2022 Football Roster

10 Dez Boykin

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position WR
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Whitehall, Pa.
  • Highschool Whitehall

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CAA Football Second Team Offense 2020 (Spring 2021), 2022
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2021

Villanova: Veteran performer who has a good understanding of the Villanova offense … Dependable player with good receiver skills … Expected to be a contributor at wideout.
 
2021: Played in all 13 games on the season as a wide receiver and kick returner … Tallied 20 catches for 308 yards and two touchdowns, one rush for 18 yards and nine kickoff returns for 158 yards … Averaged 15.4 yards per reception and 17.6 yards per kickoff return; Lehigh (9/4): Had three catches for 90 yards and two touchdowns in a 47-3 win in the season opener; Richmond (9/18): Recorded seven catches for 43 yards and returned two kickoffs for 44 yards; Penn State (9/25): Posted two receptions for 19 yards; James Madison (10/9): Made two catches for 52 yards; Rhode Island (10/23): Credited with three catches for 45 yards; William & Mary (10/30): Recorded two catches for 56 yards and two kickoff returns for 42 yards; Delaware (11/20): Had two kickoff returns for 45 yards; Holy Cross (12/3): Tallied an 18-yard rush in the second round of the FCS playoffs; South Dakota State (12/11): Posted one catch for three yards in an FCS quarterfinal game.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Second team All-CAA selection … Played in all four games and registered 283 all-purpose yards on the season … Was one of the top kick returners in the CAA and averaged 23.9 yards on 10 kickoff returns … Recorded two returns of 30 yards or longer … Caught four passes for 44 yards and a touchdown while averaging 11.0 yards per reception … Made one tackle on special teams; Stony Brook (3/6): Returned kickoffs for 26 yards and 17 yards while making a four-yard catch in the season opener; Rhode Island (3/13): Tallied a 16-yard reception to go along with three kickoff returns for 71 yards in the home opener … His 87 all-purpose yards were a season high and he had a long kickoff return of 25 yards on the day; Maine (4/3): Returned three kickoffs for a total of 76 yards … His 40-yard return in the game was his longest of the season and the 76 total yards were a season high; Delaware (4/17): Registered two receptions for 24 yards and a touchdown while returning two kickoffs for 49 yards … Made an eight-yard grab for his only touchdown of the season and tallied a long kickoff return of 32 yards for the day as the Wildcats wrapped up the spring season.
 
2019: Played in 10 games and started the first three games of the season at wide receiver … Made nine catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns on the year … Averaged 14.4 yards per catch and had a long reception of 39 yards … Rushed once for six yards … Was the Wildcats primary kick returner and had 29 returns for 725 yards … His long return of the year was 65 yards and he averaged 25.0 yards per return … Ranked second on the team with 861 all-purpose yards … Saw time on special teams and made seven tackles on the year, including six solo stops and one assisted tackle; Colgate (8/24): Recorded a 16-yard reception and returned two kickoffs for a total of 55 yards in the season opener … His returns were for 33 yards and 22 yards to help him finish the day with 71 all-purpose yards; Lehigh (9/7): Scored his first career touchdown on a 12-yard pass in the fourth quarter … Recorded a career-high four receptions for a career-high 46 yards and the one score … Returned two kickoffs for 33 yards and finished the night with 79 all-purpose yards; Bucknell (9/14): Made a 13-yard reception for a touchdown and returned three kickoffs for 91 yards, including a long return of 46 yards … Topped 100 total yards for the first time in his career and finished with 104 all-purpose yards on the night; Towson (9/21): Registered a career-high 215 all-purpose yards thanks to a career-high six kickoff returns for a career-high 193 yards … His 65-yard return in the second quarter was also a new career best … Rushed once for six yards and had two receptions for 16 yards to round out his 215-yard night; Maine (9/28): Tallied three kickoff returns for 58 yards, including a long return of 25 yards on the day; William & Mary (10/5): Registered a career-long 39-yard reception; James Madison (10/12): Matched a career high with six kickoff returns … Amassed 117 yards on his six returns with a long return of 26 yards; Delaware (11/23): Recorded a 30-yard kickoff return; Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Averaged 31.0 yards on four kickoff returns in the first round of the FCS playoffs … Tied a career best with a 65-yard return on the opening kickoff of the second half.
 
2018: Appeared in six games as a true freshman and made one start … Tallied four receptions for 52 yards with a long reception of 15 yards and an average of 13.0 yards per catch … Returned three kickoffs for 44 yards, averaging 14.7 yards per return with his longest return going for 20 yards … Credited with three rushing yards on the year … Had two tackles on special teams … Made his collegiate debut against Bucknell on September 22 and earned a start at wide receiver against James Madison on October 13; Bucknell (9/22): Was credited with three rushing yards on a lateral play in his first taste of collegiate action … Made an assisted tackle on a kickoff return in the fourth quarter … Hauled in a 27-yard reception which was called back due to a penalty for an ineligible receiver; James Madison (10/13): Made his first collegiate start and returned a kickoff for 11 yards; New Hampshire (10/27): Registered the first two receptions of his career for a total of 29 yards, including catches of 15 yard and 14 yards; Richmond (11/3): Returned a kickoff for 20 yards and recorded an assisted tackle in a 45-21 win by the Wildcats; William & Mary (11/10): Had a season-high 36 all-purpose yards … Made two receptions for a total of 23 yards (14-yard catch and nine-yard catch) and returned a kickoff 13 yards.
 
Whitehall High School: Earned first team all-state, first team all-area and first team all-conference accolades … At the time of his graduation ranked second all-time in PIAA District XI in career receiving yards and was fourth in career receptions … Surpassed 200 receptions and 3,000 receiving yards during his scholastic career.
 
Personal: Born 5/9/00 … Son of D’Jon Boykin and Melody Fejes.

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2018Freshman

    WR
    5'11" 185 lbs
    22
  • 10

    2019Sophomore

    WR
    5'10" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2020Junior

    WR
    5'10" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021Senior

    WR
    5'9" 195 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2022Graduate Student

    WR
    5'9" 195 lbs
    10