AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed two-plus the Spartans... 27 games played with seven starting calls… One 100-plus yard rushing game… First joined the team for 2017 fall drills... 2019 San Jose State University Dean's Scholar... 2017 and 2019 Academic All-Mountain West award recipient.
2019: Team leader with 567 rushing yards, 11 rushing touchdowns and 12 total scores… Scored fourth-quarter, game-winning touchdowns on runs of 19 yards at Arkansas (9/21) and 10 yards vs. Fresno State (11/30)… Rushed for a career-high 112 yards and two TDs on 20 carries at Hawaii (11/16)… First Spartan since 2015 to score at least 10 rushing touchdowns in a season… Ranked third in the Mountain West for touchdowns scored… Scored seven touchdowns in the last four games of the season… Three consecutive two-TD games vs. Boise State (11/2), Hawaii and UNLV (11/23)…Tied for third in the conference for rushing touchdowns… Lone touchdown reception of the season came at UNLV as part of matching his single-game best of five catches for 78 yards.
2018: Appeared in four games... Played in the season opener vs. UC Davis (8/28) and in the final three games against Utah State, Nevada and Fresno State... Third on the team in rushing with 74 yards on 25 carries... Most prolific game was in the opener with 10 carries for 41 yards... Scored his only touchdown of the season on a 22-yard pass play in the Nevada game (11/17)... Single-game career high five receptions for 36 yards against Nevada.
2017: Played in 11 of the team's 13 games as a reserve running back... Fourth on the team in rushing yards with 290 and led the team with two rushing touchdowns... Second on the Spartans with a 4.9 yards per carry average... Was the team's most effective rusher the final two games of the season... 10 carries for 51 yards and his first major college touchdown at Colorado State (11/18)... Season-high 75 yards on just eight carries and a game-clinching 44-yard touchdown run with 2:07 remaining in the Wyoming win (11/25)... Touchdown vs. Wyoming was the second longest run of the season by a Spartan... Gave a glimpse of things to come with 60 yards on 10 carries in the Cal Poly victory (9/2)... Caught two passes during the season - one each vs. USF (South Florida - 8/26) and one at Texas (9/9).
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at San Jose City College... First-team All-Pacific 7 League in 2016... Was the team's leading rusher with 710 yards and six touchdowns on 162 carries... Second on the team in receiving with 43 catches for 496 yards and five scores... 13th in the state for all-purpose running with a 121.5 yards per game average... Rushed 53 times for 201 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Steve Papin) and track and field at Gunderson High in San Jose.
MORE ON DeJON:A health science major... He is a San Jose native.
CAREER STATISTICS
RUSHING | G | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG |
2017...JR | 11 | 59 | 290 | 4.9 | 2 | 44TD |
2018...Redshirt | 4 | 25 | 74 | 2.9 | 0 | 16 |
2019...SR | 12 | 125 | 567 | 4.4 | 11 | 29 |
CAREER | 27 | 123 | 931 | 4.3 | 13 | 44TD |
RECEIVING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG |
2017...JR | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
2018...Redshirt | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 1 | 22TD |
2019...SR | 27 | 270 | 10.0 | 1 | 69 |
CAREER | 36 | 326 | 9.1 | 2 | 69 |