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 … scout team member … elected to enter the NCAA transfer portal following the season.
2023 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season … appeared in one game, which came on special teams in the Independence Bowl victory over Cal (12/16) … inserted on the punt return unit leading up to the bowl win … scout team member.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Parkland High School in his hometown of El Paso, Texas … among the most explosive wide receivers in the state after three varsity letters at Parkland … helped push Parkland to a 7-4 record as a senior behind 1,227 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns … garnered All-District 1-5A honors for the third-consecutive season as a member of the first team … single-handily kept Parkland in its bi-district contest against Amarillo High with three touchdowns and 200-receiving yards … 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 … also a first team All-District 1-5A selection as a junior in 2021 after totaling 848 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns … 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 … also a standout for the track and field program as a six-time district champion … closed as low as 22.38 in the 200 meters … regional finalist in both the long jump and triple jump … consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and ON3.com … top-100 recruit at No. 95 overall among prospects in the state of Texas by ON3 … listed as the No. 77 wide receiver in the country by ON3 and No. 81 by Rivals.
PERSONAL
Demarion Joseph Crest-Daniels … goes by the nickname “D.J.” … born in El Paso to parents Demetric Daniels and Marie Crest … has a younger brother, Jeremiah … a psychological sciences major at Texas Tech.
