Selected by Seattle in the fourth round (144th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft and spent four seasons with the Seahawks. Signed a three-year contract with the Cardinals on 3/13/24.
2024: Selected as a Pro Bowl alternate for the first time in his career after he played in all 17 games and had 15 kick returns for 459 yards (30.6 avg.) and a TD as well as nine carries for 49 yards and three catches for 11 yards and a TD ... his 30.6 kick return average ranked 5th in the NFL (min. 15 returns) while his 459 kick return yards were the 10th most league wide ... he was also one of just seven players to return a kickoff for a TD in 2024 ... returned a kickoff 96 yards for a TD in the season opener @ Buf (9/8), marking the first kickoff return TD in the dynamic kickoff era; was the first KOR TD of Dallas' NFL career, the first KOR TD by a Cardinal since 2015 (RB David Johnson in Week 2), the first KOR TD in a season opener in the NFL since 2018 and the first KOR TD by a Cardinal in Week 1 since 1954 (HB Les Goble) ... had four kickoff returns for 114 yards (28.5 avg.) vs. Was (9/29), including a 39-yard return that was the third longest of his career ... had a 39-yard kickoff return in the win @ SF (10/6) ... returned a trio of kicks for 79 yards (26.3 avg.) and had a special teams tackle @ GB (10/13) ... ran three times for 10 yards in the win vs. NYJ (11/10) ... had a special teams tackle and returned a pair of kicks for 60 yards (30.0 avg.), including a 35-yard return @ Sea (11/24); the 35-yard return marked Dallas' fourth kickoff return of 35+ in 2024, which was the third most in the NFL this season ... caught a 1-yard TD pass @ Car (12/22), marking the second TD catch of his career and his first since his rookie year in 2020 ... had a five yard catch @ LAR (12/28) ... ran for 22 yards on a fourth-down fake punt attempt and caught a five-yard pass in the win vs. SF (1/5/25).
2023: Played all 17 games and had 10 carries for 36 yards and had six receptions for 26 yards … also returned 17 kicks for 440 yards (25.9 avg.) and 25 punts for 265 yards (10.6 avg.) along with three special teams tackles … had a season-long 34-yard kick return, an 18-yard punt return and a 14-yard reception in the season opener vs. LAR (9/10) … brought back a pair of kicks for 55 yards and three punts for 41 yards (13.7 avg.) vs. Car (9/24) … had a 30-yard kick return and a 23-yard punt return @ NYG (10/2) … returned three punts for 34 yards (11.3 avg.) and one kick for 21 yards @ Cin (10/15) … had four punt returns for a career-high 47 yards (11.8 avg.), including a career-long 32-yard return; also had one kick return for 24 yards vs. AZ (10/22) … had two punt returns for 25 yards and a 10-yard reception @ LAR (11/19) … returned three kicks for 82 yards (27.3 avg.) vs. Pit (12/31).
2022: Appeared in 15 games and ran 35 times for 186 yards (5.3 avg.) and had 17 catches for 126 yards … also returned 14 punts for 102 yards and 12 kicks for 270 yards … added seven special teams tackles … had three kick returns for 77 yards (25.7 avg.) in the season opener vs. Den (9/12) … had three carries for 21 yards, two catches for 17 yards and two kick returns for 52 yards vs. Atl (9/25) … collected two special teams tackles @ NO (10/9) … had six carries for 35 yards (5.8 avg.) @ LAC (10/23) … had two catches for 13 yards and returned two kicks for 52 yards and one punt for 11 yards vs. LV (11/27) … hauled in a career-high six catches for 32 yards @ KC (12/24); also added two carries for 10 yards and two punt returns for 12 yards … set single game career highs in rushing yards (43) and receiving yards (55), including a career-long 41-yard reception vs. NYJ (1/1/23) … had a career-long 27-yard run and two punt returns for 24 yards in the season finale vs. LAR (1/8/23).
2021: Played all 17 games and recorded 33 carries for 138 yards and two TDs to pair with 21 catches for 133 yards … also added 33 kickoff returns for 764 yards (23.2 avg.) to go along with 10 special teams tackles … had two special teams tackles vs. Ten (9/19) … returned two kicks for 51 yards and had two special teams tackles @ SF (10/3) … had two catches for 32 yards and two kick returns for 46 yards vs. LAR (10/7) … brought in five receptions for 33 yards, had four carries for 17 yards, returned three kicks for 97 yards (32.3 avg.) and had a career-high three special teams tackles @ Pit (10/17) … returned three kicks for 79 yards (26.3 avg.) @ GB (11/14) … had four carries for 25 yards and a TD vs. AZ (11/21); the TD was his first of the season … ran five times for 27 yards and returned one kick for 27 yards @ Was (11/29) … returned five kicks for a career-high 129 yards (25.8 avg.) vs. SF (12/5) … had eight carries for a season-high 41 yards (5.1 avg.) and a TD @ LAR (12/21) … returned three kicks for 79 yards (26.3 avg.) vs. Chi (12/26), including a career-long 40-yarder.
2020: Appeared in 12 games (two starts) and totaled 34 carries for 108 yards and two TDs to go along with 17 catches for 111 yards and one TD … added two tackles on special teams … made his NFL debut vs. Dal (9/27) … made his first NFL start vs. SF (11/1) and ran for 41 yards and a TD to go along with five receptions for 17 yards and a TD; became just the fifth Seahawks rookie in franchise history to have a rushing TD and receiving TD in a game and the first to do so in his first career start (just the 8th NFL player to do so since at least 1970) … started the following week @ Buf (11/8) where he had seven carries for 31 yards and a TD; became just the second Seahawks rookie to run for a TD in back-to-back games since 1994.
Played 35 games (10 starts) in three seasons at Miami (2017-19) where he totaled 265 carries for 1,527 yards (7.6 avg.) and 17 TDs as well as 28 receptions for 317 yards (11.3 avg.) and two TDs … also returned 11 punts for 191 yards (17.4 avg.) and a TD and 20 kickoffs for 420 yards … started all 10 games as a junior in 2019 and led the team in rushing yards (693) and rushing TDs (eight) on 115 carries (11.5 avg.); also had 14 catches for 140 yards and two TDs … played all 13 games as a sophomore in 2018 and led the team with 1,260 all purpose yards and six rushing TDs; had 109 carries for 617 yards (8.4 avg.) and six TDs, 10 receptions for 85 yards, 17 kick returns for 367 yards (21.6 avg.) and 11 punt returns for 191 yards (17.4 avg.) and a TD … played in 12 games as a true freshman in 2017 and had 41 carries for 217 yards (5.3 avg.) and three TDs to go along with four receptions for 92 yards.
Attended Glynn (Brunswick, GA) Academy where he played QB, RB, WR, DB, KR and PR … was a consensus four-star recruit … ran for 1,203 yards and 14 TDs and added 911 passing yards and eight TDs as a senior while leading the Red Terrors to an 11-2 record … established the DeeJay Dallas Foundation in July of 2023 … in April of 2024 visited troops in Poland with Cardinals teammate Trey McBride as part of a USO tour … along with his wife, Yasmin, the couple has two sons ... his cousin, Darius Slay, plays CB for the Philadelphia Eagles ... has nine siblings ... his brother, Amauri, is training to become an Army Ranger.
