#17

Chimere Dike

Former wide receiver at Florida. 2024: 42 catches, 783 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Florida · Sr. · #17

6′0″ · 195 lb · Waukesha, WI

CFB Index 63 · #123 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTennessee — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 1, #103 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 579 nationally · Signed with North

Career night10 rec · 185 yds · 3 TDat Northwestern (FBS) · W 42-7

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Florida. 2024: 42 catches, 783 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North in 2020.
Transferred from Wisconsin to Florida in 2024.
Drafted round 4 by the Tennessee in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida, 2,261 receiving yards — drafted at #103 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 185 yds at Northwestern.Northwestern · W 42-72022

20205 games

Recruited3-star out of North

202413 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Tennesseeround 4, pick 103

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#579 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #103

Tennessee · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

2022–2024

Billy Napier

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season

#103Rd 4 · Pick 1

TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Wisconsin4-3HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy

2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #123 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (96th percentile). Concern: catch rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#20 / 610 · 97th pct

31.6%

Yards / catch#24 / 610 · 96th pct

18.6

EPA / target#294 / 610 · 52nd pct

0.89

TD rate#434 / 610 · 29th pct

3.5%

Catch rate#570 / 610 · 7th pct

73.7%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#41 / 541 · 93rd pct

18.6

Rec yards#87 / 541 · 84th pct

783

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Receptions#162 / 541 · 70th pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#316 / 541 · 40th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

92nd → 52nd percentile

Explosive rate

86th → 97th percentile

Catch rate

47th → 7th percentile

TD rate

42nd → 29th percentile

Yards / catch

95th → 96th percentile

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.1	62.2	22.9	0.1
Road5g	3.4	57.0	15.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	64.1	20.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	55.7	19.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

63 · #123 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #123 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida	42	783	18.6	2	--
2023	Wisconsin	19	328	17.3	1	--
2022	Wisconsin	47	689	14.7	6	--
2021	Wisconsin	19	272	14.3	1	--
2020	Wisconsin	12	189	15.8	1	--
Career		139	2,261	16.3	11	--

Season	Team
2024	Florida	--	--	--	187	--
2023	Wisconsin	--	--	249	108	--
2022	Wisconsin	5	32	146	--	--
2021	Wisconsin	3	19	77	--	--
2020	Wisconsin	6	48	--	--	--
Career		14	99	472	295	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 24–17

vs Ole Miss

3 rec · 54 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Crawshaw — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 62 LONG · D. Lagway — 180 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.5 · -9 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Tennessee · 3&19 · Q4 · EPA +4.86DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 27 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 12 · LSU · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.71DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 34 yds to the LSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kentucky · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.61DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 44 yds to the UK 3 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Graham Mertz pass complete to Chimere Dike for 39 yds to the TA&M 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.79DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 7 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.71DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 41 yds to the MISS 26 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Georgia · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Aidan Warner pass complete to Chimere Dike for 8 yds to the UGA 35 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kentucky · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.62DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 23 yds to the FLA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tulane · 3&25 · Q2 · EPA +2.36DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 18 yds to the TULN 26
Week 6 · UCF · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.32DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 37 yds to the UCF 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-41vs Miami	1	11	11.0	0	11	Season-high 96 yds
Wk 2	W 45-7vs Samford	1	44	44.0	0	44
Wk 3	L 20-33vs Texas A&M	6	91	15.2	1	39
Wk 4	W 45-28@ Mississippi State	3	43	14.3	0	28
Wk 6	W 24-13vs UCF	4	88	22.0	0	37
Wk 7	L 17-23@ Tennessee	4	76	19.0	1	27
Wk 8	W 48-20vs Kentucky	2	67	33.5	0	44
Wk 10	L 20-34@ Georgia	2	8	4.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 17-49@ Texas	5	95	19.0	0	39
Wk 12	W 27-16vs LSU	2	47	23.5	0	34
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Ole Miss	3	54	18.0	0	41
Wk 14	W 31-11@ Florida State	3	63	21.0	0	25
Bowl	W 33-8vs Tulane	6	96	16.0	0	38
Total		42	783	20.0	2	44

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