Diante Cherry

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lancaster, Pa.
Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-10
Weight:
190
High School:
McCaskey
Major:
Sociology

AT DELAWARE
Fifth-year senior who is the Blue Hens' top returning receiver • three-year starter • team's active career leader in receiving with 92 receptions for 908 yards (10.0 avg.) and four touchdowns • has played in 31 career games with 19 starts • also a threat out of the backfield as a runner and passer and can return punts • slot receiver with quick moves who is one of the fastest and most elusive runners on the team • needs 8 receptions to become 19th player in UD history to reach the 100-catch plateau • needs 92 yards receiving to become the 29th UD player with 1,000 yards • has completed all three of his career pass attempts for 58 yards and two touchdowns.

2016 SEASON
Led team in receiving for the second straight year • caught 27 passes for 331 yards (12.3 average) and three touchdowns • caught a pass in every game except Towson • had season-highs of six receptions and 92 yards vs. James Madison • caught a touchdown pass from in each of the first three games of the season, including a 25-yard scoring catch from Joe Walker vs. Delaware State, a 35-yard scoring pass from Walker vs. Lafayette, and a six-yarder from Blake Rankin against Wake Forest • caught five passes for 56 yards vs. Richmond and caught four passes for 63 yards vs. Lafayette • was 2 for 2 for 36 yards and a touchdown as a passer, including a 21-yard scoring strike to running back Jalen Randolph vs. Towson and a 15-yard pass to Walker the following week against Albany • served with Jalen Kindle as game captains vs. Maine • caught four passes for 35 yards and a touchdown in Blue-White Spring game in May.

2015 SEASON
Team's leading receiver as a sophomore • second-year starter who played in nine games with eight starts, missing the North Carolina and William & Mary games with an injury • caught 30 passes for a team-high 294 yards and a 9.8 yard per catch average • accounted for 36 percent of the team's completions and 40 percent of the passing yardage • also rushed six times for 29 yards and returned five punts for 15 yards (3.0 avg./9th in CAA) • threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to running back Jalen Randolph off a fake in the season-opener vs. Jacksonville • reached career-highs with eight receptions for 78 yards vs. Villanova • had five catches for 68 yards vs. Jacksonville, including a 43-yard reception from Blake Rankin that was the team's longest pass play of the season • had four catches each vs. Albany and Elon down the stretch • Blue Hen Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Week vs. Jacksonville • served as game captain vs. New Hampshire • named the Blue Hen Touchdown Club Most Improved Offensive Player for spring drills • threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Randolph and caught a pass for nine yards in Blue-White spring game in May.

2014 SEASON
Key member of Delaware receiving corps as a redshirt freshman • saw first career action after missing freshman year with an injury • played in all 12 games with five starts and caught 35 passes for 283 yards (8.1 avg.) and one touchdown • ranked No. 3 on team in receptions • also carried once for three yards vs. Pitt and returned two kickoffs for 23 yards (15 yards vs. James Madison and eight yards vs. Rhode Island) • caught season-high seven passes each vs. Sacred Heart and Rhode Island • had season-high 59 yards vs. Rhode Island, which included his first career touchdown reception • caught a pass in every game except Elon.

2013 SEASON
Did not see game action and retained freshman eligibility • missed entire season with injury suffered in pre-season drills.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at McCaskey High School for head coach Robert Monzon and assistant coach Niquan Lee (former UD fullback) • first team All-State selection in 2011 • was named area Athlete of the Year in 2012 • two-time first team All-Lancaster Lebanon League and the league's Wide Receiver of the Year as a junior • selected to play in Pennsylvania East-West All-Star Game • school's all-time leader in receptions and receiving yardage at McCaskey High School • versatile player who caught 38 passes for 748 yards and seven touchdowns, rushed for 316 yards and four touchdowns, and threw for 581 yards and six touchdowns as a senior • also an outstanding basketball player at McCaskey • basketball teammate of recent UD basketball swingman Devonne Pinkard.

PERSONAL
Diante (“dee-ahn-tay”) Marquis Cherry • born Sept. 12, 1994 • son of Kyona and Kendrick Bowman • sociology major at Delaware.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	G/S	Receptions	Yards	Avg	TD	Long
2016	10/6	27	331	12.3	3	35
2015	9/8	30	294	9.8	0	43
2014	12/5	35	283	8.1	1	23
TOTALS	31/19	92	908	9.9	4	43

Year	G/S	Rush Attempts	Yards	Avg.	TD	Long
2016	10/6	1	1	1.0	0	1
2015	9/8	6	33	4.8	0	19
2014	12/5	1	3	3.0	0	3
TOTALS	31/19	8	37	4.6	0	19

Year	KOR	Yards	Avg. (Long)	PR	Yards	Avg. (Long)
2015	-	-	-	5	15	3.0 (12)
2014	2	23	11.5 (15)	-	-	-
TOTALS	2	23	11.5 (15)	5	15	3.0 (12)

CAREER-HIGHS
Receptions: 8 vs. Villanova, 2015; 7 vs. Sacred Heart; Rhode Island, 2014
Receiving Yards: 92 vs. James Madison, 2016; 78 vs. Villanova, 2015