Tavarreon Dickerson

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-9
Weight:
185
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Arlington, Texas
High School:
Arlington
Prev School:
Trinity Valley Community College

Tulsa – A returning letterwinner . . . enrolled at Tulsa in mind-semester 2014 . . . transferred from Trinity Valley Community College . . . 2014 – Played in eight games . . . missed the FAU, UCF, Houston and East Carolina contests with an injury . . . rushed for 132 yards on 34 carries . . . caught six passes for 23 yards . . . had a season-best 84 rushing yards on 15 carries for a 5.6 average per carry against Tulane in the season opener.

Junior College – Played one season at Trinity Valley Community College . . . rushed for 555 yards on only 65 carries for an 8.5 average per carry in 2013 for a TVCC team ranked No. 5 in the final NJCAA poll . . . only had 5.4 rushing attempts per game at TVCC . . . best games in 2013 came against Coffeyville CC when he rushed for 116 yards on four carries and in the Champs Heart of Texas Bowl, gaining 126 yards and one TD on seven carries against Mesa Community College . . . junior college coach was Brad Smiley . . .

High School –Was a three-year letterwinner and starter at Arlington High School . . . finished his prep career as Arlington High School’s all-time rushing leader with 4,400 yards and the school’s record-holder for rushing touchdowns with 53 TDs . . . rushed for 1,840 yards for a 9.5 average per carry with 24 touchdowns as a prep senior . . . also had 11 receptions for 191 yards and two TDs . . . earned second-team all-Texas Class 5A accolades his senior season and was the District MVP . . . was a Rivals.com three-star recruit . . . was named first-team all-district as both a junior and senior . . . rushed for 1,668 yards and 22 touchdowns as a junior and gained 892 yards and eight TDs his sophomore campaign . . . signed with Utah State after his senior season at Arlington High School, enrolling at the school in January 2012 . . . high school coach was Scott Peach.

Personal – Lists the Seattle Seahawks as his favorite NFL team . . . his favorite actor is Denzel Washington . . . the one word he uses to best describe himself is “determined” . . . Chinese is his favorite food . . . parents are Everett Dickerson and Sebya Ball . . . majoring in management . . . born October 1, 1993. (pronounced Tah-Var-EE-an)