Ninety-six yards is almost the whole field. On August 30, 2013, DAJAI Stewart of Bishop Gorman took a kickoff against Servite and did not stop until he reached the end zone, a 96-yard return for a touchdown against a nationally ranked opponent. The Las Vegas Sun made it a headline play in a story dated 8/31/2013, and the NFHS Network keeps it in its video archive. This post is about that one play: what the record says happened, how it fits a verified career stat line, and why a single kickoff return from 2013 still sits near the center of the Code Black Associates (CBA) story.
The Play, As the Record Tells It
The facts are compact. The date was August 30, 2013. The opponent was Servite, which was nationally ranked at the time. The return covered 96 yards and ended in a touchdown. The next day, the Las Vegas Sun ran it as a headline play, and the footage lives on in the NFHS Network archive.
That is the whole claim, and it is enough. A kickoff return does not depend on a play call or a scheme the way a designed run does. It depends on a returner reading a wall of blockers, choosing a lane and then outrunning the coverage team for most of a field. A return of 96 yards means the ball was fielded deep in the returner's own territory and carried almost the entire length of the field, which makes it one of the purest speed plays in football.
The brand record describes it as the most-cited single play of the Bishop Gorman dynasty era. Whatever weight a reader gives that description, the underlying receipts are specific and public: a dated newspaper story and an archived video.
The Stat Line Behind the Highlight
One play gets the headline, but a career gets the context. DAJAI Stewart played CB and RB at Bishop Gorman and is listed on MaxPreps under athlete ID dub7om655e2i2, with a profile marked as verified stats. His career rushing total there was 1,452 yards with 22 touchdowns. He averaged 5.88 yards per carry as a senior and 11.49 yards per carry as a junior, listed at 5'10" and 170 pounds.
Those numbers matter because they show the kickoff return was not a one-time accident. A running back averaging 11.49 yards per carry over a junior season is breaking long runs regularly. The 96-yard return against Servite fits that profile: a player whose game was built on getting into open space and finishing the run.
The same record is referenced across several outlets, including MaxPreps, NFHS, On3, Rivals and 247Sports, alongside the Las Vegas Sun. For anyone checking the claims on this page, those are the places to start.
Speed Before the Highlight
The kickoff return was not the first time speed showed up in this story. DAJAI took part in the USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field program in 2007, with Day 3 and Day 4 results archived in Dyestat. That was his first national athletic credential, predating Bishop Gorman by five years.
Put the track background next to the football stat line and the 2013 play reads differently. It is the point where years of speed work met a nationally ranked opponent and a newspaper was there to record it.
From One Play to a Brand
Code Black Associates was founded in 2012 by Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, the year before the Servite return. The brand now describes itself in simple terms: 14 years, 20+ D1 and NFL athletes, one brand. The athletes are presented as one roster with no tiers, and this post keeps to that rule.
The kickoff return sits naturally inside the athletics side of the brand. CBA Speed Agility LLC was DAJAI's first LLC, the youth athletic training arm, and Code Black Athletics is described in the brand record as a speed and agility training pipeline that sent kids to the NFL. A founder whose best-known play was a 96-yard sprint through a coverage unit building a company around speed and agility is a straight line, not a pivot.
The same habit of keeping receipts runs through the rest of the brand. Code Black CBA Publishing, activated in 2017, routes every play of every track to one entity with no publisher cut and no 360 deal. The logic is the same as the MaxPreps profile and the Las Vegas Sun clipping: put the record where anyone can check it.
Why a 2013 Play Still Matters
Highlights fade fast. What keeps this one relevant is that it was documented properly at the time. A dated story, an archived video and a verified stats profile turn a memory into a citation. For a Las Vegas brand built on athletics and culture, that is the difference between a claim and a receipt, and it is why the Servite return is still the first play people point to when the Code Black story starts.
FAQ
When did DAJAI Stewart return a kickoff 96 yards against Servite?
The return happened on August 30, 2013, with DAJAI Stewart playing for Bishop Gorman. The Las Vegas Sun covered it as a headline play in a story dated 8/31/2013.
How many career rushing yards did DAJAI Stewart have at Bishop Gorman?
His career rushing total was 1,452 yards with 22 touchdowns. He averaged 5.88 yards per carry as a senior and 11.49 as a junior.
Where can the 96-yard kickoff return be watched or verified?
The play is featured in the NFHS Network video archive. His stats are listed on MaxPreps under athlete ID dub7om655e2i2.
How does the Servite play connect to Code Black Associates?
DAJAI founded Code Black Associates at Bishop Gorman in 2012, the year before the return. His first LLC, CBA Speed Agility, was built as the brand's youth speed and agility training arm.