Dax RaymondSouth Team

SUMMARY: A dynamic and athletic tight end who runs great routes and has great hands... Is a tenacious blocker who plays with an edge... Possesses good size, speed and athletic ability and is a one-on-one mismatch for most defenders.

JUNIOR (2018): Earned third-team all-Mountain West honors from Phil Steele’s Magazine and honorable mention all-MW honors from the league’s coaches after starting 10 games and playing in 11 at tight end and catching 27 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns... Ranked third among all Mountain West tight ends in receptions and fourth in receiving yards despite missing almost four games due to injury... Of his 27 receptions, 19 resulted in a first down, with nine of those receptions being on third down... Finished the season catching at least one pass in 10 of the 11 games he played in, including multiple receptions in seven contests... Had a career-best 76 receiving yards on a career-high seven receptions in the season opener at No. 11 Michigan State (8/31)... Had four receptions for 68 yards, including a 30- yard touchdown catch against Air Force (9/22)... Added four receptions for 60 yards against San José State (11/10) and three catches for 57 yards against Tennessee Tech (9/13)... Added a 19-yard touchdown reception against New Mexico (10/27)... Had four receptions of at least 20 yards during the year

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2017): Earned third-team all-Mountain West honors from Phil Steele’s Magazine and honorable mention all-MW honors from the league’s coaches after starting 12 games at tight end and catching 41 passes for 456 yards and one touchdown... Ranked second among all Mountain West tight ends and second on the team in both receptions and receiving yards... Of his 41 receptions, 28 resulted in a first down, with seven of those receptions being on third down... Finished the season catching at least one pass in all 12 games he played in, including multiple receptions in 10 contests... Had a streak of five or more receptions in four-straight games, and led the Aggies in receptions five times during the year, including a career-high six catches against Colorado State (10/7)... Had a career-best 72 receiving yards on five receptions against Wyoming (10/14)... Also had five receptions for 42 yards against New Mexico State (12/29) in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl... Added five receptions against UNLV (10/21) and Boise State (10/28) for 41 and 30 yards, respectively... First career touchdown was against BYU (9/29) on a career-long 32-yard reception... Ranked second on the team with five receptions of at least 20 yards… Missed the season-opener at No. 9 Wisconsin (9/1)... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.  

REDSHIRT (2016): Redshirted during the season.  

FRESHMAN (2015): Played in nine games and finished the season with four receptions for 72 yards (18.0 ypc)... Had a season-long 22-yard reception against Colorado State (10/3) and tied that with a 22-yard reception against Akron (12/22) in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl... Also had a 19-yard reception at Washington (9/19) and a nine-yard catch at Utah (9/11)... Had one tackle against Nevada (11/21).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-team all-state honors and was a Utah Valley Elite 11 player as a prep senior in 2012 at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, as he caught 74 passes for 1,458 yards (104.1 ypg) with 23 touchdowns in helping lead the Thunderbirds to the 4A state championship... Had eight 100-yard receiving games during his senior season... Was a team captain... His 23 touchdown receptions tied the single-season record in the state of Utah... Set single-season school records for receiving yards (1,458) and touchdowns (23)... Had 19 receptions for 179 yards with one touchdown as a junior... Was also a member of Timpview’s basketball team, earning third-team all-state honors… Averaged 12.7 points, 6.1 rebounds,1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game as a senior… Earned all-region honors as a junior after averaging 8.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.  

PERSONAL: One of four children of Ronn and Alecia Raymond... His dad was a member of the BYU track and field team competing in the high jump, long jump, triple jump and relay teams... His brother, Ky, played basketball at Southern Virginia... Served a two-year LDS Church Mission in Russia... Majoring in sociology.