Dillan Botts

2024 Played in all 12 games as Mary Hardin (8-4) advance to the D3 quarterfinals as an at-large qualifier… Honorable mention American Southwest Conference selection… Credited with a career-best 31 tackles, seven tackles for loss (28 yards) and three sacks (22 yards)… Tied for eighth in the ASC in sacks and for ninth in TFL… Top tackle game was in the opener vs. Bethel… Credited with three TFLs (one sack) on four stops vs. Howard Payne.. Credited with three stops and shared a TFL in the Crusaders’ 17-14 upset of previously undefeated Hardin-Simmons in the second round of the D3 playoffs. 2023 Played in all 10 games … totaled 23 tackles with 10 solo takedowns … added three tackles for 24 yards lost and 2.5 sacks … recovered one fumble … added one interception and one pass breakup…Named to Logan Hansen's D3 Freshman All-America team as well as Academic All-ASC. Bridgeland HS Two-year starter for coach David Rattfield and a team co-captain as a senior despite missing most of the season with an injury… Helped spur the Bears to an 11-3 record as a junior and a berth in the 6A-D2 Regional 2 title game. Personal Full Name Dillan Botts... Born: September 15... Parents Davion Botts and Jennifer Smith... One cousin, the late Ricky Bell, was an All-American running back at USC and was the runner-up to Tony Dorsett for the Heisman Trophy in 1976 before being the first overall pick in the 1977 draft by Tampa Bay. Another cousin, the late Fred Henry, was the first running back at New Mexico to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season and was drafted by the Rams in 1973......Rice Major: Sport Management.... Rice College: Jones