2022
2022 MVFC All-Academic Second Team … 2022 CSC Football Academic All-District Team … Finished 79th in the NCAA FCS and seventh in the MVFC in combined kick return yards (328) … Finished 184th in the NCAA FCS and 22nd in the MVFC in yards per reception (12.65) … Was second on the team with 291 receiving yards and two touchdowns and third on the team with 23 receptions … Finished the season with two carries for negative-3 yards … Posted seven punt returns for 54 yards, averaging 7.7 yards per return … Led the team with 13 kickoff returns for 274 yards (21.1 average) … Season-high six catches for 71 yards at Northern Iowa … Three catches for a season-high 83 yards and two touchdowns at Youngstown State … Season-best 53-yard reception for a touchdown at Youngstown State … Five games with three or more catches in 2022 … Season-best 78 kick return yards at Youngstown State … Season-best 24 punt return yards at Purdue … Posted two tackles … Had a two-point conversion at Western Illinois.

2021

Redshirted in the 2021 season due to injury

2019
A Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team selection as a return specialist … Earned MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award as well as MVFC Academic Honor Roll accolades … Saw action in nine games, including three starts … Led the MVFC in kick returns with a 25.5 average … Recorded returns of more than 25 yards in four games for the Sycamores … Had a long return of 67 yards in a win over Youngstown State … Ranked 20th nationally in return yard average … Third on the team with 662 all-purpose yards … Recorded 408 return yards to go with 221 receiving yards on 21 catches, including a pair of receiving touchdowns … Recorded a season high two receiving touchdowns in a win over Western Illinois (10/12).

2018
Earned First Team Freshman All-American honors as a return specialist from HERO Sports ... Saw action in all 11 games his first year on campus making his biggest mark on special teams ... Returned 32 kicks for 692 yards on the year for a 21.6 yard per return average ... Longest kick return of the season was a 49-yard scamper in a win over regional rival Eastern Illinois where he also set a season high with 178 yards on returns ... Picked up the first punt return touchdown for the Sycamores since 2015 when he went 71-yards to the house on his very first touch in a Sycamore uniform to open the season against Quincy ... Finished the year ranked 10th in the nation in combined kick returns with 763 yards ... Finished the season with 19 catches for 227 yards and a pair of touchdowns ... Caught touchdowns in consecutive games in weeks 10 and 11 against South Dakota and Illinois State as the Sycamores were in the midst of a five-game winning streak to close out the year.

Prior to Indiana State
A four-year letterwinner at Sullivan HS under head coach Blaine Powell ... Played defensive back and wide receiver ... Helped his team to a pair of WIC Championships ... Two-time All State at wide receiver and defensive back ... Named Prime Time 25 in Indiana ... Also lettered in track and was a three-time regional qualifier.

Dakota Caton