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150 lbs.
Class
Senior
Hometown
Los Angeles,
California
Last School
Utah State
Roster Years
1995-1996
Career Summary
James Dye attended both Utah State and Utah Valley State College before transferring to BYU. He ranked No. 1 nationally in punt returns with a 12.2-yard average and was the Western Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Year his junior year. Dye was named the AT&T Long Distance Player of the Year for Punt Returns as a junior and then a co-winner of the same award his senior year. A 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against UTEP earned him the award the following season, tying WAC, school and Cougar Stadium records. He received first-team All-WAC honors both his junior and senior year. Dye was also a two-time winner of the Cougar Club Crowd-Pleaser Award as well as the team Special Teams MVP.
Professional
- Signed as a free agent with the Miami Dolphins in 1997
Personal
- Born in Oakland, California
- Parents are James Dye and Anne M. Dansby
- Married Carolyn Simon
- Majored in psychology
Before BYU
- Graduated from Crenshaw High in Los Angeles and hleped the Cougars to the Pacific Conference title and LA City Championship
- Lettered twice at Utah State
- Named to the All-Big West Second Team as a kickoff return specialist in 1993
- Led the Big West in punt returns and finished eighth nationally with a 12.2-yard average
- Attended Utah Valley State College in 1994, which does not have a football program
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
Sophmore Year
Junior Year
1995
- No. 1 in NCAA punt returns at 21.9
- AT&T Long Distance Player of the Year for Punt Returns, WAC Special Teams Player of the Year, First team All-Western Athletic Conference, Special Teams and WAC Player of the Week vs. SDSU and Wyoming
- Selected as team special teams player of the year
- Had an 84-yard TD punt return vs. SDSU and was named AT&T Long Distance Player of the Week
- Had 46-yard punt return at CSU
- 90-yard TD punt return vs. Wyoming for Cougar Stadium record and was named AT&T Long Distance Award Winner
- 39-yard kickoff return vs. Wyoming
- 75-yard punt return vs. Tulsa
- Started at cornerback at New Mexico in place of injured Dermmell Reed where he had six unassisted tackles and recovered a fumble
Senior Year
1996
- Selected All-WAC by the coaches
- Repeat winner of Cougar Club Crowd-Pleaser Award
- Special teams MVP as selected by the BYU coaches
- Scored a TD vs. Texas A&M as a wide receiver
- Had a leg contusion vs. Arkansas State, Utah State and UTEP
- Coaches' special teams player of the game vs. Arkansas Sate
- 38-yard punt return vs. Washington
- 23-yard punt return vs. New Mexico
- 34-yard punt return and a 25-yard rush vs. SMU
- 79-yard punt return TD at Utah State and was selected as Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division special teams player of the week
- Had a 28-yard catch vs. UNLV
- 38-yard TD catch at Tulsa
- Had a 28-yard kickoff return at TCU
- Had a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD vs. UTEP to tie WAC, school and Cougar Stadium records
- Was selected as co-winner of the AT&T Long Distance Award for that kickoff return
- Had a 67-yard punt return for TD vs. Rice and was chosen WAC Special Teams player of the week & coaches' co-special teams player of the game
- Injured MCL at Hawai'i
- Caught a 32-yard pass against Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl
- Tied school record for most TDs on punt returns in a career, set by Golden Richards
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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