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2019 Football Roster

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40 Dante Brown

  • Position Kicker/Punter
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mississauga, Ontario
  • Prev School St. Joseph's College (Ind.)

Biography

Career Accolades
• 2X Don Hansen Football Committee National Special Teams Player of the Year (2018 & 2019)
• 2X Don Hansen Football Committee Super Region 3 Special Teams Player of the Year (2018 & 2019)
• 2X MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year (2018 & 2019)
• 2019 All-America First Team selection at kicker by D2CCA, AP, D2Football.com, Don Hansen Football Committee
• 2019 All-America Second Team selection at kicker by AFCA
• 2018 All-America First Team selection at kicker by Don Hansen Football Committee and D2CCA
• 2018 All-America Second Team selection at kicker by D2Football.com
• 2018 All-America Honorable Mention selection at punter by Don Hansen Football Committee
• 2017 All-America Honorable Mention selection at punter by Don Hansen Football Committee
• 2X All-MIAA First Team selection at kicker (2018 & 2019) and All-MIAA First Team selection at punter (2018)
• 2017 All-MIAA Third Team at punter
• 2X Finalist for Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award
• FHSU career record holder for field goals made with 47
• FHSU single-season record holder for points (123 in 2018), field goals made (28 in 2018), and made PATs (52 in 2019)
• Led NCAA Division II in field goals made (28) and all NCAA levels in field goals made per game (2.33) in 2018
• Set MIAA record for field goals made in a season (28) in 2018
• 7X MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week (5 times in 2018, 2 times in 2019)
• Second in career punting average at FHSU with 42.4 yards per attempt.

2019 (Senior): Don Hansen Football Committee National Special Teams Player of the Year for a second-straight season...All-America First Team selection at kicker by four organizations, including D2CCA, Associated Press, D2Football.com, and Don Hansen Football Committee...All-America Second Team selection by the AFCA...Don Hansen Super Region 3 Special Teams Player of the Year...MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year for the second-straight year...All-MIAA First Team selection at kicker...Finalist for the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award for a second-straight year...Averaged 1.72 field goals per game, ranking fourth in NCAA Division II...Succeeded on 19-of-23 field goal attempts for a conversion rate of 82.6 percent, which ranked 14th in NCAA Division II...Added in a school-record 52 PAT makes for 109 points on the season...Ranked 12th in NCAA Division II for points per game (9.9) and 17th in total points...Made a career-long 56-yard field goal to force overtime in the closing seconds of regulation against Northwest Missouri State (11/9/19), which was also the second-longest field goal in FHSU history...Made a season-high four field goals against Emporia State (10/12/19) and Northwest Missouri State (11/9/19)...Made at least three field goals in a game four times...Averaged 58.8 yards on kickoffs, producing 41 touchbacks...Named MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week twice in 2019...Finished with 232 kicking points over two years to rank second in FHSU history, making 47 field goals and 91 PAT tries as the Tigers' kicker...Owns the FHSU career record for field goals made with 47, breaking the old mark by 10.
 
2018 (Junior): Don Hansen Football Committee National Special Teams Player of the Year...All-America First Team selection by the Don Hansen Football Committee and D2CCA...All-America Second Team selection by D2Football.com...MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year...All-MIAA First Team selection at both kicker and punter...Finalist for the 2018 Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award...Led NCAA Division II in field goals made (28) and all NCAA levels in field goals made per game (2.33)...Broke the MIAA record for field goals in a season by three and was just two shy of the NCAA Division II single-season record...Converted 84.8 percent of his field goal attempts to rank 5th in NCAA Division II, going 28-of-33 for the season...Shattered the FHSU single-season record for points, going past the mark of 94 set by Brandon Brown, his placekicking predecessor...Ranked 11th in NCAA Division II for total points scored...As the team's punter, averaged 41.4 yards per attempt, punting the ball 67 times for 2,772 yards...Ranked 30th in NCAA Division II in average yards per punt...Made a season-high five field goals in a game twice, accomplishing the feat against Central Oklahoma (Sept. 29) and Nebraska-Kearney (Oct. 20)...Named the MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week five times in 2018...Made at least two field goals in a game nine times...Was a perfect 17-of-17 on field goal attempts inside 40 yards...Longest made field goal of the season was 49 yards at Missouri Western (Sept. 6)...Tied the Fort Hays State record for longest punt in a game, initially set by Adam Ryan in 1997, with an 84-yard boomer against Central Missouri (Aug. 30)...Had 21 punts result in drives starting inside the 20 yardline...Had eight kickoff attempts, averaging 57.4 yards per attempt.

2017 (Sophomore): All-America Honorable Mention selection by the Don Hansen Football Committee...All-Super Region 3 Second Team selection by the Don Hansen Football Committee...All-MIAA Third Team selection...Ranked 6th in NCAA Division II in punting average (43.5 yards per attempt)...Punted the ball 67 times for 2,912 yards...Longest punt of the season went 66 yards against Washburn (Oct. 14)...Had a punt of at least 60 yards in a game three times...Had a total of 21 punts go 50 yards or longer...Had 18 punts result in drives starting inside the 20...Had 10 punts result in fair catches and 10 result in touchbacks...Punted the ball a season-high nine times at Northwest Missouri State (Nov. 4).

St. Joseph's College (Ind.): As a freshman in 2016, appeared in four games as a kicker...Averaged 55.6 yards per kickoff and converted 1-of-3 field goal attempts.

Canada Prep Football Academy: Ranked No. 39 and considered a 5-star recruit in Kohl's National Kicker Rankings in 2016...Ranked No. 100 and tabbed a 4.5-star punter in the Kohl's National Punter Rankings list the same year.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Sophomore

    Kicker
    5'10" 180 lbs
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    2018Junior

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 185 lbs
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    2019Senior

    Kicker/Punter
    5'10" 185 lbs
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