Dayton Wade

Position:
WR
Collegiate Letters Earned:
5
Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
2
Ht./Wt.:
5-9 / 175
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
Lovejoy
Prev. College:
Western Kentucky
Major:
Multi-Interdisciplinary Studies

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2023 All-SEC Honorable Mention (College Football Network)

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

• Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2022)

2023 (SENIOR*): Started all 13 games in 2023 at wide receiver ... Had career-best year in with a team-high 55 catches for 830 yards and four touchdowns … Tallied three 100-yard receiving games for the Rebels … Earned honorable mention All-SEC honors according to College Football Network … vs. Mercer (9/2/23): Started at wide receiver, made one catch for 23 yards ... at #22 Tulane (9/9/23): Started at wideout, led team with seven catches for a career-high 106 yards, including a crucial acrobatic fourth-quarter grab of 43 yards ... Also notched one tackle ... vs. Georgia Tech (9/16/23): Started at wideout, hauling in three catches for 86 yards ... Also ran twice for 15 yards ... at #12 Alabama (9/23/23): Started at wideout, grabbed five catches for a team-leading 88 yards ... Also hauled in two catches of over 30 yards, including a 40-yarder ... vs. #12 LSU (9/30/23): Started and caught seven passes for 64 yards and a TD ... vs. Arkansas (10/7/23): Started at wideout, hauling in four catches for 23 yards and a touchdown alongside one rush for five yards ... at Auburn (10/21/23): Started at wideout and caught one pass for 12 yards ... Returned first punt of the season for 13 yards ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/28/23): Started and hauled in a career-high eight catches for 120 yards and a touchdown, helped by a career-long 48-yard circus catch ... vs. Texas A&M (11/4/23): Started at wideout, caught four passes for 80 yards ... at #1 Georgia (11/11/23): Caught three passes for 45 yards, including a 23-yard one-handed catch that rated No. 1 on the SC Top-10 ... vs. ULM (11/18/23): Led Ole Miss with 108 yards receiving on seven catches, including a 58-yard TD ... at Mississippi State (11/23/23): Started at wideout, caught two passes for 14 yards ... vs. #10 Penn State (12/30/23): Caught three passes for 61 yards in Ole Miss’ Peach Bowl victory.

2022 (JUNIOR): Appeared in all 13 games with five starts at wide receiver … Hauled in 27 catches on the season for 309 yards and three touchdowns … vs. Troy (9/3/22): Completed his Rebel debut by hauling in three catches for a total of 14 yards, along with taking the lone Ole Miss kickoff return of the day back for 13 yards ... vs. Central Arkansas (9/10/22): Grabbed two catches for 54 yards on the Rebel offense … Also ran his lone kickoff return of the game back for a total of 30 yards ... at Georgia Tech (9/17/22): Appeared at wide receiver for the Rebels, but did not record any stats … Also brought out the lone Rebel kickoff return to start the game for a 23-yard runback ... vs. Tulsa (9/24/22): Checked in a wide receiver for the Rebels … Also returned the team’s lone kickoff return for 21 yards ... vs. #7 Kentucky (10/1/22): Served as the primary kick returner for the Rebels, taking his two returns for 51 yards with a long of 28 ... at Vanderbilt (10/8/22): Returned three kickoffs for a total of 75 yards, including a long of 38 … Also checked in at wide receiver ... vs. Auburn (10/15/22): Made his first career start for the Rebels, logging two catches for a team-high 44 yards and a touchdown along with having four carries for 63 yards rushing ... at LSU (10/22/22): Finished with one rush for two yards after checking in at receiver … Saw one kickoff return for 15 yards ... at Texas A&M (10/29/22): Made a team-high five receptions as the team’s starting wideout, accumulating 20 receiving yards and a touchdown … Ran for an additional 12 yards on a pair of carries ... vs. #9 Alabama (11/12/22): Made his third career start for the Rebels, tallying two receptions for 16 yards ... Also had a pass attempt ... at Arkansas (11/19/22): Made two receptions for zero yards, while also seeing one rushing attempt for a loss of two after getting his fourth start of the year at wide receiver ... vs. Mississippi State (11/24/22): Led the Rebels in receptions (8) and receiving yards (88) against the Bulldogs, including nabbing a 23-yard touchdown catch from Jaxson Dart … vs. Texas Tech (12/28/22): Came off the bench to haul in three catches for 73 yards … Non-scholarship transfer who arrived on campus prior to the start of spring drills.

WESTERN KENTUCKY: Contested in a total of nine games over two seasons for the Hilltoppers ... Played in the first three games of the 2021 season for Western Kentucky before facing injury ... During the 2020 season, recorded 21 receptions for 180 yards, with 19 of those catches and 170 yards coming in a three-game span ... Added nine kickoff returns for 147 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports ... Led Georgia’s 6A division with 1,113 receiving yards during his senior season ... Named the Region 4 Offensive Player of the Year by the Atlanta Journal Constitution ... Racked up 510 receiving yards as a junior ... Coached by Edgar Carson.

PERSONAL: Son of Crystall Wade ... Full name is Dayton Xzavier Wade ... Born Sept. 8, 2000 ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2022 ... Multi-interdisciplinary studies major.