34 DaKory Willis
DaKory Willis
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    JR.
  • Hometown:
    Flatonia, Texas
  • High School:
    Flatonia
  • Position:
    RB
  • Major:
    Molecular Biology
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    383
  • yds/g
    38.3
  • td
    1

Bio

At TLU

  • All-ASC Third Team (2022)
  • All-ASC Third Team (2021)
  • All-ASC Third Team (2020-21)
  • Appeared in 15 games at running back
  • Two-year letterman (2020-21)

Sophomore (2021)

  • Appeared in all 10 games at running back; carried 118 times for 601 yards with 6 touchdowns and caught seven passes for 99 yards to earn his second varsity letter
  • Produced 145 all-purpose yards against Austin College (9/11) including 111 rush yards on 13 carries and 34 kick return yards
  • Totaled 107 yards on 13 carries with a touchdown against Belhaven (10/2)
  • Totaled 105 yards on 10 carries with two touchdowns against McMurry (10/23)

Freshman (2020-21)

  • Appeared in all five games at running back; carried 56 times for 333 tards with 3 touchdowns and caught two passes for 29 yards to earn his first varsity letter
  • Finished fourth in ASC in rushing
  • Made his collegiate debut at Howard Payne totaling 79 yards on 11 carries
  • Totaled 78 yards on 12 caries with two touchdowns against Sul Ross State
  • Recorded his first 100-yard rushing effort against McMurry (3/13), totaling 18 carries for 122 yards with a touchdown

Prep

  • Attended Flatonia High School where he played under Coach Chris Freytag, Coach Brandon Williams, and Coach Brian Zimmermann
  • Team MVP for two seasons
  • District MVP (2019)

Personal

  • Son of Shawn and Nashua Willis...has three siblings, NaShawna, Nevaeh, and Shawn.

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16
  Overall Conf
Rushes 91 80
Yards 383 362
Yards per game 38.3 45.3
Yards per rush 4.2 4.5
Touchdowns 1 1
Fumbles 1 1
Fumbles lost 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 13 67 5.2 11 0 - -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 5 10 2.0 4 0 - -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 10 76 7.6 20 0 - -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 6 11 1.8 5 0 - -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 12 83 6.9 19 1 - -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 7 31 4.4 26 0 - -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 13 39 3.0 8 0 - -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 9 34 3.8 8 0 - -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 7 13 1.9 8 0 1 0
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 9 19 2.1 5 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 4 33 8.3 18 0 - -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 3 3 1.0 5 0 - -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 5 20 4.0 8 0 - -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 3 20 6.7 13 0 - -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 2 8 4.0 6 0 - -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 6 39 6.5 19 0 - -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 1 7 7.0 7 0 - -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 2 14 7.0 16 0 - -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 1 39 39.0 39 0 - - - - -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 1 67 33 - - 100
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 1 10 3 - - 13
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 1 76 20 - - 96
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 1 11 20 - - 31
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 1 83 8 - 39 130
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 1 31 39 - - 70
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 1 39 7 - - 46
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 1 34 14 - - 48
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 1 13 - - - 13
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 1 19 - - - 19

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 25 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 Howard Payne L, 59-45 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 52-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 Sul Ross St. L, 28-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at North American University W, 45-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Austin W, 37-15 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 45-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at McMurry W, 17-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 East Tex. Baptist L, 38-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 21-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Hardin-Simmons L, 45-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2020-21 5 1 1 100.0% 42 8.4 42.0 0 0 42 452.8
2021-22 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 35 1 2 50.0% 42 1.2 21.0 0 0 42 226.4

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2020-21 5 56 333 66.6 5.9 3 41 - -
2021-22 10 118 601 60.1 5.1 6 52 3 2
2022-23 10 91 383 38.3 4.2 1 26 1 0
2023-24 10 95 389 38.9 4.1 3 22 - -
Total 35 360 1706 48.7 4.7 13 52 4 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2020-21 5 2 0.4 29 5.8 14.5 0 18
2021-22 10 7 0.7 99 9.9 14.1 0 25
2022-23 10 26 2.6 144 14.4 5.5 0 19
2023-24 10 12 1.2 177 17.7 14.8 1 43
Total 35 47 1.3 449 12.8 9.6 1 43

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 35 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 35 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2020-21 9 107 11.9 0 25 - - - - -
2021-22 4 73 18.3 0 34 - - - - -
2022-23 1 39 39.0 0 39 - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 14 219 15.6 0 39 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2020-21 5 333 29 - 107 469 93.8
2021-22 10 601 99 - 73 773 77.3
2022-23 10 383 144 - 39 566 56.6
2023-24 10 389 177 - - 566 56.6
Total 35 1706 449 - 219 2374 67.8

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2020-21 18 3.6 3 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2021-22 36 3.6 6 0 0 - - - - - 0 0
2022-23 6 0.6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2023-24 24 2.4 3 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Total 84 2.4 13 1 0 - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2020-21 5 0 1 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021-22 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 0 1 1.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 91 383 38.3 4.2 1 26 1 0
Conference 8 80 362 45.3 4.5 1 26 1 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 48 227 45.4 4.7 0 26 - -
Away 5 43 156 31.2 3.6 1 19 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 38 146 36.5 3.8 1 19 1 0
Losses 6 53 237 39.5 4.5 0 26 - -
Month September 3 28 153 51.0 5.5 0 20 - -
October 5 47 198 39.6 4.2 1 26 - -
November 2 16 32 16.0 2.0 0 8 1 0

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 26 2.6 144 14.4 5.5 0 19
Conference 8 20 2.5 121 15.1 6.0 0 19
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 17 3.4 106 21.2 6.2 0 19
Away 5 9 1.8 38 7.6 4.2 0 13
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 6 1.5 35 8.8 5.8 0 13
Losses 6 20 3.3 109 18.2 5.5 0 19
Month September 3 12 4.0 56 18.7 4.7 0 18
October 5 14 2.8 88 17.6 6.3 0 19
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 1 39 39.0 0 39 - - - - -
Conference 1 39 39.0 0 39 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away 1 39 39.0 0 39 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 1 39 39.0 0 39 - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October 1 39 39.0 0 39 - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 383 144 - 39 566 56.6
Conference 8 362 121 - 39 522 65.3
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 227 106 - - 333 66.6
Away 5 156 38 - 39 233 46.6
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 4 146 35 - 39 220 55.0
Losses 6 237 109 - - 346 57.7
Month September 3 153 56 - - 209 69.7
October 5 198 88 - 39 325 65.0
November 2 32 - - - 32 16.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 6 0.6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 0.8 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 1.2 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 1.5 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
October 6 1.2 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Photos

DaKory Willis action photo 1
  • Howard Payne vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 2
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 3
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 4
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 5
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 6
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 7
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 8
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 9
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 10
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 11
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 12
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 13
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 14
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 15
  • Sul Ross St. vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 16
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 17
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 18
  • Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 19
  • Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 20
  • Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 21
  • Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 22
  • Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 23
  • Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 24
  • East Tex. Baptist vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 25
  • East Tex. Baptist vs. Texas Lutheran