Sean Dykes

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Sean Dykes, Damonte Coxie, 2018 Football

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Position:
TE
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 210
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

Honors

• 2021 First-Team All-AAC
• 2021 First-Team All-AAC (Phil Steele)
• Tiger 3.0 Club (2021, 2018)
• 2020 Honorable-Mention All-American Athletic Conference

2021 (Fifth Year)

• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week, Honorable Mention (Arkansas State)
• Mackey Award Preseason Watch List
• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
• One of just six Tigers to start all 12 games on the season
• Finished second on the team with 48 receptions for 657 yards and seven touchdowns
• Reeled in a season-best nine receptions to go with 143 yards and two scores in win at Arkansas State
• Totaled a season-high 167 yards on six catches against UTSA
• Finished his career as the most prolific tight end in program history, totaling 128 receptions for 1,826 yards and 19 touchdowns

2020 (Redshirt Senior)

• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week Honorable-Mention (11/9)
• AAC Weekly Honor Roll (9/14)
• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in all 11 games on the season, earning nine starts
• Totaled 47 receptions for 581 yards and seven touchdowns
• Made a season-high 10 catches for 137 yards and two scores in win over Arkansas State
• Had a season-best 147 yards on seven catches with two touchdowns in victory against USF

2019 (Senior)

• Appeared in four games before taking a medical redshirt
• Had two catches for nine yards in the win over Southern
• Member of the 2019 squad that finished 12-2 overall, won its first outright American Athletic Conference Championship and made an appearance at the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

2018 (Junior)

• Played in 13 games, including the Birmingham Bowl
• Made eight starts
• Did not play in the home game vs South Alabama
• Hauled in 13 catches for 196 yards and three TDs
• Logged three multi-catch games
• Had a season-long 34-yard reception at Tulane
• Tied career-high with three receptions vs Connecticut (62 yards) and UCF (29 yards) in The American Championship Game
• In season opener vs Mercer, had two catches for 20 yards and a TD
• Score came on a 5-yard pass from Brady White for a 49-0 lead late in the second quarter
• Gained 54 of 62 yards vs Connecticut on two catches in the second quarter
• His first catch for 26 yards pushed the Tigers to midfield, and two plays later, Patrick Taylor Jr. scored from 35 yards out
• His second reception in the quarter, a 28-yarder, moved Memphis into Huskies’ territory just before halftime
• Scored second TD of season vs UCF in The American Championship Game
• TD was a 4-yard strike from Darrell Henderson with :21 left in the first half
• Played vs Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl

2017 (Sophomore)

• Saw action in all 13 games, including the AutoZone Liberty Bowl
• Made eight starts
• Pulled in 15 receptions for 346 yards and three scores
• Logged three multi-catch games
• Scored first collegiate TD on a 30-yard pass from Riley Ferguson in a road win at Connecticut
• Had a career-high three catches vs Navy and UCF (The American Championship Game)
• Totaled 37 yards on his three receptions in the home win over Navy
• Against UCF in the conference title game, piled up a career-high 161 yards on his three catches • The 161 yards are the 14th-most receiving yards for a single game in program history
• His 53.7 yards/catch is a single-game school record (min. 3 receptions; previous record was 40.5 ypc by Duke Calhoun in 2009)
• His career-long 63-yard reception came at the end of the first quarter vs UCF, moving Memphis deep into Knights’ territory and setting up the Tigers’ second TD of the game
• Had two catches for 41 yards and a TD in the comeback victory at Houston
• Hauled in the game-winning TD from Ferguson from 21 yards out with only 1:28 on the clock
• Registered one catch for 14 yards vs Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl

2016 (Freshman)

• Played in 10 games
• Made one start
• Made collegiate debut in a home win over Kansas
• Earned first collegiate start in a road contest at Navy
• Had three catches for 37 yards
• Hauled in first catch of his college career vs the Midshipmen
• The reception was a season-long 30-yard catch
• Reception was a part of a scoring drive that helped Memphis trim its deficit to seven (35-28) in the fourth quarter
• Also had catches in road wins at SMU (1 yard) and Cincinnati (6 yards)

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Named all-offense first team and earned All-District 22-6A honors as a senior while playing for head coach Kirk Martin
• As a senior, helped lead the Mavericks to an 11-3 overall record and an appearance in University Interscholastic League (UIL) state playoffs quarterfinal round
• In three years on the varsity roster, caught 83 passes for 1,454 yards and 29 TDs, including 14 scores his senior campaign
• Led Mavericks in receptions (37), receiving yards (658) and TDs (14) in 2015
• Also ran the ball three times for 61 yards as a senior
• Holds a school record of eight catches for 203 yards and three TDs in a game
• Ranked the No. 21 football recruit in the Greater Houston area by the Houston Chronicle
• Also a three-year letter winner for the Mavericks basketball team
• Played on the Team Texas Elite AAU basketball team for coaches Eric King and T.J. Ford
• Dykes received Tournament MVP honors at the 7v7 IMG Championships
• Son of Billy Dykes and the late Jessica Dykes
• His dad played football at Oklahoma from 1988-92, and his uncle, Hart Lee, played for both Oklahoma State and the New England Patriots