Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Scoreboard

Arkansas State Athletics

Arkansas State University

2025 Football Roster

9 Avante Dickerson

  • Position CB
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 181
  • Hometown Omaha, Neb.
  • Previous School Utah State / Oregon

Biography

2024 (Utah State): Appeared in nine games … Finished the season with a career-high 19 total tackles, including 11 solo stops … Had back-to-back games to start the season with 1.0 TFL for a combined seven yards … Recorded an interception against New Mexico … Finished with three pass breakups, in back-to-back-to-back games at USC, Utah, and at Temple. 

 

2023 (Utah State): Appeared in 11 games with seven starts… Finished the season with 17 tackles (10-solo, 7-assist) and six pass breakups, which were tied for the second-most on the team… Had a career-high four tackles and one pass breakup against James Madison (9/23)… Had a career-high two pass breakups against Idaho State (9/9)... Had a career-high-tying two pass breakups, to go along with two tackles, against Nevada (11/11)… Also had a pass breakup against Colorado State (10/7)… Had three tackles against Fresno State (10/13) and two stops against Idaho State (9/9).

 

2021-22 (Oregon): Spent two seasons at Oregon (2021-22) as he played in 12 games as a true freshman in 2021 and appeared in one game in 2022 as he utilized his redshirt season… As a true freshman, he played in 114 total snaps, including 56 on defense, and finished the season with five tackles, all solo… Had a season-high two stops against Colorado (10/30).

 

High School: Consensus four-star recruit and top-250 player in the country by ESPN.com (No. 49)... Ranked as the No. 2 cornerback in the nation and the top-rated player from Nebraska by ESPN.com... A four-year starter at cornerback who also played offense and returned kicks at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska… As a senior, served as team captain… A 2020 MaxPreps first-team All-American… Named the MaxPreps Nebraska State Player of the Year… A first-team all-Nebraska selection, while also claiming first-team all-conference recognition… A SI All-American candidate… Selected to play in the 2021 Polynesian Bowl… Led high school team to the 2020 NSAA Class A State Football Championship with a 12-0 record… On defense, finished season with 19 tackles, one tackle for loss, four interceptions, nine pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble… Finished with two games of five or more tackles… Had a season-high six tackles (all solo) with a tackle for loss in a 49-29 win over Lincoln East… Had an interception in four separate games… Picked off a pass in a 37-21 win over Elkhorn South HS in the state championship game… Had a pick and two pass breakups in a 49-29 win over Lincoln East in the state playoff quarterfinals… Had six games with a PBU, including three games with multiple breakups… Recovered a fumble in two games… Forced a fumble and recovered a fumble in the same game once… On offense, rushed for 303 yards on 36 carries (8.4 ypc) and scored five touchdowns… Had 34 receptions for 583 yards (17.1 ypc) with six touchdowns… Returned seven kickoffs for 250 yards (35.7 ypr) and 13 punts for 213 yards (12.0 ypr)… Scored 15 total touchdowns… Had one 100-yard rushing game, rumbling for 187 yards on 10 carries (18.7 ypc) with three touchdowns in a 52-32 win over Norfolk HS… Scored a rushing touchdown in three games… Caught at least one pass in 11 of 12 games, including 10 multiple-catch games… Had a season-high six receptions for 85 yards with two touchdowns in a 47-14 win over Kearney… Caught five passes for 65 yards in the state championship win over Elkhorn South… Had a season-best 88 yards on three catches with a score in a win over Creighton Prep… Caught a touchdown pass in five different games, including a season-high two touchdowns in the win over Kearney HS… Finished with 100-plus all-purpose yards in four games, including a pair of games with more than 200 yards… Had a season-best 252 all-purpose yards (187 rushing, 65 receiving, 31 punt returns) in the win over Norfolk… Finished with 212 all-purpose yards (31 rushing, 75 receiving, 106 kickoff returns) in the state semifinal win over Millard South HS… Scored a touchdown in eight different games, including three multi-score games… Scored five touchdowns in the Norfolk win… Scored twice, including a 97-yard kickoff return in the state semifinals win over Millard South… As a junior, helped team to a runner-up finish in the 2019 NSAA Class A State Football Playoffs with a 10-3 record… Named first-team all-Nebraska and first-team all-conference after finishing season with 21 tackles, four interceptions and 11 pass breakups… As a sophomore, helped lead Westside to the quarterfinals of the 2018 NSAA Class A State Football Playoffs with a 9-2 record… Only sophomore in the state to be named first-team All-Class A… Rushed for 794 yards on 115 carries (6.9 ypc) and scored 11 touchdowns… As a freshman, helped team to the quarterfinals of the NSAA Class A State Football Playoffs with an 8-3 record… Returned four kickoffs, three of them for touchdowns with an impressive 72.5 yard per return average… Returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in a wild 73-62 win over Bellevue West HS, one for 88 yards and the other for 94 yards.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.