Usage / Role
53%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Kentucky
Dante Dowdell
RB • 6'2" • 227 lbs • Picayune, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Dante Dowdell leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
64
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
71
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oregon • Nebraska • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Dante Dowdell built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Picayune, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Kentucky, Nebraska, and Oregon. The clearest part of Dante Dowdell's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Dante Dowdell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska. Dante Dowdell leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,315
- Rushing yards
- 1,264
- Receiving yards
- 51
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Dante Dowdell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,315
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Picayune Memorial · Oregon
- High school pipeline
- Picayune Memorial · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 590 scrimmage yards · RB 180th (top 25%) · SEC 49th (top 15%) · National 379th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon | 6 | 90 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 26.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 635 | 614 | 21 | 12 | 72.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12 | 590 | 560 | 30 | 3 | 58.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Dante Dowdell played RB for Oregon, Nebraska, and Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dante Dowdell recorded 1,264 rushing yards, 51 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 635 primary output with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon, Nebraska, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
52.9
Efficiency
46.8
Usage
22.3
Consistency
80.4
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 55. Colorado: 74. Northern Iowa: 55. Illinois: 82. Purdue: 21. Rutgers: 56. Indiana: 20. Ohio State: 60. UCLA: 67. USC: 54. Wisconsin: 41. Iowa: 50
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 8 by 71.6. Colorado: 17 by 45.3. Northern Iowa: 6 by 88.2. Illinois: 22 by 38. Purdue: 9 by 24.3. Rutgers: 15 by 41. Indiana: 8 by 24.7. Ohio State: 14 by 44.6. UCLA: 18 by 37.9. USC: 10 by 63.1. Wisconsin: 10 by 42.7. Iowa: 13 by 40.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins50.3 · Games = 6 · -5.2 vs Losses
Losses55.5 · Games = 6 · +5.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
88.2 vs Northern Iowa
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Iowa | L 10-13 | 13 | 50 | 3.80 | 1 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Wisconsin2+ TD | W 44-25 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 3 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ USC | L 20-28 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.4 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs UCLA2+ TD | L 20-27 | 17 | 61 | 3.60 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Ohio State | L 17-21 | 14 | 60 | 4.30 | 1 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Indiana | L 7-56 | 7 | 16 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Rutgers | W 14-7 | 14 | 57 | 4.10 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Purdue | W 28-10 | 9 | 21 | 2.30 | 1 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Illinois | L 24-31 | 20 | 72 | 3.60 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Northern Iowa | W 34-3 | 6 | 55 | 9.20 | 0 | — | — | 9.2 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Colorado2+ TD | W 28-10 | 17 | 74 | 4.40 | 2 | — | — | 4.4 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UTEP | W 40-7 | 8 | 55 | 6.90 | 1 | — | — | 6.9 |
Player Story
Dante Dowdell story
Dante Dowdell built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Picayune, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Kentucky, Nebraska, and Oregon. The clearest part of Dante Dowdell's career was his backfield work: 1,264 rushing yards, 272 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 51 receiving yards across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Nebraska. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 51 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky, Nebraska, and Oregon.
The arc is straightforward: Dante Dowdell moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oregon
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Nebraska
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Kentucky
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon | 90 | 42.9 | 4.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 635 | 46.8 | 22.3 | 545 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 590 | 45.1 | 18 | -45 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 48 Toledo
Week 1 · W 24-16
Win with 128 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
128
Scrimmage Yards
88.8 takeover
128 scrimmage yards and 28.3 usage.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 4 · L 24-31 · Conference game
82
Scrimmage Yards
79.3 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
82 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 2 · W 28-10
74
Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.
#4
vs UCLA
Week 10 · L 20-27 · Conference game
67
Scrimmage Yards
71.6 takeover
Loss with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
67 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#5
vs No. 63 Florida
Week 11 · W 38-7 · Conference game
104
Scrimmage Yards
71.2 takeover
Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
635 primary output · 46.8 efficiency · 22.3 usage
72.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
58.2
590 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 18 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Oregon
26.8
90 primary · 42.9 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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