2021 Football Roster

Chase Reynolds
Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography
Jonathan Aguallo
Jonathan Aguallo

91 Tommy Dawkins Jr.

  • Position Defensive Lineman
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 240
  • Class Super Senior
  • Hometown Concord, N.C.
  • High School Cox Mill

Biography

Career: Played in 51 career games … Had 2.5 sacks during standout performance in 2019 New Orleans Bowl … Started in the 2019 win at North Carolina.
 
2021: Appeared in all 14 games at defensive end … Finished season with 13 tackles, half a sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and two QB hurries … Part of a sack in the opening win against East Carolina in Charlotte … Also had stops behind the line at Louisiana and against Georgia Southern.

2020: Appeared in all 12 games as a reserve defensive end … Finished season with 10 tackles and two QB hurries … Season-high three tackles at Marshall.

2019: Played in 13 games at defensive end and made his first career start in the win at North Carolina … Delivered a career-best game in the New Orleans Bowl win against UAB by coming off the bench to record 2.5 sacks … Finished the season with 18 tackles, 3.5 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss … Had two solo sacks, one for an 8-yard loss, and combined with Akeem Davis-Gaither on another sack as he finished the game with three tackles … Had a career-high four stops in the win against Charlotte … Opened the season with 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack for a 4-yard loss against ETSU.

2018: Returned from injury to appear in two games at defensive end: at Texas State and against Georgia State … Had two tackles on the season, both in the Georgia State game.

2017: Played in 10 games as a reserve defensive end … Finished the season with seven tackles … Recorded consecutive two-tackle games to open the season … Notched a tackle for loss in the opener at Georgia.

2016: Redshirted

High School: All--South Piedmont 3A selection as a senior in 2015 ... Won the 3A Midwest Regional championship in the discus and placed fourth at the state meet as a senior. Was also on a second-place 4x100 relay team at the state meet.

Personal: Dawkins’ father, Tommy, was a standout defensive end at App State before he played in two games for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1987.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 69

    2016Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 220 lbs
    69
  • 91

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 223 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 227 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2019Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 240 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2020Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'2" 245 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2021Super Senior

    Defensive Lineman
    6'2" 240 lbs
    91