James Dye Season 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

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