2023 Football Roster
Roster
Drake Dabney
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 248
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cypress Ranch HS
CAREER HONORS
• 2022 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
2023 (Senior)
Played in all 12 games with nine starts at tight end … Caught 33 balls for 552 yards and five TDs … 552 receiving yards marked a single-season school record for tight ends … Opened the year with six catches for 101 yards and two TDs vs. Texas State … Caught a three-yard TD vs. Long Island … Had a 35-yard grab vs. No. 12/12 Utah … Had two catches for 25 yards at UCF … Had three snags for 30 yards vs. Texas Tech … Had a pair of catches, including a 41-yarder, at Cincinnati … Had four catches for 105 yards and a TD at Kansa State … Totaled four catches for 77 yards at TCU … had two grabs for 23 yards in his finale as a Bear vs. West Virginia.
2022 (Junior)
Named Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Played in eight games with five starts at TE … Totaled 16 catches for 173 yards … Opened the year with a catch for 29 yards vs. UAlbany … Had three grabs for 16 yards at No. 21 BYU … Had a catch vs. Texas State, No. 7 Oklahoma State and Kansas … Had two grabs for 23 yards at Iowa State … Had a career-high five catches for 66 yards at West Virginia … Had two catches for 12 yards at Texas Tech before suffering a season-ending injury.
2021 (Sophomore)
Played in all 14 games in 2021, with eight starts ... Recorded 10 catches and two touchdowns on the year ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Caught one pass for 14 yards in the season opener against Texas State (09/04) ... Started but did not record a stat against Texas Southern (9/11) ... Recorded one catch for five yards at Kansas (9/18) ... Played against Iowa State (9/25), did not record a stat ... Tallied one catch for four yards at Oklahoma State (10/02) ... Played but did not record a stat vs. WVU (10/09) ... Started against BYU but did not record a stat (10/16) ... Played against Texas (10/30), did not record a stat ... Started against TCU (11/06), caught one pass for 21 yards and a touchdown ... Played against Oklahoma (11/13), did not record a stat) ... Started at Kansas State (11/20), caught two passes for 22 yards and a touchdown ... Started the regular-season finale against Texas Tech (11/27), hauled in a pair of passes for 12 yards ... caught one pass for five yards in the Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma State (12/4) ... Started in the Sugar Bowl against Ole Miss (01/01), caught one pass for eight yards.
2020 (Freshman)
Played in six games in 2020, including two starts … Totaled six receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown on the year … Saw his first action against Kansas (9/26), did not record a stat ... Played at Texas (10/24), did not have a stat ... Saw time against TCU (1031), but did not record any stats ... Had his first career receptions (3), yards (32) and touchdown at Iowa State (11/7) ... Came up with three receptions for 25 yards in the loss at Texas Tech (11/14) ... Played but did not record a stat vs. K-State (11/28) … Did not play the final two games due to injury.
High School
Played at Cy Ranch (Texas) High School for coach Sean McAuliffe … Helped team to 8-4 record in 2019 … 35 receptions for 476 yards and seven touchdowns … Two-time All-District honoree … Caught one touchdown as a junior … No. 83 player in Texas according to 247 … nation’s No. 25 tight end … ESPN’s No. 102 player in Texas … No. 14 tight end prospect … Ranked No. 71 in Texas by Rivals and its No. 26 tight end … Houston Chronicle’s No. 28 prospect in state … VYPE Hot 100’s No. 41 player … No. 32 on VYPE Super 70 list … Touchdown Club honoree … Also played baseball … Chose Baylor over Arizona, Arizona State and TCU.
Personal
Son of Dennis and Somona Dabney … has one sister, Camry … pre-business major.
