University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Desmond Hutson
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Raytown, Mo.
- High School:
- Raytown HS
2024: All-MVFC Honorable Mention ... Preseason All-MVFC Honorable Mention … Appeared in all 12 games … Caught 38 passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns … Recorded a tackle against Youngstown State (Nov. 16).
2023: MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... Played in 10 games... Caught 19 passes for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns.
2022: MVFC All-Newcomer Team ... MVFC Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 30, 2022) ... Played in ten games in his first season at UNI ... Caught 16 passes for 201 yards and five touchdowns ... Recorded a career-high 39 yards against Utah Tech ... Caught two passes for touchdowns at No. 20 Southern Illinois, including the game-winning score.
2021 (AT IOWA): Played in one game at Maryland, but recorded on statistics.
2020 (AT IOWA): Did not see any game action after suffering preseason injury ... one of four redshirt freshmen named to 2020 Leadership Group.
2019 (AT IOWA): Redshirted ... saw action in two games ... saw first action of career in 38-14 win over Miami, but had no statistics as offense gained 213 net rushing yards and 465 yards total offense . . . saw action in 30-0 win over Rutgers, but had no statistics as offense gained 438 yards total offense ... one of eight true freshmen to see action in 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned second-team all-district honors as a senior . . . first-team all-conference as a junior and senior . . . honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore . . . Career – – Three-year letterman as wide receiver . . . helped prep team reach state playoffs three years . . . holds school record for career receiving yards . . . 47 receptions for 729 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior . . . 49 receptions for 793 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior . . . 23 receptions for 418 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore . . . team captain as a senior . . . three-year letterman in basketball.
PERSONAL: Son of Carthesa and Christopher Hutson Sr. ... native of Raytown, Missouri ... majoring in engineering or nursing.
