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  • RB
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Alba, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • 234
    Weight
  • Mineola HS
    High School
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Dawson Pendergrass
RB
Position
Junior
Class
Alba, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

2024 (Sophomore): Played in 13 games as a key member of a primarily two-man rotation at running back … Finished with 121 carries for 671 yards and six TDs … Also caught 11 balls for 103 yards and a score … Averaged 51.6 rushing yards per game and 59.5 yards all-purpose … Had two 100+ yard rushing performances … Teamed with freshman RB Bryson Washington to form one of only three power-4 schools in the regular-season with a 1,000 yard and 600-yard rusher … Opened the year with 17 carries for 61 yards and a TD, catching two balls for nine yards, in the win over Tarleton … Had nine totes for 69 yards, including a 46-yard scamper, at Utah … Finished with four carries for 13 yards and caught a 22-yard pass vs. Air Force … Had four carries for 13 yards at Colorado … Rushed nine times for 27 yards and had an 11-yard catch at ISU … Finished with seven carries for 36 yards and caught a two-yard pass at Texas Tech … Opened a stretch of three straight games with a TD in a win over Oklahoma State, rushing just six times but for 142 yards and a TD, including a 55-yard breakaway, while adding an eight-yard catch … Was named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention following the OSU win … Had eight carries for 33 yards and a score vs. TCU … Rushed 11 times for 68 yards and a TD at WVU, with a five-yard catch … Had 14 carries for 41 yards at Houston … Toted it 11 times for 104 yards, and had a 20-yard TD catch vs. Kansas … With an early first-quarter injury to Washington in the Texas Bowl vs. LSU, had to handle the majority of the load, carrying it 21 times for 63 yards and two TDs, with three catches for 26 yards.

2023 (Freshman): Played in the final 11 games of the year as a leading offensive threat out of the running back position … Rushed 79 times for 338 yards and a team-high five TDs … Also caught 26 balls for 199 yards and two TDs … Returned three kickoffs for 49 yards … Made collegiate debut with a two-yard rush vs. No. 12/12 Utah … Rushed for a season-high 111 yards and a score on 21 carries vs. Long Island, adding two catches for 24 yards in a game that battled significant rain storms throughout … Rushed six times for 21 yards and caught a two-yard pass vs. No. 3/6 Texas … Rushed seven times for 30 yards with a TD and had a 25-yard reception at UCF … Had two rushes for 12 yards and caught four balls for 41 yards vs. Texas Tech … Rushed four times for 12 yards at Cincinnati … Rushed eight times for 37 yards and two TDs and caught three balls for 39 yards vs. Iowa State … Rushed nine times for 50 yards and a score vs. Houston, with three catches for 13 yards … Toted it six times for 20 yards and had three catches for 18 yards and two TDs at No. 25 Kansas State … Rushed 10 times for 27 yards and caught a season-high five balls for 16 yards at TCU … Rushed five times for 16 yards and caught four balls for 21 yards vs. West Virginia. 

High School: Four-year varsity player at Mineola High School … Closed his high school career with 7,414 rushing yards in 45 games played … Averaged 274.4 yard per game in his senior campaign – 3,184 on the ground, 479 passing and 109 receiving in total for the year … Named Offensive Co-MVP for 2022 District 5-3A Football All-District Honors … Led Mineola to the Area round of the Texas 3A Division I playoffs … District first-team selection his junior and sophomore years at running back and defensive back his sophomore year … Offensive Newcomer of the Year for District 8-3A … Qualified to the regional track meet his junior year in three different events: 110-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump … Owns a DCTF three-star rating … Chose Baylor over Arkansas and Texas Tech, among others.