Dante Dowdell

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