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2023 Football Roster

Jason W. Kapusta

1 Dakota Caton

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Sullivan, Ind.
  • High School Sullivan
  • Major Sport Management

Biography

2023: Finished second on the team with 39 catches for 413 yards, while leading ISU with three touchdown receptions in the 2023 season … Averaged 10.6 yards per reception and 37.5 receiving yards per game … Added two carries for four yards in the rushing game … Was ISU’s primary return specialist posting 10 punt returns for 69 yards (6.9 ypr) and 15 kickoff returns for 350 yards (23.3 ypr) … Third on the Sycamores in scoring with 20 points (three touchdowns, one 2pt conversion) … Led Indiana State in all-purpose yards with 836 averaging 76.0 per game … Added two tackles in the 2023 season … Started at wide receiver in 10 of the 11 games in the 2023 season … Opened the season with six catches for 70 yards against Eastern Illinois … Added a three-catch, 59-yard game with a touchdown at Ball State … Four catches for 32 yards and a touchdown against Northern Iowa … Six catches for 84 yards and a touchdown at North Dakota … Season-long 50-yard reception for a touchdown at North Dakota … Added a 49-yard touchdown catch at Ball State … Season-high three kickoff returns for 78 yards against Eastern Illinois … Two kickoff returns of 40-plus yards coming against Northern Iowa (43) and Ball State 940) … Season-high three punt returns for 30 yards, including a 26-yard return against Northern Iowa … 25-yard punt return against Western Illinois.

2022: 2022 MVFC All-Academic Second Team2022 CSC Football Academic All-District Team … Finished 79th in the NCAA FCS and seventh in the MVFC in combined kick return yards (328) … Finished 184th in the NCAA FCS and 22nd in the MVFC in yards per reception (12.65) … Was second on the team with 291 receiving yards and two touchdowns and third on the team with 23 receptions … Finished the season with two carries for negative-3 yards … Posted seven punt returns for 54 yards, averaging 7.7 yards per return … Led the team with 13 kickoff returns for 274 yards (21.1 average) … Season-high six catches for 71 yards at Northern Iowa … Three catches for a season-high 83 yards and two touchdowns at Youngstown State … Season-best 53-yard reception for a touchdown at Youngstown State … Five games with three or more catches in 2022 … Season-best 78 kick return yards at Youngstown State … Season-best 24 punt return yards at Purdue … Posted two tackles … Had a two-point conversion at Western Illinois.

2021: Redshirted in the 2021 season due to injury

2019: A Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team selection as a return specialist … Earned MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award as well as MVFC Academic Honor Roll accolades … Saw action in nine games, including three starts … Led the MVFC in kick returns with a 25.5 average … Recorded returns of more than 25 yards in four games for the Sycamores … Had a long return of 67 yards in a win over Youngstown State … Ranked 20th nationally in return yard average … Third on the team with 662 all-purpose yards … Recorded 408 return yards to go with 221 receiving yards on 21 catches, including a pair of receiving touchdowns … Recorded a season high two receiving touchdowns in a win over Western Illinois (10/12).

2018: Earned First Team Freshman All-American honors as a return specialist from HERO Sports ... Saw action in all 11 games his first year on campus making his biggest mark on special teams ... Returned 32 kicks for 692 yards on the year for a 21.6 yard per return average ... Longest kick return of the season was a 49-yard scamper in a win over regional rival Eastern Illinois where he also set a season high with 178 yards on returns ... Picked up the first punt return touchdown for the Sycamores since 2015 when he went 71-yards to the house on his very first touch in a Sycamore uniform to open the season against Quincy ... Finished the year ranked 10th in the nation in combined kick returns with 763 yards ... Finished the season with 19 catches for 227 yards and a pair of touchdowns ... Caught touchdowns in consecutive games in weeks 10 and 11 against South Dakota and Illinois State as the Sycamores were in the midst of a five-game winning streak to close out the year.

Prior to Indiana State
A four-year letterwinner at Sullivan HS under head coach Blaine Powell ... Played defensive back and wide receiver ... Helped his team to a pair of WIC Championships ... Two-time All State at wide receiver and defensive back ... Named Prime Time 25 in Indiana ... Also lettered in track and was a three-time regional qualifier.

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2018Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2019Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2020Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 185 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2021Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 185 lbs
    83
  • 1

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 185 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023Redshirt Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 185 lbs
    1