2019 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 4
Dimitri Williams
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lakeville, Minn.
- High School:
- Rosemount HS
2019 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in 11 of 16 games including one start at running back...Rushed 57 times for 320 yards and six touchdowns...Career-high eight carries and 61 yards in the season-opening win over Butler...Scored two touchdowns at Youngstown State and followed with another two-TD game against Western Illinois...Remained effective in the passing game as a second-year running back...Caught 11 passes for 155 yards and one TD...Made four receptions for 34 yards in the win over Missouri State...Had two catches for 78 yards including a 73-yard touchdown reception in the NCAA semifinal victory over Montana State.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Moved from wide receiver to running back...Took a redshirt year with the Bison while playing in the NCAA-maximum four contests...Played in conference games against South Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Illinois State plus the national championship win over Eastern Washington...Carried once for five yards...Returned two kickoffs averaging 15.5 yards per return.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 14 of 15 games including seven starts...Missed the Eastern Washington game in Week 2 with an injury...Caught seven passes for 143 yards for an average of 20.4 yards per catch...Rushed five times for 64 yards, averaging 12.8 yards per carry...Career-long 77-yard reception against South Dakota...Targeted four times and made two catches in the national championship win over James Madison...Averaged 21.6 yards on 15 kickoff returns with a long of 41 yards against Wofford in the NCAA quarterfinal game.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 14 games including three starting assignments...Made 11 catches for 86 yards...Career-high three receptions in the season-opener against Charleston Southern...Often used in the Bison rushing game...Carried 10 times for 40 yards...Returned kicks for two games late in the regular season...Averaged 22.3 yards on four kick returns including a long of 38 yards against Youngstown State...Made seven tackles on kickoff coverage.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in the season opener at Montana and appeared in 12 games including one start in the home win over Western Illinois...Made two catches for 17 yards...Rushed nine times for 59 yards including a career-long 27-yard run for his only touchdown against Missouri State...Also returned two kickoffs averaging 19.0 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter for Rosemount under coach Jeff Erdmann...Part of a 2012 Class 6A state semifinalist and the 2013 state runner-up team that went 11-2...Team won back-to-back conference and section championships in 2013 and 2014...2014 AP all-state first team all-purpose and KARE 11 all-metro first team...2013 all-state second team and all-metro first team...2013 South Suburban Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year...Saw time at running back, wide receiver, cornerback, kick returner and punt returner...Accounted for more than 3,900 rushing, receiving and return yards and 53 touchdowns in three seasons...State qualifier in track and field...Competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump.
PERSONAL: Majoring in economics with a minor in sociology...Son of Andre Mitchell...Family includes six brothers and one sister.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Moved from wide receiver to running back...Took a redshirt year with the Bison while playing in the NCAA-maximum four contests...Played in conference games against South Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Illinois State plus the national championship win over Eastern Washington...Carried once for five yards...Returned two kickoffs averaging 15.5 yards per return.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 14 of 15 games including seven starts...Missed the Eastern Washington game in Week 2 with an injury...Caught seven passes for 143 yards for an average of 20.4 yards per catch...Rushed five times for 64 yards, averaging 12.8 yards per carry...Career-long 77-yard reception against South Dakota...Targeted four times and made two catches in the national championship win over James Madison...Averaged 21.6 yards on 15 kickoff returns with a long of 41 yards against Wofford in the NCAA quarterfinal game.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 14 games including three starting assignments...Made 11 catches for 86 yards...Career-high three receptions in the season-opener against Charleston Southern...Often used in the Bison rushing game...Carried 10 times for 40 yards...Returned kicks for two games late in the regular season...Averaged 22.3 yards on four kick returns including a long of 38 yards against Youngstown State...Made seven tackles on kickoff coverage.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in the season opener at Montana and appeared in 12 games including one start in the home win over Western Illinois...Made two catches for 17 yards...Rushed nine times for 59 yards including a career-long 27-yard run for his only touchdown against Missouri State...Also returned two kickoffs averaging 19.0 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter for Rosemount under coach Jeff Erdmann...Part of a 2012 Class 6A state semifinalist and the 2013 state runner-up team that went 11-2...Team won back-to-back conference and section championships in 2013 and 2014...2014 AP all-state first team all-purpose and KARE 11 all-metro first team...2013 all-state second team and all-metro first team...2013 South Suburban Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year...Saw time at running back, wide receiver, cornerback, kick returner and punt returner...Accounted for more than 3,900 rushing, receiving and return yards and 53 touchdowns in three seasons...State qualifier in track and field...Competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump.
PERSONAL: Majoring in economics with a minor in sociology...Son of Andre Mitchell...Family includes six brothers and one sister.
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