Cameron Dorner

Senior wide receiver for North Texas. 2025: 55 catches, 886 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · North Texas · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 195 lb · New Market, MD

CFB Index 77 · #50 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to North Texas for 2026

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Explosive rate: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

886

receiving yards · 2025

55 catches · 8 TD · 16.1 per catch

Swing playSwung North Texas from 48% to 74% to win.North Texas at Charlotte · 54-20

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for North Texas. 2025: 55 catches, 886 receiving yards, 8 TD.

His career, year by year

Cameron Dorner

WR · North Texas · Sr · #4

Beats you over the top. One game to point at: 125 rec yds, 4 receptions against Temple — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

77All-Conference level #50 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile). Concern: rush yards (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#32 / 798 · 96th pct

21.2%

EPA / target#74 / 798 · 91st pct

0.75

Yards / catch#117 / 798 · 85th pct

15.0

TD rate#182 / 798 · 77th pct

4.5%

Catch rate#222 / 798 · 72nd pct

74.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#23 / 558 · 95th pct

Long catch#35 / 558 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#42 / 558 · 93rd pct

886

Yards / catch#83 / 558 · 85th pct

16.1

Receptions#88 / 558 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#218 / 287 · 23rd 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

15%10 of his 66 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	68.7	18.6	0.4
Road7g	4.0	57.9	13.7	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	46.7	12.7	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	79.9	19.6	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #50 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #50 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #7 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	North Texas	55	886	16.1	8	--
Career		55	886	16.1	8	--

Season	Team
2025	North Texas	1	2	--	--	--
Career		1	2	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 49–47

at San Diego State

6 rec · 66 yds · 2 TD

Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.

With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Temple · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +5.94(08:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete short middle to #4 C.Dorner caught at UNT37, for 77 yards to the TEM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:18, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Pass completion". CALL UPHELD #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #41 S.Evans, LS: #48 C.Yates)
Week 1 · San Diego State · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +4.49D. Mestemaker pass to C. Dorner for 31 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)
Week 10 · Navy · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.47(09:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete deep right to #4 C.Dorner caught at NAVY36, for 39 yards to the NAVY33 (#28 B.Allen), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24(12:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete deep right to #4 C.Dorner caught at CLT00, for 41 yards to the CLT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:25, 1ST DOWN #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #41 S.Evans, LS: #48 C.Yates)
Week 1 · Lamar · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.02Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 24 yds to the LAM 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UAB · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85(00:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete short right to #4 C.Dorner caught at UNT30, for 35 yards to the UAB48 (#11 P.Fisher), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · UAB · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81(03:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 D.Mestemaker pass complete deep right to #4 C.Dorner caught at UAB05, for 30 yards to the UAB00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:00, 1ST DOWN #40 K.Nguma kick attempt good (H: #41 S.Evans, LS: #48 C.Yates)
Week 1 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 25 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 2 · Western Michigan · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 4 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 8 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 15 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Lamar	7	98	14.0	1	25	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 33-30@ Western Michigan	1	4	4.0	1	4
Wk 3	W 59-10vs Washington State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Army	3	42	14.0	0	19
Wk 5	W 36-22vs South Alabama	2	25	12.5	0	19
Wk 7	L 36-63vs South Florida	5	73	14.6	0	28
Wk 8	W 55-17vs UTSA	5	63	12.6	1	16
Wk 9	W 54-20@ Charlotte	7	117	16.7	1	41
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Navy	3	78	26.0	0	39
Wk 12	W 53-24@ UAB	3	73	24.3	1	35
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Rice	2	27	13.5	0	22
Wk 14	W 52-25vs Temple	4	125	31.3	1	77	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 15	L 21-34@ Tulane	6	76	12.7	0	23
Bowl	W 49-47@ San Diego State	6	66	11.0	2	31
Total		55	886	16.2	8	77

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

North Texas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · North Texas

Returning around him

2% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
Transfer portal: +11 net (49 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malik Benson’s 2025 season.

Malik Benson

84%match

Oregon · 2025

NFL Rd 6

Emmanuel Henderson Jr.

Kansas · 2025

All-Big 12NFL Rd 6

82%

Jayshon Platt

Florida Atlantic · 2025

81%

Elijah Spencer

Charlotte · 2022

All-Conference USA

80%

Moose Muhammad III

Texas A&M · 2022

79%

Matches Malik on

Yards / reception

TD rate

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Malik on

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Reception volume (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Beau Kelly’s path through Portland State.

Beau Kelly

100%match

Portland State · 2022

Will Vereen

South Carolina State · 2021

100%

Tre Nixon

UCF · 2020

NFL Rd 7

100%

Nitro Tuggle

Purdue · 2025

99%

Jared Gipson

Sacramento State · 2024

96%

Matches Beau on

Yards per reception

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Daewood Davis's freshman season at Western Kentucky (2021).

Daewood Davis

75%match

Western Kentucky · 2021

All-Conference USA

Nyziah Hunter

California · 2024

73%

JJ Jenkins

Buffalo · 2024

72%

Odieu Hilaire

Bowling Green · 2022

71%

Tre Harris

Louisiana Tech · 2021

All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 23

71%

Matches Daewood on