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Jersey Number 12
Dwight Bootle II
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 171
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Miami Palmetto HS
- Prev School:
- Charlotte
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Awards & Honors
- 2024: Academic All-Big Ten
- 2024: Nebraska Fall Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
- 2023: Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
- 2022: Nebraska Spring Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
Charlotte 2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Played in all 12 games with six starts
- Finished the year ninth on the team with 38 total tackles (21 solo)
- Also tallied 0.5 tackle for loss, one pass breakup, and one fumble recovery
- Logged a blocked kick at Army (10/11)
- Recorded a season-high seven tackles on Oct. 3 at South Florida
- Earned 435 defensive snaps and added 98 special teams snaps
Nebraska 2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in three games and did not record a stat
- Tallied 28 total snaps (19 defensive, 9 special teams)
Nebraska 2023 (Freshman)
- Saw time in three games as a true freshman
- Tallied two total tackles
- Made collegiate debut on Aug. 31 at Minnesota
- Suffered a season-ending injury in his third game vs. Northern Illinois
- Redshirted
High School
- Prepped at Palmetto High School and Killian High School, both in Miami
- As a senior at Palmetto HS, tallied 32 tackles; across junior and senior seasons, totaled 67 tackles, 22 pass breakups, and one interception
- Helped lead Palmetto HS to the Florida state semifinals as a sophomore
- Consensus three-star prospect and ranked among the top 90 cornerbacks in the country by Rivals
Personal
- Son of Dwight and Caliope Bootle
- Older brother, Dicaprio Bootle, was a cornerback at Nebraska from 2017–20; also logged time with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021 and 2022
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