Dion Earls
14 Dion Earls
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Weight:
    168
  • Year:
    RFr.
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • High School:
    Simeon
  • Position:
    SL

Bio

FSU: Redshirted during the 2015 season ... Member of FSU squad that won a second-straight GLIAC Championship and reached the NCAA Division II Playoffs ... High School: Standout football and baseball player at Chicago Simeon … Coached by Dante Culbreath … Talented Division I baseball prospect … Dangerous return man on special teams … Four-year varsity player … Two-year starter … Claimed All-State laurels … Was also an all-conference, all-region and all-county choice … Led team to third place state finish … Squad also won a conference, sectional and regional crown in 2014 … Guided his team to four-straight conference titles and three sectional championships … Tallied 1,432 rushing yards, 700 receiving yards and 634 return yards as a senior … Scored 30 TD's in his final season … Also ran for nearly 1,000 yards as a junior in 2013 … Earned Chicago Sun-Times Athlete of the Week laurels … Played travel baseball for the White Sox Amateur City Elite organization … Team was ranked among the state's top 25 teams in the CSN Power Rankings last fall … Guided team to a state playoff berth … All-Chicago honoree … Claimed Illinois Football Coaches Association Class 8A All-State kudos.