#87

Alec Dhaenens

Tight end for Boise State. 2017: 13 catches, 175 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Boise State · #87

6′3″ · 246 lb · Fruitland, ID

Boise State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 911 nationally · Signed with Boise State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 tight end for Boise State. 2017: 13 catches, 175 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boise State, 320 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Boise State3-star out of Fruitland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#911 national

CFB

College

Boise State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Bryan Harsin

Boise State

Played his entire career under Bryan Harsin.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Bryan Harsin — 42-12 over that span.

2014Boise State12-2HC: Bryan Harsin · Run-leaning

2015Boise State9-4HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Boise State10-3HC: Bryan Harsin · Run-leaning

2017Boise State11-3HC: Bryan Harsin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 27 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#26 / 96 · 73rd pct

13.5

Long catch#33 / 96 · 65th pct

Rec TDs#51 / 96 · 39th pct

Rush TDs#6 / 15 · 33rd pct

Rec yards#72 / 96 · 26th pct

175

Receptions#87 / 96 · 8th pct

Rush yards#15 / 15 · 3rd pct

-5

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.0	9.2	9.3	0.0
Road4g	1.8	30.0	22.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.2	19.0	20.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	1.3	16.5	12.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Boise State	13	175	13.5	2	--
2016	Boise State	15	119	7.9	2	--
2015	Boise State	2	22	11.0	1	--
2014	Boise State	2	4	2.0	2	--
Career		32	320	10.0	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2017

W 38–28

at Oregon

3 rec · 24 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Oregon on the road in a shootout.

With B. Rypien — 362 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 63.3 · -12 rush yds (4 car) · C. Wilson — 4 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 44-47@ Washington State	1	44	44.0	0	44	Season-high 44 yds
Wk 3	W 28-14vs New Mexico	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 23-42vs Virginia	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Wyoming	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 10	W 41-14vs Nevada	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 11	W 59-52@ Colorado State	1	25	25.0	1	25
Wk 12	W 44-19vs Air Force	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	L 17-28@ Fresno State	2	27	13.5	0	22
Wk 14	W 17-14vs Fresno State	1	6	6.0	0	6
Bowl	W 38-28@ Oregon	3	24	8.0	1	13
Total		13	175	15.2	2	44

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology