Senior wide receiver for North Texas. 2025: 7 catches, 80 receiving yards.
5′9″ · 176 lb · College Station, TX · College Station HS
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
7 catches · 11.4 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 41 yds, at Charlotte
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for North Texas. 2025: 7 catches, 80 receiving yards.
Dalton Carnes
Moves the chains on third down. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 41 rec yds, 2 receptions against Charlotte — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Eric Morris → Drew Svoboda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 0.8 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 13.7 | 20.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 0.8 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 0.8 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
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 | North Texas | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | North Texas | 29 | 371 | 12.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Houston | 20 | 263 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 56 | 714 | 12.8 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | -- | -- | 18 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Houston | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | 18 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 49–47
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.
With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Lamar | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-10vs Washington State | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 36-22vs South Alabama | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 36-63vs South Florida | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-17vs UTSA | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-20@ Charlotte | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 41 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Navy | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 53-24@ UAB | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 49-47@ San Diego State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 7 | 80 | 10.1 | 0 | 21 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
North Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · North Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dalton Carnes’s 2023 season.
Matches Dalton on
Differs from Dalton on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Danny Scudero’s path through San José State.
Jermaine Jackson
Dai'Jean Dixon
Matches Danny on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Keyshawn Helton's sophomore season at Florida State (2021).
Matches Keyshawn on
Differs from Keyshawn on
Player DNA
2025: Saw action in all 14 games on the year, playing both WR and special teams … caught 7 passes for 80 yards on the year … had two receptions for 18 yards in the win over Washington State … caught two passes for a season-high 41 yards and had a critical tackle on a fake punt attempt in the vict...
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