Dae'Quan Wright

Senior tight end for LSU. 2025: 39 catches, 635 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · LSU · Sr. · #8

6′4″ · 255 lb · Perry, GA

CFB Index 79 · #7 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceTransferred Ole Miss → LSU for 2026

How he plays

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.

Explosive rate: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

635

receiving yards · 2025

39 catches · 5 TD · 16.3 per catch

Backed by 9 rec · 99 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Ole Miss from 45% to 87% to win.Miami at Ole Miss · 31-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for LSU. 2025: 39 catches, 635 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2022.
Transferred from Ole Miss to LSU in 2026.
Big 12 bans NFL returnees (Aug 26) Reported

The full story, with sources

Dae'Quan Wright

TE · Ole Miss · Sr · #8

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Brent Pry and Lane Kiffin. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-SEC. The receipt: 80 rec yds, 4 receptions against Washington State — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #7 of 156?

Medium-low confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#40 / 798 · 95th pct

20.8%

Yards / catch#66 / 798 · 92nd pct

16.2

TD rate#113 / 798 · 86th pct

5.7%

EPA / target#137 / 798 · 83rd pct

0.64

Catch rate#402 / 798 · 50th pct

67.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#4 / 175 · 98th pct

635

Yards / catch#4 / 175 · 98th pct

16.3

Long catch#14 / 175 · 92nd pct

Receptions#17 / 175 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#14 / 175 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Rush yards#18 / 33 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#14 / 33 · 30th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

32nd → 83rd percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 95th percentile

Catch rate

7th → 50th percentile

TD rate

84th → 86th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 92nd 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

26%14 of his 53 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

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

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #7 of 156 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #7 of 156 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ole Miss	39	635	16.3	5	--
2024	Ole Miss	26	361	13.9	4	--
2023	Virginia Tech	28	366	13.1	0	--
2022	Virginia Tech	19	208	10.9	0	--
Career		112	1,570	14.0	9	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Arkansas · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.92Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 64 yds to the ARK 1 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Austin Simmons pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 38 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 4 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 53 yds to the TULN 2 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · LSU · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.02Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 26 yds to the LSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Miami · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.97(03:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Chambliss pass complete short right to #8 D.Wright caught at MIA06, for 24 yards to the MIA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:13, 1ST DOWN #4 C.Odom pass attempt Successful
Week 4 · Tulane · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 5 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 7 · Washington State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 2 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 7 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 42 yds to the WSU 33 for a 1ST down Ole Miss Penalty, (-15 Yards) to the WSU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · South Carolina · 1&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.32(01:30) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Chambliss pass complete short middle to #8 D.Wright caught at SC02, for 8 yards to the SC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:28 #17 L.Carneiro kick attempt good (H: #33 O.Bird, LS: #93 C.Short)
Week 5 · LSU · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.18Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 20 yds to the LSU 15 for a 1ST down

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 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

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

Dae'Quan Wright

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2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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