2020 Football
Dawson Hurst
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Loomis, CA
- High School:
- Del Oro HS
Listed on preseason chart No. 2 at both field safety and boundary safety this fall at Cal Poly.
2021 -- Played in nine games with five starts -- the first four games of the season as well as the Portland State contest ... notched 20 total tackles, including 11 solo stops ... season-high five tackles in season opener at San Diego and four more versus South Dakota ... assisted on a sack in Weber State game.
2020 -- Played in all three games as a backup in the defensive secondary ... recorded two assisted tackles, both in UC Davis game.
2019 -- Redshirt.
High School -- A younger brother of former Cal Poly defensive back Mason Hurst, Dawson rushed, passed, received and made tackles under head coach Jeff Walters at Del Oro High School. ... rushed for 121 yards and one score, caught 24 passes for 380 yards and seven touchdowns, completed six of 10 passes for 124 yards and, on defense, earned 51 tackles (29 solo) with 4.0 for lost yardage and one sack ... also recovered four fumbles and intercepted one pass, that coming in the final minute to seal a 14-13 win over Saint Francis in the semifinals of the California state Division 2-AA playoffs ... Del Oro went on to lose to Grace Brethren 21-14 in the state title game, concluding a 13-2 season that also included a second-place finish (to Folsom) in the Sierra Foothill League and the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship ... Dawson earned first-team All-Metro honors as an all-purpose player from the Sacramento Bee and drew All-CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section honorable mention praise as a defensive back ... also was a unanimous pick on the All-Sierra Foothill League first team for the second straight year and earned all-state honorable mention praise ... Hurst's statistics as a junior include 306 yards on 57 rushes and two touchdowns, six catches for 33 yards and 58 tackles and three fumble recoveries ... slso recruited by UC Davis and Stetson, Hurst chose Cal Poly "because of its football program, academics and the overall environment of San Luis Obispo, the best place for me."
Personal -- Son of Ken and Michele Hurst ... two brothers, Logan and Mason ... Logan played football at Washington while Mason was on the Cal Poly football team in 2017 and 2018 ... born in Folsom, Calif. ... majoring in communication studies.
