Chimere Dike

#17 · WR · Sr. · Florida6′0″ · 195 lb · Waukesha, WI · North

Chimere Dike: WR · Florida · #17.

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Chimere Dike

WR · Florida · Sr · #17

Beats you over the top. The five seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, Luke Fickell and Billy Napier. One game to point at: 96 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Tulane — Bowl, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

Florida in the news

Dabo Swinney criticizes FSU fansNov 1
Florida State fires AD Michael AlfordOct 28
Napier's buyout among largest in CFB historyGators Wire Oct 27
Texas bans fan for postgame incidentOn3 Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Florida	42	783	18.6	2	44
2023	Wisconsin	19	328	17.3	1	41
2022	Wisconsin	47	689	14.7	6	74
2021	Wisconsin	19	272	14.3	1	36
2020	Wisconsin	12	189	15.8	1	49
Career		139	2,261	16.3	11	74

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	L 17-41vs No. 19 Miami	1	11	11.0	0	11
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@ No. 8 Tennessee	4	76	19.0	1	27
Wk 8	W 48-20vs Kentucky	2	67	33.5	0	44
Wk 10	L 20-34vs No. 2 Georgia	2	8	4.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 17-49@ No. 5 Texas	5	95	19.0	0	39
Wk 12	W 27-16vs No. 21 LSU	2	47	23.5	0	34
Wk 13	W 24-17vs No. 9 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	18.6	2	44

Signature game

Week 3 · 2024

L 20-33

vs Texas A&M

6 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD

With G. Mertz — 195 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 45.3 · J. Crawshaw — 43.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Tennessee · 3rd and 19 · Q4 · EPA +4.86DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 27 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 12 · LSU · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.71DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 34 yds to the LSU 43 for a
Week 8 · Kentucky · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.61DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 44 yds to the UK 3 for a
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Graham Mertz pass complete to Chimere Dike for 39 yds to the TA&M 36 for a
Week 3 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.79DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 7 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.71DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 41 yds to the MISS 26 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · Georgia · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Aidan Warner pass complete to Chimere Dike for 8 yds to the UGA 35 for a
Week 8 · Kentucky · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.62DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 23 yds to the FLA 48 for a
Week 1 · Tulane · 3rd and 25 · Q2 · EPA +2.36DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 18 yds to the TULN 26
Week 6 · UCF · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.32DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 37 yds to the UCF 1 for a

Teams and coaches

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

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

2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Paul Chryst and Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy

2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 63 (#123 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

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

63Quality starter #123 of 466 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	57.4	23.9	0.1
Road4g	3.8	69.2	18.3	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

2024 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Pass share

42.7%

336 pass / 450 run

Plays / game

60.5

13 games

Team sack rate

5.7%

366 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

42 catches in 13 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

63 · #123 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Chimere Dike

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Style of play

Fans

Florida in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

42 catches in 13 games

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2020 5 games

2024 13 games

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