2024 Football Roster
Kyron Downing
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Vinita, Okla.
- High School:
- Vinita
2024: Participated in nine games and made three starts before sustaining a season-ending knee injury...Caught 18 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns...Averaged 9.6 yards per catch...Scored his first career touchdown on a 12-yard reception at Southern Illinois (9/21)...Had a season-high five catches for 68 yards at Charleston Southern (10/19)...Hauled in a season-long 24-yard reception in that game...Finished with three receptions vs. North Alabama (8/24) and at New Mexico State (8/31).
2023: Played in nine games and logged one start...Caught two passes for 15 yards...Had first career reception for eight yards at Nicholls (10/28)...Other catch went for seven yards in his first career start at Bryant (11/18)...Returned two kickoffs for 37 yards in the season-opener at Kansas State (9/2).
2022: Redshirted…Played in two games at Northwestern State (10/22) and vs. Murray State (11/19).
Prep: Attended Vinita High School, where he was one of the elite playmakers in Oklahoma high school football...Has excellent speed...Played running back and finished his prep career at wide receiver...Had over 1,600 rushing yards and nearly 30 touchdowns in 2018...Track star who ran 11.1 in the 100 and 49.7 in the 400-meter dash...AAU Track All-American...Also played basketball.
Personal: Born May 31, 2003...Majoring in Sport Management...Son of Cicley Downing.
