The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
D'Shawn Jamison
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lamar
- Major:
- Physical Culture and Sport
A five-year defensive back who is utilized his additional year of eligibility ... played in 60 career games with 40 starts ... ranks fourth all-time in UT history in career kick returns (54) and kick return yards (1,435) … a 2022 preseason watch list candidate for the Paul Hornung Award ... named preseason second-team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele in 2022 at defensive back and punt returner ... a 2022 first-team specialist and second-team defense All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Athlon Sports ... a three-time member of the Paul Hornung Award preseason watch list (2020-22) ... chosen to the 2021 All-Big 12 Preseason Team ... a 2021 second-team All-Big 12 Preseason Team selection on defense and special teams by Athlon Sports ... a third-team All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Phil Steele in 2021 ... named to the 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list … earned honorable mention as a returner and as the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2020 ... chosen to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team and was a first-team All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Phil Steele in 2020 ... has been named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week three times ... a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2020, fall 2021) ... recruited as a defensive back, but changed to wide receiver for the 2018 season before converting back to the secondary in 2019 ... was an All-American and two-time all-district honoree in high school.
SUPER SENIOR (2022)
Played in 12 games with nine starts … totaled 25 tackles (21 solo), two tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions with one returned for a touchdown, seven pass deflections and one blocked punt ... recorded two solo tackles, one interception for a touchdown and one blocked punt, and returned two punts for 10 yards against ULM … his pick-six went for 69 yards, the 14th-longest interception return for a score in program history … marked his fourth career non-offensive touchdown (2 KR, 1 PR, 1 INT return), tied for second-most in Texas history … his blocked punt was the first of his career and resulted in the Longhorns’ first touchdown of the season … made one solo tackle and had a pass breakup against Alabama … recorded two solo tackles and two pass breakups versus UTSA … had six tackles (five solo), one tackle for loss and one sack at Texas Tech … registered two solo tackles and two pass breakups versus West Virginia … tallied three tackles (one solo), one sack and one interception in a shutout victory of Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown … had solo tackles at Kansas State and Kansas ... registered three tackles (two solo) in the Alamo Bowl against Washington.
SENIOR (2021)
Played in and started in all 12 games … also served as the primary kick and punt returner … registered 48 tackles (34 solo), one fumble recovery, one interception one quarterback hurry and broke up one pass… returned 19 kicks for 424 yards and 12 punts for 105 yards … opened the season with three tackle (two solo) performances against Louisiana and at Arkansas … tallied five tackles (three solo) versus Rice … had a 43-yard punt return against Texas Tech … collected three tackles (two solo) and had a 15-yard fumble return at TCU … registered seven tackles (five solo) and broke up a pass in the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma … recorded five solo tackles and intercepted a pass against Oklahoma State … also returned three kicks for 71 yards versus the Sooners … made three tackles (two solo) at Baylor … notched consecutive five tackle (four solo) performances at Iowa State and against Kansas … returned three kicks for 53 yards at Iowa State … equaled his season high with seven tackles (three solo) at West Virginia … had a pair of solo tackles against Kansas State.
JUNIOR (2020)
Earned All-Big 12 honorable mention as a kick/punt returner and as Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year ... played in all 10 games and started nine times ... started every game except the AT&T Red River Showdown ... also served as the Longhorns’ primary punt and kick returner ... logged 31 tackles (25 solo), 0.5 tackles for loss and broke up six passes ... returned 17 kicks for 564 yards and one touchdown ... set a UT single season record with a 31.7 yards-per-return average on kickoff ... his 564 kickoff return yards rank as the third-most in a season in school history ... was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week on two occasions (at Oklahoma State, at Kansas State) ... logged five tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in the season opener versus UTEP ... posted two tackles and broke up two passes at the Cotton Bowl against Oklahoma ... logged two tackles and one pass breakup against both Baylor and at No. 6 Oklahoma State ... scored a 100-yard kickoff return that helped spark UT’s comeback win from an 11-point deficit ... was the fifth 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by a Longhorn all-time, and the first since D.J. Monroe at Oklahoma State in 2012 ... was his third career kick return for a touchdown (2 kickoff/1 punt), bringing him into a tie for the second-most in school history ...recorded seven tackles, including five solo stops, in a home win over West Virginia ... tallied six tackles, including five solo stops, versus No. 13 Iowa State ... returned four kickoffs for 94 yards ... made four solo tackles and broke up one pass in the regular season finale at Kansas State ... also returned three kickoffs for 150 yards (50.0 avg), highlighted by a 98-yard return to the K-State 1-yard line ... his 50.0 yards per return set the UT single-game record for kickoff return average (min. 3 returns) ... posted two solo tackles in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus Colorado ... also returned two kickoffs for 52 yards ... ends his third collegiate season with 1,011 career kickoff return yards, the fifth-most in school history.
SOPHOMORE (2019)
Played in all 13 games and started nine times ... made 35 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions, three pass breakups, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble ... made two tackles, including 1.5 for a loss, against Oklahoma State in his first start of the season ... intercepted two passes and made four tackles at West Virginia ... one of his interceptions, a one-handed catch, was the No. 1 play on SportsCenter’s ‘Top 10 plays’ that night (Oct. 5) ... logged four tackles and recovered a fumble in the 2019 AT&T Red River Showdown versus No. 6 Oklahoma ... posted a season-high five tackles at TCU ... broke up one pass against the Wildcats ... tallied a career-high nine total tackles (eight solos), one interception and one quarterback hurry ... registered three tackles (two solo) and forced one fumble against the Bears ... finished with three solo tackles, one tackle for loss and two pass breakups.
FRESHMAN (2018)
Played in 13 games and made one start (Oklahoma State) ... had four catches and four rushes ... had nine punt returns for 118 yards and a touchdown ... had three kick returns for 73 yards in his career debut at Maryland ... had two kick returns for 15 yards in a 28-21 victory against Tulsa ... had one kick return for 24 yards and a catch for a loss of a yard in the victory over USC ... had two kickoff returns for 34 yards in a win over No. 17 TCU ... returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown in the win over Kansas State to earn Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... it was the fourth-longest punt return for a touchdown in school history ... he became just the third true freshman in school history, and first since 2002, with a punt return for a touchdown ... had one punt return for a loss of one yard in the victory over No. 7 Oklahoma ... had three punt returns for a loss of five yards in the 23-17 win over Baylor ... made his first career start in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State ... had one punt return for four yards and one kickoff return for 13 yards ... had one punt return for 29 yards in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia ... played in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech ... had one punt return for seven yards in the win over Iowa State ... had two rushes for 14 yards and one reception for three yards in the 24-17 road win over Kansas ... played on special teams in the Horns 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Tom Nolen at Lamar ... a December signee who was an All-America and two-time all-district honoree ... selected to play in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game ... participated in Nike’s The Opening ... ranked No. 95 nationally (No. 13 CB) and No. 13 player in Texas by ESPN ... ranked No. 103 nationally (No. 11 CB) and No. 9 in the state of Texas by 247Sports ... rated No. 205 nationally (No. 22 CB) and No. 19 in the state of Texas by Rivals ... listed No. 12 on the Austin American-Statesman Fab 55 ... ranked No. 12 on the Houston Chronicle’s Top 100 ... named honorable mention All-State by the Associated Press in 2017 ... named first team All-State as a kick returner and honorable mention All-State at defensive back by the TWSA in 2017 ... chosen first-team All-District 18-6A ... named first team All-Greater Houston by the Houston Chronicle ... named second-team “Tops in Texas,” and chosen to the 2017 Super Team by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ... named to the Touchdown Club of Houston’s 2017 Preseason Team ... helped Lamar to a 9-2 record overall and a 6-0 record in District 18-6A ... posted 30 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss as a senior ... totaled five interceptions and eight pass breakups to go along with a forced fumble during his last two seasons ... registered seven touchdowns as a senior; four kick returns and one each of interception return, rushing and punt return ... part of a defense that registered three shutouts and allowed seven points or less five times throughout the season ... chosen second-team All-District 18-6A as a junior ... helped Lamar to an 11-2 record overall and 6-0 in District 18-6A ... lost to Atascocita in the Regional playoffs ... part of a defense that allowed seven or fewer points six times, with two shutouts ... named honorable mention All-District 20-6A as a sophomore ... helped Lamar to an 11-2 record as a sophomore ... finished 7-0 in District 20-6A ... part of a defense that allowed just 9.8 points per game with three shutouts ... also ran track.
PERSONAL
Son of Michael and Shantrelle Jamison ... was born in New Orleans ... is interested in broadcasting and photography.
