2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 96
Jabaree Dawkins
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 265
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Eustis, Fla.
- Previous School:
- Garden City CC
- Pronunciation:
- Juh-BAR-ee
Awards and Honors
2024: Played in four games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line…Helped team to fourth consecutive conference title and an appearance in the Division I playoffs…Compiled five total tackles, including four solos and one assists…Notched 1.5 tackles for loss on the season…Tallied TFLs against Kansas State (Aug. 31) and Western Illinois (Oct. 12)…Recorded a season-best three tackles against Kansas State (Aug. 31)…Posted a pair of tackles against Western Illinois (Oct. 12)...OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023: Redshirted...Played in four games for the Skyhawks on the offensive line and on special teams units…Helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship…Played against No. 1 Georgia (Sept. 2), Missouri State (Sept. 9), North Alabama (Sept. 23) and Samford (Nov. 18).
BEFORE UTM: Spent two seasons at Garden City Community College where he played for head coach Tom Minnick...Played in six contests in 2022 on the offensive line for an offensive which averaged 345.4 yards per game...Played in five games as a freshman in 2021...Prepped at Eustis High School after transferring from Leesburg High School...Played defensive end and tight end in high school.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 27, 2001...Son of Irvin Dawkins and Brenda Grant...Majoring in sports management.
- Academic Honors
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2024-25)
2024: Played in four games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line…Helped team to fourth consecutive conference title and an appearance in the Division I playoffs…Compiled five total tackles, including four solos and one assists…Notched 1.5 tackles for loss on the season…Tallied TFLs against Kansas State (Aug. 31) and Western Illinois (Oct. 12)…Recorded a season-best three tackles against Kansas State (Aug. 31)…Posted a pair of tackles against Western Illinois (Oct. 12)...OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023: Redshirted...Played in four games for the Skyhawks on the offensive line and on special teams units…Helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship…Played against No. 1 Georgia (Sept. 2), Missouri State (Sept. 9), North Alabama (Sept. 23) and Samford (Nov. 18).
BEFORE UTM: Spent two seasons at Garden City Community College where he played for head coach Tom Minnick...Played in six contests in 2022 on the offensive line for an offensive which averaged 345.4 yards per game...Played in five games as a freshman in 2021...Prepped at Eustis High School after transferring from Leesburg High School...Played defensive end and tight end in high school.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 27, 2001...Son of Irvin Dawkins and Brenda Grant...Majoring in sports management.
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