University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2022:

• All-Mountain West honorable mention
• Served as a team captain.
• Started all 13 games at running back.
• One of four offensive players to start every game.
• Team’s leading rusher with 830 yards on 187 carries, while averaging 4.4 yards per carry. 
• Scored a team-leading 12 total touchdowns (11 rushing, 1 receiving).
• Also led the team with 994 all-purpose yards (830 rushing, 171 receiving).
• Scored a touchdown in eight of 13 games with three multi-TD games.
• Tallied three 100-yard rushing games, including a season-high 136 yards on 24 carries. and three touchdowns against Nevada.
• Teams third-leading receiver with 30 receptions.
• Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2021:

• Played in all 13 games with three starts.
• Lined up at running back as well as a kick and punt returner.
• Team’s second-leading rusher with 618 yards on a team-high 118 carries.
• Tied for the team lead with eight rushing touchdowns, while averaging 5.2 yards per carry. 
• Also posted 28 receptions for 279 yards and another score. 
• Second on the team in all-purpose yards (941) and third in scoring (54).
• Rushed 25 times for 161 yards and three TDs against New Mexico State (Oct. 23) along with a team-high six receptions for 54 yards for a total of 215 all-purpose yards.

Prior To UH:

• Played two seasons for Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he was the team’s leading rusher in back-to-back seasons.
• In 20 career games, accumulated 1,553 rushing yards, 409 receiving yards and 12 total touchdowns.
• Also was a return specialist as a sophomore averaging 17.2 yards on kickoffs and 20.5 yards on four punt returns.
• In 2019, earned second-team all-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference honors after finishing with 847 rushing yards and five touchdowns as well as 182 receiving yards on 21 catches.
• As a freshman in 2018 was named MEAC Rookie of the Year and to the all-conference first team.
• Tallied 706 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground and caught 14 passes for 226 yards and another score.
• Career-high 170 rushing yards against Morgan State in 2019.
• Redshirted in 2017.

Prep:

• A 2017 graduate of Imhotep Charter High School in Philadelphia, Pa.
• A two-sport athlete in football and baseball. 
• A two-time all-Public League selection.
• Helped Imhotep to a pair of Public League championships. 
• Earned all-academic honors as a senior. 

Personal

• Born in Philadelphia, Pa.
• Nickname is “DP.”
• Earned a degree in sports medicine and human performance from Howard.
• Pursuing a master's in kinesiology and rehab science at UH.
• Has two brothers and a sister.
• Mother is Lauronda Fletcher of Philadelphia, Pa.