2021 Football Roster
Roster
Dalton Witherspoon
- Position:
- K
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Moore, Okla.
- High School:
- Moore HS
- Prev School:
- Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
• American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 26, 2020)
• American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 9, 2019)
• 2019 Athlon Sports Preseason American Athletic Conference Third Team
2021: Appeared in all 14 games as the team’s starting kicker ... made 16 field goals in 24 attempts ... went a perfect 5-for-5 from 20-29 yards out ... recorded nine kickoffs for 365 yards.
2020: Houston’s starting place kicker who appeared in seven of eight games … hit 8-of-10 field goals and all 20 extra-point attempts while contributing a team-best 44 points … made three field goals including tying the school record with a 53-yard field goal at Navy (Oct. 24) … also added a 45-yard field goal against Navy … was named American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance … hit all four field goals inside 30 yards … his 35 career field goals rank sixth in Houston history and his 132 consecutive PATs rank as the third-longest streak in the AAC … his 80.0% field goal mark ranks tied for sixth in single-season school history … his 237 career points rank fourth in kick scoring and eighth in overall scoring … drilled seven extra-points.
2019: Set Houston single-season record with 15 consecutive field goals made ... Was 20-of-24 in field goal attempts ... Converted 83.3% of his attempts, the third-best mark in school history for a single season ... kicked a 34-yard field goal and went 4-for-4 in PATs at No. 4/4 Oklahoma (Sept. 1) ... also recorded five kickoffs with 292 yards and one touchback ... named The American Special Teams Player of the Week after recording first career three field goal game, connecting on 46-, 22-, and 29-yard attempts in win vs. Prairie View A&M (Sept. 7) ... also went 4-for-4 in PATs and recorded two kickoffs for 125 yards ... went 1-for-2 in field goals with a make from 42 yards vs. Washington State in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Sept. 13) ... also converted all three PATs and had one kickoff for 56 yards... recorded a 24-yard field goal and went 4-for-4 in PATs at Tulane (Sept. 19) ... also had one kickoff for 45 yards ... hit a 26-yard field goal and went 5-for-5 in PATs in win at North Texas (Sept. 28) ... connected on a 31-yard field goal and was 2-for-2 in PATs vs. No. 25 Cincinnati (Oct. 12) ... hit a 42-yard field goal for the first points of the game and was 3-for-3 in PATs in win at UConn (Oct. 19) ... also had one kickoff late in the fourth quarter ... connected on field goals from 25, 34 and 40 yards and was 3-for-3 in PATs vs. SMU (Oct. 24) ... became first Houston kicker to make three or more field goals in a single half since 2016 with makes from 45, 37 and 41 yards at UCF (Nov. 2) ... also was 2-for-2 in PATs ... connected on field goals from 38 and 26 yards vs. Memphis (Nov. 16) ... recorded his 13th consecutive made field goal to tie Houston single-season record in win at Tulsa (Nov. 23) ... was also 3-for-3 in PATs ... posted record-setting 14th and 15th consecutive field goals, connecting from 27 and 29 yards, in season finale vs. Navy (Nov. 30) ... also had six kickoffs for 269 yards with one touchback.
2018: Took over starting placekicking duties in the second week of the season after entering the game in the second half of week one at Rice ... made Houston debut going 4-for-4 in PATs in win at Rice ... went 1-for-2 with a 35-yard field goal in win against Arizona ... went 6-for-6 in PATs ... went 7-for-7 in PATs at Texas Tech ... went 7-for-7 in PATs in win against Texas Southern ... went 2-for-2 with 40- and 33-yard field goals in win against Tulsa ... also went 5-for-5 in PATs ... went 6-for-6 in PATs in win at ECU .... went 7-for-7 in PATs in win at Navy ... went 7-for-7 in PATs in win over No. 21/20 USF ... made a 27-yard field goal and 4-for-4 in PATs at SMU ... went 7-for-7 in PATs against Temple ... also had a 30-yard kickoff ... went 2-for-2 with 29- and 27-yard field goals in win over Tulane ... also went 6-for-6 in PATs ... connected on a 44-yard field goal at Memphis ... also went 4-for-4 in PATs ... went 2-for-2 in PATs vs. Army in the Armed Forces Bowl ... also had two kickoffs for 48 yards.
At Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: Earned second team all-conference honors in 2016 after setting NEO single-season records for longest field goal (58), most field goals in a season (17) and most points by a kicker (92) ... also connected on 41-of-42 extra point attempts.
High School: Earned All-State honors from The Oklahoman and The Tulsa World as a senior ... connected on 13- of-16 field goals his senior year at Moore High School ... had six field goals of at least 40 yards including a career-long 49-yard field goal ... had 27 touchbacks on 36 kickoffs as a senior ... also played soccer for the Lions.
CAREER HIGHS
Field Goals: 3, 3x, last at Navy (10/24/20)
Long Field Goal: 53, at Navy (10/24/20)
PATs: 7, 6x, last Tulane (10/8/20)
Kickoffs: 5, at Oklahoma (9/1/19)
Kickoff Average: 62.5, Prairie View A&M (9/7/19)
