34 DaKory Willis
DaKory Willis
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    223
  • Year:
    SR.
  • Hometown:
    Flatonia, Texas
  • High School:
    Flatonia
  • Position:
    RB
  • Major:
    Molecular Biology
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    389
  • yds/g
    38.9
  • td
    3

Bio

At TLU

  • All-ASC Third Team (2022)
  • All-ASC Third Team (2021)
  • All-ASC Third Team (2020-21)
  • ASC Academic All-Conference (2022)
  • Appeared in 25 games at running back
  • Three-year letterman (2020-21)

Junior (2022)

  • Appeared in all 10 games at running back; carried 91 times for 383 yards with a touchdown and caught 26 passes for 144 yards to earn his third varsity letter
  • Rushed for 67 yards on 13 carries against Howard Payne (9/3)
  • Totaled 76 yards on 10 carries and added 20 yards receiving on five receptions against Sul Ross State (9/24)
  • Ran for 83 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries at Austin College (10/8)

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 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10
  Overall Conf
Rushes 95 64
Yards 389 238
Yards per game 38.9 39.7
Yards per rush 4.1 3.7
Touchdowns 3 2
Fumbles - -
Fumbles lost - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 6 13 2.2 6 0 - -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 10 45 4.5 14 0 - -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 4 13 3.3 6 0 - -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 11 80 7.3 16 1 - -
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 16 58 3.6 14 0 - -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 9 18 2.0 5 1 - -
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 9 8 0.9 6 0 - -
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 6 19 3.2 10 0 - -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 8 45 5.6 22 0 - -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 16 90 5.6 14 1 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 4 52 13.0 43 0 - -
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 1 9 9.0 9 0 - -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 2 46 23.0 43 1 - -
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 2 28 14.0 16 0 - -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 3 42 14.0 31 0 - -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 0 0 - 0 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 1 13 0 - - 13
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 1 45 - - - 45
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 1 13 - - - 13
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 1 80 52 - - 132
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 1 58 9 - - 67
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 1 18 - - - 18
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 1 8 46 - - 54
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 1 19 28 - - 47
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 1 45 42 - - 87
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 1 90 0 - - 90

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 6 1 0 - - - - - - 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 24 Trinity (Tex.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 48-31 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Southwestern (Tex.) W, 39-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 Ave Maria (FL) L, 27-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Sul Ross St. L, 37-34 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 55-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Hardin-Simmons L, 27-22 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 21 East Tex. Baptist L, 16-6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Howard Payne L, 31-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 McMurry L, 36-33 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Austin W, 29-10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 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 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 95 389 38.9 4.1 3 22 - -
Conference 6 64 238 39.7 3.7 2 22 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 53 214 42.8 4.0 1 22 - -
Away 5 42 175 35.0 4.2 2 16 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 26 135 67.5 5.2 1 14 - -
Losses 8 69 254 31.8 3.7 2 22 - -
Month September 4 31 151 37.8 4.9 1 16 - -
October 4 40 103 25.8 2.6 1 14 - -
November 2 24 135 67.5 5.6 1 22 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 12 1.2 177 17.7 14.8 1 43
Conference 6 8 1.3 125 20.8 15.6 1 43
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 6 1.2 97 19.4 16.2 1 43
Away 5 6 1.2 80 16.0 13.3 0 43
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0
Losses 8 12 1.5 177 22.1 14.8 1 43
Month September 4 4 1.0 52 13.0 13.0 0 43
October 4 5 1.3 83 20.8 16.6 1 43
November 2 3 1.5 42 21.0 14.0 0 31

Splits Stats - Kicking

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

Splits Stats - Punting

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

Splits Stats - Returns

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

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 389 177 - - 566 56.6
Conference 6 238 125 - - 363 60.5
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 214 97 - - 311 62.2
Away 5 175 80 - - 255 51.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 2 135 0 - - 135 67.5
Losses 8 254 177 - - 431 53.9
Month September 4 151 52 - - 203 50.8
October 4 103 83 - - 186 46.5
November 2 135 42 - - 177 88.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 24 2.4 3 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 18 3.0 2 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 12 2.4 1 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Away 12 2.4 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 3.0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 18 2.3 2 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Month September 6 1.5 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0
October 12 3.0 1 1 - - - - - - 0 0
November 6 3.0 1 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 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Photos

DaKory Willis action photo 1
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Wis.-Oshkosh
DaKory Willis action photo 2
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Wis.-Oshkosh
DaKory Willis action photo 3
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 4
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 5
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 6
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 7
  • Texas Lutheran vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
DaKory Willis action photo 8
  • Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 9
  • Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 10
  • Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 11
  • McMurry vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 12
  • Austin vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 13
  • Austin vs. Texas Lutheran
DaKory Willis action photo 14
  • Austin vs. Texas Lutheran