Dustin Ross Mangum is a former placekicker for the University of Texas at Austin's college football team from 2001 to 2004. Mangum, who began his college football career as a walk-on, is best known for capping UT's 2004–2005 season with a 37-yard game-winning field goal as time expired in the 2005 Rose Bowl versus No. 13 University of Michigan. The tipped kick that went in, allowed Texas to finish its season as one of the top 5 teams in the nation. After the game, according to The Daily Texan, President George W. Bush called UT football coachMack Brown to congratulate him on the win, and to make sure he knew that he watched the entire game, right down to Mangum's last kick. According to news reports, just before Mangum's kick, Brown told the senior "You're the luckiest human being in the world because your last kick at Texas will win the Rose Bowl." The kick made him an instant state celebrity — he appeared on radio and television programs, was honored by the Mesquite Independent School District, where he is from, and has appeared at autograph signings at Texas bookstores. Mangum was also on hand at a celebration in the state capitol, along with UT officials, when the Texas Senate passed a resolution honoring the Texas football team for its Rose Bowl win. Mangum achieved numerous other honors during his time at Texas, though he was not selected in the 2005 NFL Draft. Although Mangum was no longer with the Longhorns for their 2005 championship season, his last-second kick foreshadowed the Longhorns second trip to Pasadena, where a sprint by Vince Young into the end-zone in the final minute of play gave Texas back-to-back Rose Bowl wins.
Accomplishments
Ranks third on UT's all-time scoring list with 358 points
Ended his senior season as the nation's fourth-leading active career scorer
Set a UT record with 121 consecutive made PATs and also holds the second place record with 67 straight
Recorded two of the top 10 scoring seasons on UT record
Earned UT's Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Week eight times
Hit a 37-yard game-winning FG as time expired to win the Rose Bowl versus No. 13 Michigan – only the fourth time in UT history that a game has been decided as time expired
Scored a Longhorns freshman-record 102 points in 2001
Set eight UT freshman records and was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection
Media quotes
With one kick off his right foot, Dusty Mangum had settled once and for all the debate over whether Texas deserved to be in the Rose Bowl.
Outside of football
Mangum enjoys singing and providing support for student government rallies.
