Troy University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
DK Billingsley
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 214
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Scottsboro, Ala.
- High School:
- Scottsboro HS
2021 (Junior): Carried the ball nine times for 30 yards on the season … Played in 11 games with 65 special teams snaps, 53 of which came on punt return … All his rushes came in the season finale at Georgia State, also caught a pass for 11 yards in the game
2020 (Junior): Rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries … Caught three passes for 23 yards … Played in nine games … Key contributor on special teams with 50 snaps in five games worth of action
2019 (Sophomore): Took over as Troy’s primary starting running back in the middle of week two after a season-ending injury to Preseason Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year B.J. Smith … Rushed for 899 yards on 154 carries with 10 touchdowns … Ranked sixth in the league with four 100-yard games on the season – Akron (100 yards), Arkansas State (103 yards), South Alabama (100 yards) and Georgia Southern (163 yards) … Averaged 6.13 yards per carry in his four games with 100-plus yards … Averaged 77.4 yards over the final 10 games of the season as the starter … Also caught 25 passes for 211 yards … Finished third on the team averaging 92.7 all-purpose yards per game … Found the end zone twice and rushed for 163 yards on just 14 carries in Troy’s victory over Georgia Southern … Ranked third in the Sun Belt (min. 150 carries) averaging 5.84 yards per carry – ranked 23rd nationally in the same category … Played 545 total snaps on the season; the third most on the team by a non-offensive lineman and quarterback Kaleb Barker
2018 (RS-Freshman): Rushed for 148 yards on 35 carries over seven games of action as a reserve running back … Also caught a pair of passes for four yards … Rushed for a season-high 64 yards on just 10 carries against Florida A&M … Provided some key carries to spell an injured B.J. Smith at Georgia Southern; rushed 10 times for 32 yards, including a 13-yard pick up … Picked up 26 yards on just seven carries against Texas State
2017 (Freshman): Redshirted … Member of the scout team
High School: Helped lead Scottsboro High School to a 12-1 record and a trip to the Alabama 5A quarterfinals his senior season … Three-time selection to the Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State Team – first team selection as a senior, honorable mention as a junior and second team as a sophomore … Named the AL.com All-Huntsville Region Offensive MVP and the Alabama 5A Region 7 Player of the Year after he set a school record with 2,109 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns on 240 carries his senior year … Also caught 22 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown … Defensively, recorded 110 tackles and broke up six passes from his linebacker position … Named a finalist for the Alabama 5A Back of the Year … Rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in the quarterfinal game … Set the Scottsboro High School single-game rushing record as a sophomore with 333 yards against North Jackson; he did so on 29 carries (11.5 ypc) and found the end zone five times … Reached the 1,000-yard mark just six games into the season; finished the season with 1,778 yards and eight touchdowns … Rushed for 1,062 yards and six touchdowns while averaging 6.2 yards per carry his junior season … Rated as one of the top 100 players in the state of Alabama by 247Sports
Personal: Full name is Dekarlos Jermaine Billingsley … Son of Bertha Billingsley … Born Sept. 25, 1997 … Has two brothers, Maji and Trevian ... Earned his bachelor’s degree in social science in fall 2021; on-track to finish master’s degree in leadership in fall of 2022
