DanteDowdell

2025 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after one season at Nebraska (2024) and one season at Oregon (2023)
• Has played in 18 career games (12 at Nebraska and six at Oregon) with seven starts (all at Nebraska)
• Career totals include 160 rushes for 704 yards and 13 scores … Also has seven receptions for 21 yards

2024 – Sophomore (Nebraska)
• Played in 12 games with seven starting assignments
• Led Nebraska in rushing with 143 carries, 614 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns
• Also had seven catches for 21 yards
• Led the team in rushing in six games
• His 12 rushing touchdowns were the most by a Husker running back since the 2018 season
• Had a career-high 74 rushing yards against Colorado
• Had a career-long 38-yard rush vs. Northern Iowa
• Had a career-high 20 carries vs. Illinois
• Had a career-high three rushing touchdowns vs. Wisconsin which tied for the most individual rushing touchdowns allowed by Wisconsin since the 2013 season
• Caught the first two passes of his career against the Illini, totaling 10 receiving yards
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2024)

2023 – Freshman (Oregon)
• In six games at Oregon, finished with 17 carries for 90 yards and one score (vs. Portland State)
• Also appeared in games vs. Hawaii, Colorado, Standford, California and Arizona State

High School
• Was a consensus four-star recruit and one of the nation’s top running backs by all of the major recruiting services coming out of Picayune High School
• Rushed for an impressive 5,301 yards and 65 touchdowns, helping head coach Cody Stogner and his team win back-to-back MHSAA 5A state championships
• Named the MVP of the state championship game in both his junior and senior seasons
• Ended his prep career scoring a touchdown in 21 straight games
• During his senior season, rushed for 2,165 yards with 31 touchdowns and averaged 8.4 yards per carry and 166.5 yards per game
• Rushed for 100 yards 12 times and had four games with 200-plus rushing yards
• Named to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and was named the MHSAA 5A Mr. Football
• Earned First-Team All-State honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches and was selected to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
• Named the MaxPreps Mississippi Player of the Year as a junior after rushing for 2,555 yards and 28 scores

Personal
• Born in Slidell, Louisiana
• Son of Shalon Lopez and Dominic Dowdell
• Has one sister, Raja Hopkins
• Major is criminal justice

Dante Says
• After football, his dream job is to own a classic car shop
• One thing most people don’t know him is that he can fix cars and ATVs
• Three words to describe him are respectful, nice and determined
• What motivates him to work hard is to be a success story coming out of Picayune, Miss.
• The craziest thing he’s ever done was catch an alligator