For those of you who do not know who Dominique Dorsey is, you may just find out soon. Dorsey left high school in 2001 as the leading rusher in California High School football history (the record has been broken since). Due to his size, only about 5' 7" 165lbs., none of the big colleges wanted him; he went to UNLV where he quickly made a name for himself as a kick returner. And after gaining 180 yards on 18 carries in a win over Nevada,
this article appeared in the October 15, 2001 issue of Sports I
llustrated. That win carries a large significance, because at the time I was his roommate and he was upset about not having a 100 yard performance yet, and I told him, "You only needed 10 carries." To which he replied, "But that would be a ten yard average." And I said, "Exactly." And what do you know; he averages 10 yards per carry on 18 carries, giving him 180 yards. He went on to be the starting tailback at UNLV, piling up yardage against big name schools like Wisconsin and Tennessee.
After he graduated in 2005 from UNLV he went undrafted; trying out for the Baltimore Ravens and Oakland Raiders, but did not make either club. To stay up in football he moved north and joined the Seskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL where he went largley unnoticed. In 2007 he was traded to the Winnepeg Blue bombers of the CFL, only to be waived a month later.
Dorsey then signed with the Toronto Argonauts, and in his first came with the club he returned a record setting 129 yard(a CFL field is 150 yards long) missed field goal for a touchdown. In Toronto he went on to become an all-star player, eventually winning 2008 Special Teams Player of the Year despite missing several games to injury.
Now he has signed a three year deal with the Washington Redskins of the NFL, and I hope we hear a lot out of him this year. Congratulations Dom.
You can view Dominique's UNLV bio and stats here.
Here is a Las Vegas Sun artilce aboutDorsey signing with the Redskins.
Here is a Canada.com story about him signing with the Redskins.
And finally, here is a video of the record setting kick return.
llustrated. That win carries a large significance, because at the time I was his roommate and he was upset about not having a 100 yard performance yet, and I told him, "You only needed 10 carries." To which he replied, "But that would be a ten yard average." And I said, "Exactly." And what do you know; he averages 10 yards per carry on 18 carries, giving him 180 yards. He went on to be the starting tailback at UNLV, piling up yardage against big name schools like Wisconsin and Tennessee.After he graduated in 2005 from UNLV he went undrafted; trying out for the Baltimore Ravens and Oakland Raiders, but did not make either club. To stay up in football he moved north and joined the Seskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL where he went largley unnoticed. In 2007 he was traded to the Winnepeg Blue bombers of the CFL, only to be waived a month later.
Dorsey then signed with the Toronto Argonauts, and in his first came with the club he returned a record setting 129 yard(a CFL field is 150 yards long) missed field goal for a touchdown. In Toronto he went on to become an all-star player, eventually winning 2008 Special Teams Player of the Year despite missing several games to injury.Now he has signed a three year deal with the Washington Redskins of the NFL, and I hope we hear a lot out of him this year. Congratulations Dom.
You can view Dominique's UNLV bio and stats here.
Here is a Las Vegas Sun artilce aboutDorsey signing with the Redskins.
Here is a Canada.com story about him signing with the Redskins.
And finally, here is a video of the record setting kick return.
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