved how he taught and wanted his students to succeed,” he said. “I originally wanted to major in criminology, but the school only offered it as a minor, so I did political science instead.”
Dr. Tures described Fryer as a student who always gave his best.
“He was one of the first students to arrive to class and the last to leave,” he said. “During a seminar I had with a judge and law grads from UGA, they watched a video of DeQueze’s moot court debate and were really impressed with his debating skills,” he said.
During his time at LaGrange, Fryer served as a Presidential Ambassador, a Football Captain and a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, Black Student Union, Black Male Initiative and Pi Sigma Alpha.
“I learned from LC that I could unlock my possibility,” he said. “I was not just a number, but a valued student who was supported and cared for there.”
Following graduation, Fryer attended Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida. After he earned a master’s degree in elementary education, he spent three months playing professionally for the Chihuahua Rebelión in the International Football Alliance.
“It was my first time ever going to Mexico, and I quickly learned that the community loved football and supported their cities’ players,” he said. “I got to visit some nice areas, and the fans and the community were great and welcoming.”
In August, Fryer made his way back to LaGrange to work at the alma mater he calls home.
“I am blessed and thankful that I can pour into students as well as inspire, develop and mentor them,” he said. “LC is a special place where students can be themselves and grow as a person,” he said. “They are part of a family that wants to help them succeed and is rooting for their success.”
Category: Academics, Students
Keywords: Education, Athletics
