#81

C.J. Dippre

Former tight end at Alabama. 2024: 21 catches, 256 receiving yards.

TE · Alabama · Sr. · #81

6′5″ · 262 lb · SCOTT TOWNSHIP, PA

CFB Index 42 · #81 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceAlabama 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 894 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Alabama. 2024: 21 catches, 256 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Alabama, 782 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 66 yds at Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · L 35-402024

2021

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Lakeland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#894 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Nick Saban

Alabama

2024

Kalen DeBoer

Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Saban → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #81 of 135?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (81st percentile). Concern: epa / target (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#294 / 610 · 51st pct

14.8%

Yards / catch#301 / 610 · 51st pct

11.9

Catch rate#495 / 610 · 19th pct

81.5%

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#569 / 610 · 7th pct

0.31

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#32 / 168 · 81st pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 47 · 72nd pct

Yards / catch#51 / 168 · 69th pct

12.2

Rec yards#70 / 168 · 58th pct

256

Receptions#87 / 168 · 47th pct

Rec TDs#143 / 168 · 8th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.0	19.9	9.7	0.0
Road4g	1.8	29.2	16.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	23.2	11.7	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	23.4	12.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #81 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #81 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Alabama	21	256	12.2	0	--
2023	Alabama	11	187	17.0	0	--
2022	Maryland	30	314	10.5	3	--
2021	Maryland	3	25	8.3	0	--
Career		65	782	12.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 41–34

vs Georgia

4 rec · 38 yds

Edged out Georgia at home in a shootout.

With J. Milroe — 374 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 98.5 · 117 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · R. Williams — 6 rec · 177 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +4.07Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 46 yds to the VAN 30 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · South Florida · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 12 yds to the ALA 42 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.09Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for a loss of 7 yards to the SC 42
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.80Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 20 yds to the ALA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Auburn · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.67Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 20 yds to the ALA 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 9 yds to the ALA 41
Week 5 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.28Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 15 yds to the UGA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.20Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 6 yds to the ALA 31 Alabama Penalty, UNR: Unnecessary Roughness (-15 Yards) to the ALA 16
Week 5 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.20Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 6 yds to the ALA 31 Alabama Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (Tyler Booker) to the ALA 16
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.78Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 8 yds to the ALA 27

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 63-0vs Western Kentucky	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 2	W 42-16vs South Florida	1	12	12.0	12
Wk 5	W 41-34vs Georgia	4	38	9.5	15
Wk 6	L 35-40@ Vanderbilt	2	66	33.0	46	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 7	W 27-25vs South Carolina	2	-3	-1.5	4
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Tennessee	2	21	10.5	12
Wk 9	W 34-0vs Missouri	2	27	13.5	23
Wk 11	W 42-13@ LSU	1	12	12.0	12
Wk 12	W 52-7vs Mercer	1	11	11.0	11
Wk 14	W 28-14vs Auburn	3	46	15.3	20
Bowl	L 13-19@ Michigan	2	18	9.0	11
Total		21	256	12.0	46

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