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2025 Football Roster

49 Dawson Rye

  • Pos LB
  • Ht 6-1
  • Wt 225
  • Yr Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Hoover, Ala.
  • High School (Prev. School) Hoover (East Coast Prep)
  • Major Management

Biography

2024 Team Scout Special Teams Player of the Year

2024: Played in one game, seeing action against Drake... Named the team's Scout Special Teams Player of the Year. 

2023: Did not see game action.

2022: Did not see game action in his first season on campus... Retained four years of eligibility.

Prep: Two-year varsity letter winner... Played linebacker at East Coast Prep in 2020-21 as the team finished 8-2... Started at tight end on the varsity team as a junior... Participated in the state playoffs two years... Also pitched on the baseball team as a freshman and sophomore, winning the Metro Championship his sophomore season... Member of the varsity wrestling team all four years, placing at state in each of his final three seasons including a second-place finish as a senior... Four-year member of Finance Academy... Member of A/B honor roll.

Personal: Majoring in business... Son of David and Stephanie Rye... Has two older sisters, Ashleigh and Karlee... Hobbies include weight lifting and hiking... Had a pet aquatic frog for over 15 years.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 59

    2022-23Freshman

    DL
    6'0" 235 lbs
    59
  • 51

    2023-24Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 240 lbs
    51
  • 49

    2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    LB
    6'1" 225 lbs
    49
  • 49

    2025Redshirt Junior

    LB
    6'1" 225 lbs
    49