Western Carolina University

2025 (Senior): Started 11 of WCU's 12 seasonal games at wide receiver, missing the first offensive plays at Chattanooga (Nov. 1) after returning the opening kickoff 67 yards to set up WCU's first score against the Mocs ... Finished fifth on the team with 25 receptions going for 314 yards with a pair of touchdown catches … Made his first reception at ACC-foe Wake Forest (Sept. 6) ... Caught his WCU career-best six passes against Elon (Sept. 13) with his first TD catch on a seven-yard, second-quarter score from Isaac Lee … Earned honorable mention for NCAA FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week after returning the opening kickoff of the second half against Elon 97 yards for a touchdown … He also caught three passes for 97 receiving yards in the win over Samford (Sept. 20) ... Caught his second TD pass at The Citadel (Oct. 18) and had four receptions in the road win at VMI (Nov. 22) … Named first-team All-Southern Conference as a return specialist … Recorded 618 yards on 23 kickoff returns, the 12th-most yards in the NCAA FCS in the regular season … Averaged a SoCon-best 26.9 yards per return – 16th nationally – with one of two kickoff returns for touchdowns in the league.

Prior to Western Carolina: Started his collegiate career running track at South Carolina before transferring to Old Dominion to play football; At South Carolina: Competed in 14 meets between the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2021-22 … Recorded seven podium finishes including an indoor first-place in the 60m at the U of SC Indoor Open and outdoor firsts in the 4x100m at Weems Baskin Relays and the UofSC Open … Had a third-place finish in the 200m at the indoor South Carolina Invitational; At ODU: Played in 19 games over two seasons between 2022-24, making nine catches for 201 yards with four TDs all in 2023 … Played in six games in 2024, mostly on special teams; High School: Graduated with his high school’s record in the 100m and 200m, earning Senior Athlete of the Year … Was the runner-up in the 100m and 200m at the 2021 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 5 State Championships … Ran track and played football as a prep.

Personal: Is the son of Ellen and Steve Dutton … Has one older sibling and two younger siblings.