Picayune's Dante Dowdell receives U.S. Army Bowl Jersey - WXXV News 25

When it came to Mississippi’s Mr. Football grant for Class 5A, some Picayune moving backmost Dante Dowdell and Gautier backmost Kaden Irving would person been much than worthy recipients.

Dowdell ended up taking location the apical honors, but determination is country for some stars successful the U.S. Army Bowl.

This morning, the 2 erstwhile News 25 Student Athletes of the Week some received their All-American jerseys, starting successful chronological bid successful Picayune.

Dante Dowdell’s database of accomplishments implicit the past twelvemonth isn’t a abbreviated one, four-star recruit, Oregon commit, Mississippi Alabama All-Star Game selection, MaxPreps Player of the Year, 5A authorities rubric crippled MVP, Mr. Football for Class 5A, but extracurricular of winning a golden ball, U.S. Army Bowl All-American mightiness conscionable instrumentality the cake. “It’s a large accomplishment. Being the archetypal 1 from my schoolhouse ever, and 1 of the fewer ones from the authorities of Mississippi, truthful being capable to enactment connected for my schoolhouse and my location municipality – I mean my location authorities – it conscionable feels good.”

Dowdell is the archetypal ever Maroon Tide All-American and 1 of conscionable 4 players from Mississippi selected to play successful this year’s crippled held successful Frisco, Texas connected December 17^th.

Statistically, he’s an evident choice, ranking sixth successful the authorities with much than 1,500 yards and 20 touchdowns, support successful mind, he’s lone had to play each 4 quarters successful astir fractional his games. If that’s not enough, helium passes the oculus trial with flying colors.

“He’s everything you privation successful a back. He has the size. He has the strength. He has the agility. He has the powerfulness to tally implicit folks, and the velocity to interruption distant large runs.”

“Yeah, we’ve enactment a batch of enactment in, a batch of precocious nights successful the gym, two-a-days, possibly three-a-days sometimes, doing everything I tin to get to the presumption that I americium now.”

All of a sudden, Dowdell and his 28 Division I offers, walking close successful the footsteps of his puerility idol Derrick Henry, who scored a touchdown successful the U.S. Army Bowl backmost successful 2013 and besides wore fig 2 backmost successful precocious schoolhouse and college.

Pretty fitting, Dowdell present wearing fig 22 conscionable similar Henry does successful the NFL. “It conscionable feels good. I’ve told y’all I’ll beryllium capable to beryllium connected a database with the greats. Adrian Peterson, Reggie Bush, Derrick Henry, Najee Harris, large moving backs similar that person played successful this game. Just blessed to beryllium successful the position.”

“And how’s the jersey feeling?” “It feels good. I privation to instrumentality it home, but I’ve got to springiness it back.”