Daren Dillard

Daren Dillard

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Garland, Texas

High School:
Lakeview Centennial

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 180

Position:
Wide Receiver

Birthdate:
09/15/1988

Experience:
1L

2008: Played in 13 games ... ranked third among team leaders after catching 25 passes for 433 yards and five touchdowns ... had a season-best four receptions for 54 yards and one touchdown against Central Arkansas ... caught three passes for 81 yards and a touchdown versus Northwestern State ... netted three catches for 42 yards and a TD at McNeese State ... had two receptions for 65 yards at Montana ... caught two passes for 54 yards in his collegiate debut versus Angelo State.

2007: Sat out season as a redshirt.

High School: Threw for 2,285 yards and 15 touchdowns and rushed for 168 yards and five more scores as a senior at Garland's Lakeview Centennial High School ... ranked No. 10 in the state in Class 5A passing yards according to the Texas High School Coaches Association's statistical rankings ... completed 158-of-301 passes ... was a unanimous selection as team's most valuable player as a junior, passing for 2,118 yards and 13 TDs ... ranked No. 10 in the DFW Metroplex's area statistical rankings by the Dallas Morning News ... threw for 909 yards and seven touchdowns in six games after becoming Lakeview's starting quarterback as a sophomore ... was named District 11-5A's Sophomore of the Year by the Morning News ... two-sport athlete at Lakeview who averaged 19 points per game in basketball ... prep football coach was Don Willis while Tony Mauldin was the head coach for Dillard and the Patriot basketball team

Personal: Born Sept. 15, 1988 in Manhattan, Kan. ... son of DeVonn Schurlark ... major is exercise and sports science