Senior wide receiver for Louisville. 2025: 13 catches, 219 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′4″ · 215 lb · Atlanta, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
13 catches · 1 TD · 16.8 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 40 yds, 1 TD, vs Kentucky
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Louisville. 2025: 13 catches, 219 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Dacari Collins
Beats you over the top. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Dabo Swinney, Dave Doeren and Jeff Brohm. One game to point at: 84 rec yds, 4 receptions against Bowling Green — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (95th percentile). Concern: catch rate (16th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 42.5 | 16.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 24.5 | 19.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.0 | 52.5 | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 28.5 | 17.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | 13 | 219 | 16.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | NC State | 24 | 314 | 13.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | NC State | 14 | 210 | 15.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Clemson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Clemson | 16 | 221 | 13.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 68 | 972 | 14.3 | 5 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 24–21
at Miami
2 rec · 21 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With M. Moss — 248 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · -9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · D. Chapeau — 3 rush yds (1 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | W 40-17vs Bowling Green | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | 36 | Season-high 84 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Miami | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-29vs California | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-38@ SMU | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-0vs Kentucky | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | 29 | |
| Total | 13 | 219 | 17.1 | 1 | 36 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Louisville
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Louisville
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dont'E Thornton’s 2023 season.
Matches Dont'E on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tre Nixon’s path through UCF.
Matches Tre on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jerand Bradley's graduate season at Kansas State (2025).
Matches Jerand on
Differs from Jerand on
Player DNA