University of Delaware Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Khalil Dawsey
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 184
- High School:
- Wylie E. Groves
- Prev School:
- Harvard
CAREER ACCOLADESÂ
2023 CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (9/25)
2022 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
2022 New England Football Journal All-New England Honorable Mention
2019 Ivy League Rookie of the Week (10/7)
2019 FCS National Honor Roll (10/7)
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2023 Season
Appeared in 13 games, making 11 starts
Had 35 tackles, one TFL, one forced fumble, three INTs and five PBUs
Recorded nine tackles with a forced fumble and an INT against UNH (9/23)
Had two INT returns for 105 yards, including a 100-yard return for a TD against Campbell (11/11)
CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (9/25)
2022 (at Harvard)
New England Football Journal Honorable Mention All-New England
Appeared in all 10 games
Finished with 26 tackles, 2.0 TFL and seven pass breakups
Logged a season-best six tackles vs. Columbia and Yale
Broke up four passes against Yale.
2021 (at Harvard)
Finished with eight tackles, two interceptions and two pass breakups
Recorded first career interception, returned 77 yards in win over Brown
Recorded an interception and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown in a win over Holy Cross
Posted three tackles in a win over Penn
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2020-21 (at Harvard)
Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League2019 (at Harvard)
Played in nine gamesBlocked two punts vs. Howard while adding first two career tackles and two punt returns for 23 yards
Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week and was tabbed to FCS National Honor Roll (Oct. 7)
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Bio: Four-year letterwinner at Wylie E. Groves High School, serving as team captain as a senior … Led the state in interceptions his junior year with eight … Named a 2018 all-state, all-region, all-conference and all-league selection … Named to the All-State Dream Team Second Team … Received 2017 all-north and all-state honorable mention nods … Named the team’s most valuable back and most valuable receiver his senior year … Helped Grove win the regional championship title in 2017 and 2018 … Also a member of the track & field team … Cousin, Rodney Culver, played football at Notre Dame and was drafted in 1992 by the San Diego Chargers … Earned all-league academic recognition in 2017.
