Biography
CAREER
Games/Starts: 33/14
Bison debut: at Southwestern Okla. (9/5/13)
First Career Start: at Southwestern Okla. (9/5/13)
Stats: 31 punt returns, 123 yards, 4.0 avg. ... 19 kickoff returns, 409 yards, 21.5 avg. ... 65 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 10 passes defended, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery, 2 blocked kicks
Redshirt: 2012
Harding Rankings: t-11th in blocked kicks (2), 15th in punt returns (31), t-28th in punt return yards (123)
Note: Harding's school-record holder in the indoor 60-meter dash (6.87) and the outdoor 100-meter dash (10.43)
AWARDS
2015 GAC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/8)
2015
Games/Starts: 11/11
Position: DB, ST
Stats: 7 punt returns, 26 yards ... 11 kickoff returns, 257 yards ... 28 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 3 pass breakups, 1 interception, 2 blocked kicks ... 3 special-teams tackles.
HU Leader: 26 punt return yards, 2 blocked kicks
GAC Rankings: 1st in blocked kicks (2)
NCAA Rankings: 24th in blocked kicks (2)
Best Games: 2 tackles, 1 blocked kick at Okla. Baptist (9/5) ... 3 tackles, 2.0 TFL at Southern Ark. (9/19) ... 4 tackles, 1 interception vs. Ark.-Monticello (9/26) ... 6 tackles at Southeastern Okla. (10/17) ... 3 tackles, 1 blocked kick at Southwestern Okla. (10/31).
2014
Games/Starts: 11/0
Positions: DB, ST
Stats: 25 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 5 PBU ... 11 punt returns, 30 yards, 2.7 avg. ... 7 kickoff returns, 133 yards, 19.0 avg.
Best Games: 1 tackle, 2 pass breakups at Arkansas-Monticello (10/11) ... 5 tackles vs. Southeastern Okla. (11/1) ... 4 tackles in NCAA playoff game at Pittsburg State (11/22) ... season-best 24-yard kickoff return vs. Ouachita Baptist (10/18) ... season-best 29-yard punt return vs. Southwestern Oklahoma (9/6).
2013
Games/Starts: 11/3
Positions: DB, ST
Stats: 12 tackles, 1 fumble recovery, 1 pass breakup; 13 punt returns, 67 yards; 1 kickoff return, 19 yards
Best Games: 6 tackles, including four solo, at Southeastern Okla. (11/2) ... recovered a fumble and returned it 26 yards vs. Henderson State (10/26) ... had a 34-yard punt return in the game, Harding's longest of the 2013 season.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
A 2012 graduate of East High School in Plano, Texas
Honors: 1st Team All-District as a senior cornerback and special teams player ... 2nd Team All-District as a junior and honorable mention All-District as a sophomore ... three-year starter at cornerback ... team captain ... had four kickoff returns for touchdowns in his career ... ran a 6.96 60-meter dash indoors, the eighth-fastest time by a Texas high school athlete and 51st nationally ... ran the 100 meters in 10.65 seconds, the 16th-fastest time in Texas.
Coach: Johnny Ringo.
PERSONAL
Born: May 12, 1994 in Plano, Texas
Major: Finance
Parents: Ronnie and Rhonda Bassett ... has two brothers (Ronnie and Brian) and two sisters (Karmen and Karea).
CAREER HIGHS
All-purpose yards: 88, at Southeastern Okla., Oct 17, 2015
Punt returns: 4, at Southeastern Okla., Nov 02, 2013 ; at Southern Nazarene, Sep 27, 2014
Punt return yards: 34, East Central, Nov 09, 2013 (2 returns)
Long punt return: 34, East Central, Nov 09, 2013
Kick returns: 3, Northwestern Okla., Nov 07, 2015 ; at Southeastern Okla., Oct 17, 2015 ; Ouachita Baptist, Oct 18, 2014
Kick return yards: 85, at Southeastern Okla., Oct 17, 2015 (3 returns)
Long kick return: 35, East Central, Oct 24, 2015
Interceptions: 1, Ark.-Monticello, Sep 26, 2015
Long interception return: 1, Ark.-Monticello, Sep 26, 2015
Tackles: 6, at Southeastern Okla., Nov 02, 2013 (4-2); at Southeastern Okla., Oct 17, 2015 (5-1)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Southern Arkansas, Sep 19, 2015 (2-0)
Fumbles recovered: 1Â [t-3rd], Henderson State, Oct 26, 2013
Pass breakups: 2, at Arkansas-Monticello, Oct 11, 2014
Blocked kicks: 1Â [t-4th], Arkansas Tech, Nov 15, 2014 ; at Southwestern Okla., Oct 31, 2015 ; at Okla. Baptist, Sep 05, 2015