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Has provided depth in the secondary and on special teams throughout his career…Has excellent leadership skills, and he adapts and learns new systems well…He is a tenacious worker in the off-season, and will look to gain playing time at the free safety position…Like many on the Aggies defense in 2006, played more minutes than the coaches would have liked due to a lack of veterans…Started six games as a freshman safety…Took a redshirt the next season to gain muscle and improve on his technique…Returned the next season and played a key role on special teams while appearing in some of the Aggies nickel packages…Has made 53 career tackles and recorded three break ups in 21 games…REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2008)…Played in 10 games without a start…Made 21 tackles with 13 of his tackles coming as solo stops…Dorsey also broke up a pass and recovered a fumble…Had a career game against N.C. Central on Oct. 4 when he recorded a career-high six tackles and had a half tackle for loss…Recorded five tackles and broke up a pass in a 44-12 Aggies victory over Johnson C. Smith on Aug. 30…Followed that performance with three tackles against Winston-Salem State in a 14-8 win. SOPHOMORE (2007): He sat out the season as a redshirt. FRESHMAN (2006): Made six starts in the Aggies secondary…Played in 11 games and recorded 32 tackles with 22 of them being solo stops…Also broke up two passes on the season…His first start came against Hampton, in which he made two key stops to prevent two long runs…Made a season-best five tackles against Howard on Oct. 21…In the same game, broke up a deep pass going toward the end zone…Also made two tackles near the line of scrimmage…Returned the next game and recorded five tackles against Bethune-Cookman, which were all solo tackles…Made four solo tackles against S.C. State on Nov. 18, three of those tackles came in the open field…DUTCHTOWN HIGH: Was named All-Metro, All-District and Honorable Mention All-State during his career…Recorded 78 tackles, six interceptions, 14 pass breakups and forced five fumbles over his career…Was also a track standout and was named All-District....Graduated with a 3.5 GPA and was named to the academic all-state team...He also attended East Iberville High School...PERSONAL: Full name is Donald Dorsey...He is the son of Willie and Alfred Thomas...He has two siblings, Shamir and Patrona...He was born on April 18, 1988...He is a business management major who plans to work at a large corporation after graduation.