CFB Zeitgeist Score
84
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 98th percentile.
Dae'Quan Wright
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
635 REC YDS · 39 REC · 5 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Ole Miss for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Ole Miss
Returning around him
- 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Ole Miss players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +3 net (28 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #21 · 2026 recruiting class #16
TE · OLE MISS · SEC
Dae'Quan Wright
- 4
- #8
- 6-4 | 255 lb
- Perry, GA
Heisman Heat
#1907
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP TE AWARD
Mackey
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+205%
Up 205% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8756 | No. 647 recruit | HighSchool | Virginia Tech |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (635).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Virginia Tech
Composite
0.8756
#647 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Dae'Quan Wright
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Dae'Quan Wright
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
16.3
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #57 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 89th
Why it matters
#57 of 531 All FBS WRs at 16.3 yards per reception (39 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 16.3 (89th)
HIGH · n=39 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#122 / 531
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 7 vs Washington State — 80 ypr
Result W 24-21
The week the volume broke through — put up 80 yds vs Washington State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 14g
635Rec yards
39Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
45.4Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
635Rec yards
39Receptions
5Rec TDs
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dae'Quan Wright's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Ole Miss, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
TE season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet | Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
39 97th
YDS
635 99th
YPR
16.3 93rd
TD
5 97th
Rushing
CAR
1 51st
YDS
2 43rd
YPC
2.0 53rd
TD
0 69th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-7vs Georgia State | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 1 | 38 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-35vs Arkansas | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 0 | 64 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Tulane | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 1 | 53 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-19vs LSU | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Washington State | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 1 | 42 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 35-43@ Georgia | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-26@ Oklahoma | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-14vs South Carolina | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-24vs Florida | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-19@ Mississippi State | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Tulane | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Bowl | W 39-34@ Georgia | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Bowl | L 27-31vs Miami | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 1 | 24 | |
| Total | 39 | 635 | 17.7 | 5 | 64 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced
2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ole Miss | 39 | 635 | 16.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 28 | 366 | 13.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 19 | 208 | 10.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 86 | 1,209 | 14.1 | 5 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 39 | #17/475 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 635 | #4/475 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #14/475 | 97th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 16.3 | #36/475 | 93rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 10.4% | #85/468 | 82nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 2 | #30/50 | 42nd pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 2 | #31/53 | 43rd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 2.0 | #26/53 | 53rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #30/59 | 51st pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #20/62 | 69th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 64 | #15/475 | 97th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.7% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.8% | #45/468 | 91st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.6% | #56/468 | 88th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 5.2% | #77/468 | 84th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 3.6% | #220/468 | 53rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.6% | #296/468 | 37th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.2% | #54/468 | 89th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/55 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS TE |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home10g | 2.9 | 56.8 | 22.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins12g | 2.8 | 44.8 | 17.9 | 0.3 |
| Losses2g | 3.0 | 49.0 | 16.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.1 | 63.1 | 23.8 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 21.7 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
84All-Conference
Elite: rec yards (98th). Strength: yards / catch (98th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Dae'Quan WrightOle MissEli StowersVanderbilt· 91% simDallen BentleyUtah· 90% simDylan WadeUCF· 88% sim
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Long catch
Receptions
Rec TDs
Fumbles lost
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Move TE
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Carsen Ryan’s 2025 season.
Carsen Ryan
71%match
NFL Rd 7
#2
Lake McRee
All-Big Ten
70%
#3
Drake Dabney
65%
#4
Mason Fairchild
All-Big 12
64%
#5
Ben Yurosek
57%
Matches Carsen on
Weight
Reception volume
Recruiting rating
Differs from Carsen on
TD rate (higher)
Yards / reception (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Mason Fairchild's senior season at Kansas (2023).
Mason Fairchild
79%match
All-Big 12
#2
Drake Dabney
76%
#3
Carsen Ryan
NFL Rd 7
74%
#4
Cade Stover
All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
72%
#5
Matthew Hibner
NFL Rd 4
69%
Matches Mason on
TD rate
Yards / reception
Differs from Mason on
Recruiting rating (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
48.2%
521 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
72.1
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.5%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
2023
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
2025
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPerry, GA
Height6'4"
Weight255 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey8
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOle Miss
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ole Miss | TE4 | #1907 | #1630 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | TE4 | #1372 | #1474 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | TE4 | #2443 | #2925 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ole Miss | SEC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Perry, GA |
| 2024 | Ole Miss | SEC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Perry, GA |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | ACC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Perry, GA |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | ACC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Perry, GA |