Aaron Dashiell is a former

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. Dashiell attended the

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, where he played with the

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team. He was named to the

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All American twice (1998–99), becoming at the time just Maine's second multiple time All American after

John Huard John Roland Huard (March 9, 1944 – January 29, 2025) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a linebacker for the Maine Black Bears and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He played eight seas ...

. Stephen Cooper and Jovan Belcher have done it since. During his junior season, Dashiell had 100 tackles and 6 interceptions. He is from

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. Dashiell got inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.

Personal life

He lives in

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with his wife, Joanne, and their sons Theo and Myles.

References

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