Cameron Dickey
| No. 8 – Texas Tech Red Raiders | |
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| Position | Running back |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Crockett (Austin, Texas) |
| College |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Cameron Dickey is an American college football running back for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Early life
Dickey attended Crockett High School in Austin, Texas, where he played quarterback.[1] As a senior, he was the District 12-5A MVP after totaling 3,455 yards of total offense (1,595 passing, 1,860 rushing) with 50 touchdowns.[2] For his career, he had 2,963 passing yards with 33 touchdowns and 4,065 rushing yards with 61 touchdowns. He also had 247 tackles and seven interceptions with three returned for a touchdown on defense in his career. Dickey committed to Texas Tech University to play college football.[3]
College career
Dickey played in 12 games his true freshman year at Texas Tech in 2024 as a backup to Tahj Brooks.[4] He rushed 41 times for 225 yards and a touchdown. After projected starter Quinten Joyner suffered a season-ending injury before the season, Dickey took over as the starter to start the year.[5] Against the Kansas Jayhawks he had 263 on 21 carries with two touchdowns.[6][7]
College statistics
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | ||||||||||||||
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| Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Kick Returns | ||||||||||
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 41 | 225 | 5.5 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 198 | 1,095 | 5.5 | 14 | 24 | 216 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Career | 25 | 13 | 239 | 1,320 | 5.5 | 15 | 33 | 263 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 |
References
- ^ Crockett's Cameron Dickey can do it all
- ^ Two Austin-area quarterbacks find themselves both signing with Texas Tech, but that's OK
- ^ Will Texas Tech football's Cameron Dickey redshirt in '24? Joey McGuire weighs in
- ^ Texas Tech football's Cameron Dickey seizing opportunity as Red Raiders' No. 2 back
- ^ How Texas Tech plans to move forward after RB Quinten Joyner’s season-ending injury
- ^ Cameron Dickey has career night in Texas Tech football win over Kansas
- ^ Dickey runs for 263 yards as No. 9 Texas Tech overcomes Morton's injury to beat Kansas