C.J. Dippre

#81 · TE · Sr. · Alabama6′5″ · 262 lb · SCOTT TOWNSHIP, PA · Lakeland

C.J. Dippre: TE · Alabama · #81.

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C.J. Dippre

TE · Alabama · Sr · #81

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Mike Locksley, Nick Saban and Kalen DeBoer. One game to point at: 66 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Vanderbilt — Week 6, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Alabama in the news

Alabama dismisses Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.Yahoo Sports Oct 28
LSU's Kiffin calls out SECHeavy Oct 28
Alabama DB suspended for gameSaturday Down South Oct 24
Coleman-Williams out vs TennesseeThe Tuscaloosa News Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Alabama	21	256	12.2	0	46
2023	Alabama	11	187	17.0	0	45
2022	Maryland	30	314	10.5	3	26
2021	Maryland	3	25	8.3	0	10
Career		65	782	12.0	3	46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 2 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@ No. 11 Tennessee	2	21	10.5	12
Wk 9	W 34-0vs No. 21 Missouri	2	27	13.5	23
Wk 11	W 42-13@ No. 14 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 13-19vs Michigan	2	18	9.0	11
Total		21	256	12.2	46

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

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +4.07Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 46 yds to the VAN 30 for a
Week 2 · South Florida · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 12 yds to the ALA 42 for a
Week 7 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.09Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for a loss of 7 yards to the SC 42
Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.80Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 20 yds to the ALA 45 for a
Week 14 · Auburn · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.67Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 20 yds to the ALA 41 for a
Week 8 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 9 yds to the ALA 41

4 more plays

Week 5 · Georgia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.28Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 15 yds to the UGA 45 for a
Week 5 · Georgia · 1st and 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 · 1st and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.78Jalen Milroe pass complete to CJ Dippre for 8 yds to the ALA 27

Teams and coaches

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

2022Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced

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

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 42 (#81 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

42Rotational starter #81 of 135 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road3g	1.7	33.0	18.5	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

2024 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Pass share

42.4%

353 pass / 479 run

Plays / game

64.0

13 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

385 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

21 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

42 · #81 of 135 TEs · 2024

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

C.J. Dippre

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Style of play

Fans

Alabama in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

21 catches in 11 games

Four seasons, two schools

2021