Former Cowboys OL, Florida State Standout Char-Ron Dorsey Dies at 46

The ex-Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle won a college national championship with the Florida State Seminoles.

Former Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Char-ron Dorsey died Monday due to complications from a stroke. He was 46.

Following a football career that included a college national championship at Florida State and a two-season NFL stint with the Cowboys and Houston Texans, Dorsey coached youth football programs in his hometown of Jacksonville. 

Terry Parker High School football coach Michael Holloway worked with Dorsey for the past two decades and confirmed his death to the Florida Times-Union.

​​“Just at a loss for words thinking about my brother,” Holloway told the Times-Union. “We’ve been doing this for a very long time until now. We see kids that we’ve coached now are coaching or have kids themselves. … He’s had an impact on so many kids that have had the opportunity to make it to the next level.”

Dorsey was a member of Florida State’s undefeated national championship team in 1999 and earned All-ACC recognition as a right tackle. The Seminoles standout was drafted by the Cowboys in the seventh round in 2001 and subsequently was picked up by the then-expansion Texans in ’02. His budding NFL career came to an unfortunate end after knee surgery a year later.

After Dorsey’s playing days were over, he took up various middle school and high school coaching gigs in Jacksonville. He attended The Bolles School, where he received all-state honors as a defensive tackle.