Wisconsin Badgers

2024 (Redshirt junior at Hawaii) Played in 9 games in lone season at Hawaii … made career-high 16 catches for 302 yards and four touchdowns … made three catches for 49 and hauled in his first collegiate touchdown versus Delaware State in the 2024 opener (Aug. 25) … made three catches for a career-high 83 yards against Northern Iowa (Sept. 22) … grabbed a 74-yard touchdown versus UNLV (Nov. 9) … caught three passes for 60 yards and a score against Utah State (Nov. 16) … scored on a 52-yard catch in the season finale against New Mexico (Nov. 30) … caught touchdowns in each of the season’s final three games

2023 (Redshirt sophomore at Kentucky) Played in 10 games

2022 (Redshirt freshman at Kentucky) Saw action in 10 games and had four catches for 82 yards … grabbed his first collegiate catch and totaled two receptions for 17 yards in the win over … had one catch for a career-long 50 yards in the win over Mississippi State

2021 (Freshman at Kentucky) Redshirt season … suffered a knee strain in August that did not require surgery

High School/Personal

• Name pronounced “da-KEL CROWD-us”
• 247sports ranks him as a four-star prospect, the No. 3 prospect in Kentucky, No. 51 receiver and No. 300 overall player nationally
• Three-star recruit by Rivals and rated the No. 4 player in Kentucky and No. 74 receiver nationally
• Finished with 91 receptions for 1,505 yards and 22 touchdowns in his prep career
• In 2020, named second-team All-State by the AP and the Louisville Courier-Journal after totaling 25 catches for 331 yards and nine touchdowns
• Named to the Lexington Herald-Leader “Class of the Commonwealth” list of the top seniors in Kentucky
• Owns the school record for career touchdown receptions (14 before 2020) and in a season 11 (2018), as well as career receiving yards and yards in a season (831, 2018)
• Born in Lexington, Kentucky
• Uncle, Frank Minnifield, was a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns from 1984-92 and was a four-time pro-bowler; cousin, Chase Minnifield, played for the Washington Football Team from 2012-14
• His nickname is “Kel”