D'Wayne Eskridge

D'Wayne Eskridge (born March 23, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the Western Michigan Broncos.

D'Wayne Eskridge
Western Michigan Broncos – No. 1
PositionWide receiver
Class
Redshirt
Senior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolBluffton
(Bluffton, Indiana)
Personal information
Born: (1997-03-23) March 23, 1997
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • MAC Special Teams Player of the Year (2020)
  • First team All-MAC (2020)

Early life and high school

Eskridge was born and initially grew up in Winona, Mississippi before his family moved to Bluffton, Indiana while in grade school. He attended Bluffton High School, where he played football and was a sprinter on the track team. He was named Indiana's Mr. Track and Field as a senior. He committed to play college football at Western Michigan over Ball State, which was the only other FBS program to offer him a scholarship.[1]

College career

Eskridge saw playing time as a reserve receiver as a freshman. Eskridge became a starter going into his sophomore season and finished the year with 30 receptions for 506 yards and three touchdowns. As a junior, he caught 38 passes for 776 yards and three touchdowns.[1] Eskridge spent the offseason at cornerback and enter his senior year as a starter on both offense and defense. He broke his collarbone four games into the season and used a medical redshirt.[2] As a redshirt senior, Eskridge returned to playing receiver while also taking on the Broncos' kickoff return duties.[3] At the end of the season he was named first team All-MAC as a receiver after leading the conference with 784 yards and eight touchdowns on 34 receptions and the MAC Special Teams Player of the Year after returning 16 kickoffs for 467 yards and one touchdown.[4] Following the end of the season Eskridge participated in the 2021 Senior Bowl.[5]

References
  1. Buckley, Nick (April 1, 2019). "Two-way D'Wayne: Western Michigan burner Eskridge playing both sides of the ball". Battle Creek Enquirer.
  2. Nothaft, Patrick (September 24, 2019). "WMU football two-way star Dee Eskridge to miss rest of 2019 with injury". MLive.com.
  3. Goricki, David (November 30, 2020). "Do-it-all D'Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan on brink of West title". The Detroit News.
  4. Nothaft, Patrick (December 15, 2020). "WMU football sends 12 to All-MAC list; Eskridge earns Special Teams Player of the Year". MLive.com.
  5. Brugler, Dane (January 26, 2021). "Senior Bowl: D'Wayne Eskridge, Shi Smith and the wide receivers excel on Day 1". The Athletic.
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