Dalton Stroman

Senior wide receiver for App State. 2025: 35 catches, 665 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · App State · Sr. · #8

6′4″ · 210 lb · Rockingham, NC

CFB Index 57 · #154 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to App State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs CharlotteKidd Brewer StadiumApp State by 17.5

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Yards / catch: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

665

receiving yards · 2025

35 catches · 4 TD · 19 per catch

Swing playSwung App State from 22% to 42% to win.Arkansas State at App State · 30-29

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for App State. 2025: 35 catches, 665 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2021.

His career, year by year

Dalton Stroman

WR · App State · Sr · #8

Beats you over the top. Dalton Stroman has been at App State through two head coaches in five seasons. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 141 rec yds, 3 receptions against Lindenwood — Week 2, 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

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning

2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #154 of 485?

High confidenceAscending11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: td rate (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#26 / 798 · 97th pct

17.6

TD rate#142 / 798 · 81st pct

5.0%

EPA / target#160 / 798 · 80th pct

0.62

Explosive rate#159 / 798 · 80th pct

15.0%

Catch rate#704 / 798 · 12th pct

55.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#18 / 558 · 97th pct

19.0

Long catch#77 / 558 · 86th pct

Rec yards#116 / 558 · 79th pct

665

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Receptions#230 / 558 · 58th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

97th → 80th percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 80th percentile

Catch rate

55th → 12th percentile

TD rate

100th → 81st percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 97th 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

22%13 of his 60 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	56.4	22.6	0.3
Road6g	3.3	45.0	13.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	66.3	20.5	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	33.5	16.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #154 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #154 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #17 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	App State	35	665	19.0	4	--
2024	App State	20	307	15.3	5	--
2023	App State	20	390	19.5	3	--
2022	App State	19	365	19.2	4	--
2021	App State	1	10	10.0	0	--
Career		95	1,737	18.3	16	--

Season	Team
2025	App State	--	--	--	--	--
2024	App State	--	--	--	--	--
2023	App State	1	6	--	--	--
2022	App State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	App State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	6	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Lindenwood

3 rec · 141 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Swann — 293 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · R. Dubinion — 194 rush yds (25 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Lindenwood · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.86AJ Swann pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 72 yds for a TD (Dominic De Freitas KICK)
Week 6 · Oregon State · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.62JJ Kohl pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 35 yds to the ORST 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arkansas State · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.06(09:44) Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete deep left to #8 D.Stroman caught at ASU03, for 37 yards to the ASU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:44, 1ST DOWN #90 D.De Freitas kick attempt good (H: #37 I.Ratliff, LS: #47 J.Poff)
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.01AJ Swann pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 14 yds to the USM 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.84(02:13) Shotgun #11 N.Gillon pass complete deep left to #8 D.Stroman caught at GSU12, for 34 yards to the GSU07 (#12 T.Hill Jr.), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Georgia State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82JJ Kohl pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 6 yds for a TD (Dominic De Freitas KICK)
Week 2 · Lindenwood · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.73AJ Swann pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 23 yds to the LIN 42 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boise State · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61AJ Swann pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 7 yds for a TD (Dominic De Freitas KICK)
Week 12 · James Madison · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.27(02:54) No Huddle-Shotgun #17 J.Kohl pass complete short right to #8 D.Stroman caught at APP44, for 38 yards to the JMU24 (#29 K.Willis), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Charlotte · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.21JJ Kohl pass complete to Dalton Stroman for 17 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-11@ Charlotte	8	88	11.0	0	17
Wk 2	W 20-13vs Lindenwood	3	141	47.0	1	72	Season-high 141 yds
Wk 3	L 22-38@ Southern Miss	4	65	16.3	0	27
Wk 5	L 14-47@ Boise State	1	7	7.0	1	7
Wk 6	W 27-23vs Oregon State	2	48	24.0	0	35
Wk 7	W 41-20@ Georgia State	3	19	6.3	1	7
Wk 8	L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina	2	24	12.0	0	16
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Old Dominion	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 11	L 23-25vs Georgia Southern	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 12	L 10-58@ James Madison	3	74	24.7	0	38
Wk 13	W 26-24vs Marshall	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 14	L 29-30vs Arkansas State	3	64	21.3	1	37
Bowl	L 10-29vs Georgia Southern	3	96	32.0	0	42
Total		35	665	18.5	4	72

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

App State

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · App State

Returning around him

38% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: -5 net (38 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

App State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #59

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Devin Carter’s 2023 season.

Devin Carter

73%match

West Virginia · 2023

Reed Harris

Boston College · 2025

73%

Isaac Teslaa

Arkansas · 2024

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 6

72%

J.Michael Sturdivant

UCLA · 2023

72%

Chase Sowell

East Carolina · 2024

All-AAC

70%

Matches Devin on

Total EPA (college ability)

Yards / reception

Height

Differs from Devin on

TD rate (higher)

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Brad Rozner’s path through NC State.

Brad Rozner

94%match

NC State · 2023

Dennis Houston

Western Illinois · 2021

93%

Prince Strachan

Boise State · 2024

86%

Jeremy Scott

South Alabama · 2025

86%

Isaiah Alston

James Madison · 2025

85%

Matches Brad on

Height

Yards per reception

Weight

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to J.Michael Sturdivant's senior season at UCLA (2024).

J.Michael Sturdivant

68%match

UCLA · 2024

Devin Carter

West Virginia · 2023

68%

Stephen Gosnell

Virginia Tech · 2024

63%

Umari Hatcher

Syracuse · 2024

62%

Shaleak Knotts

Maryland · 2025

62%

Matches J.Michael on

Yards / reception

Height

Differs from J.Michael on

Recruiting rating (lower)

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Reception volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Dalton Stroman

Justin Bowick

Illinois · 2025

74%

John Stephens

Louisiana · 2022

73%

Reed Harris

Boston College · 2025

73%

Tre Spivey

Arizona · 2025

68%

Justin Robinson

West Virginia · 2024

67%

The receiver room · App State

#8Dalton StromanWR · Sr.665 receiving yards · 2025
#12Sam MbakeWR · Sr.207 receiving yards · 2025
#16Alex SanchezWR · So.91 receiving yards · 2025
#12William FowlesWR · So.86 receiving yards · 2025
#82Chris Lawson Jr.WR · So.42 receiving yards · 2025

18 more on the roster · App State team page

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

2021

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Deep Threat

Players who play like Dalton Stroman

The receiver room · App State