Texas Tech University Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Roster
D.J. Crest
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- High School:
- Parkland
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Did not see any game action during second season on campus โฆ scout team member โฆ elected to enter the NCAA transfer portal following the season.
2023 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season โฆ appeared in one game, which came on special teams in the Independence Bowl victory over Cal (12/16) โฆ inserted on the punt return unit leading up to the bowl win โฆ scout team member.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Parkland High School in his hometown of El Paso, Texas โฆ among the most explosive wide receivers in the state after three varsity letters at Parkland โฆ helped push Parkland to a 7-4 record as a senior behind 1,227 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns โฆ garnered All-District 1-5A honors for the third-consecutive season as a member of the first team โฆ single-handily kept Parkland in its bi-district contest against Amarillo High with three touchdowns and 200-receiving yards โฆ showed his explosiveness with a 24-yard touchdown haul, 38-yard strike for another score and then a late 72-yarder that wrapped his high school career โฆ also a first team All-District 1-5A selection as a junior in 2021 after totaling 848 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns โฆ tabbed the District 1-5A Offensive Newcomer of the Year as only a sophomore in 2020 thanks to 20 receptions for 379 yards and five touchdowns โฆ also a standout for the track and field program as a six-time district champion โฆ closed as low as 22.38 in the 200 meters โฆ regional finalist in both the long jump and triple jump โฆ consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and ON3.com โฆ top-100 recruit at No. 95 overall among prospects in the state of Texas by ON3 โฆ listed as the No. 77 wide receiver in the country by ON3 and No. 81 by Rivals.
PERSONAL
Demarion Joseph Crest-Daniels โฆ goes by the nickname โD.J.โ โฆ born in El Paso to parents Demetric Daniels and Marie Crest โฆ has a younger brother, Jeremiah โฆย a psychological sciences major at Texas Tech.
