2018 Football Roster
Roster
Triston Dozier
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- LaGrange, Ga.
- High School:
- LaGrange HS
All-Big South Conference candidate at corner … Preseason All-Big South second team selection by Phil Steele College Football Magazine … Enters 2018 as the team’s most experienced and capable cover man … Has 4.4-second speed and good size for the position … Enters senior season with 31 games played and 22 starts under his belt … Has broken up 13 combined passes over the past two seasons … Also a talented special teams performer.
2017 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 11 games at corner … Ranked among the Big South’s best with eight pass break ups … Also blocked two kicks … Finished with 32 total tackles (23 solo) … Had five total tackles at Wyoming (9/9), along with a pass breakup of 2018 first round pick Josh Allen … Also had five stops vs. Charleston Southern (11/4) … Blocked a pair of kicks vs. No. 25 North Carolina A&T (9/2) in the opener … Broke up two passes vs. Western Carolina (9/16) and Shorter (10/7) … Had at least one pass break up in four consecutive games in the month of October … Had four total stops and a PBU at No. 25 North Carolina Central (10/14) … Made four solo tackles at No. 22 Monmouth (11/11). 2016 at Gardner-Webb: Played in and started nine games … Finished season with 20 total tackles (17 solo), four pass break ups and one interception … Also had a tackle for loss … Made a career-high five solo stops at Western Carolina (9/10) … Had four solo stops and a pass break up at Ohio (9/24) … Made two stops, broke up a pass and had an interception vs. Monmouth (11/19) … Also broke up passes at Liberty (10/29) and vs. No. 15 Citadel (10/15). 2015 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action as a reserve corner and on special teams in all 11 games … Collected five total tackles (two solo) in limited snaps … Had two assisted tackles in the win over No. 15 Liberty (10/10) … Had two solo stops in the win at Presbyterian (10/31) … Had an assist vs. ETSU (11/14) … Returned one kickoff for two yards at Kennesaw State (10/17).
High School: Played at LaGrange (Ga.) High under Coach Dialleo Burks … One of the top cover corners in the Peach State ... Finished senior season with 50 total tackles, four interceptions, seven pass break ups and two forced fumbles … Returned a fumble 43 yards for a touchdown and returned a kickoff 82 yards for a score … Chose Gardner-Webb over North Carolina Central, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech … Also considered Georgia State and Jacksonville State.
