Daniel Bellinger

#88 · TE · Jr. · San Diego State6′6″ · 255 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Palo Verde

Daniel Bellinger: TE · San Diego State · #88.

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Daniel Bellinger

TE · San Diego State · Jr · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches at San Diego State: Rocky Long and Brady Hoke. One game to point at: 113 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Arizona — Week 2, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	31	357	11.5	2	73
2020	San Diego State	21	203	9.7	0	21
2019	San Diego State	15	201	13.4	3	28
2018	San Diego State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Career		68	771	11.3	5	73

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs New Mexico State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 2	W 38-14@ Arizona	3	113	37.7	1	73	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 3	W 33-31vs Utah	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 6	W 31-7vs New Mexico	2	25	12.5	0	17
Wk 7	W 19-13@ San José State	5	34	6.8	0	15
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Air Force	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 9	L 20-30vs Fresno State	3	19	6.3	0	9
Wk 10	W 17-10@ Hawai'i	5	41	8.2	0	11
Wk 11	W 23-21vs Nevada	5	26	5.2	1	8
Wk 13	W 27-16vs Boise State	3	61	20.3	0	38
Total		29	344	11.9	2	73

Signature game

Week 2 · 2021

W 38-14

at Arizona

3 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Arizona.

With M. Araiza — 53.1 yards per punt · 7 punts · 3 inside the 20 · J. Brookshire — 183 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Boise State · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +3.27Jordon Brookshire pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 38 yds to the BoiSt 11 for a
Week 6 · New Mexico · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.02Jordon Brookshire pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 17 yds to the NMex 45 for a
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.53Lucas Johnson pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 9 yds to the SDSt 44 for a
Week 13 · Boise State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.50Jordon Brookshire pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 17 yds to the BoiSt 29 for a
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.40Lucas Johnson pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 11 yds to the SDSt 32 for a
Week 11 · Nevada · 1st and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.21Lucas Johnson pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 2 yds for a TD (Matt Araiza KICK)

4 more plays

Week 9 · Fresno State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.04Lucas Johnson pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 9 yds to the SDSt 24 for a
Week 8 · Air Force · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA −1.01Lucas Johnson pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for no gain to the SDSt 43
Week 11 · Nevada · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.00Lucas Johnson pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 8 yds to the SDSt 38
Week 7 · San José State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.84Jordon Brookshire pass complete to Daniel Bellinger for 15 yds to the SDSt 28 for a

Teams and coaches

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#42 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

51Rotational starter #42 of 119 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (96th percentile). Strength: long catch (95th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (30th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#25 / 655 · 96th pct

93.8%

EPA / target#204 / 655 · 69th pct

0.81

TD rate#308 / 655 · 52nd pct

6.2%

Yards / catch#420 / 655 · 36th pct

11.4

Explosive rate#460 / 655 · 30th pct

9.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#8 / 146 · 95th pct

Receptions#35 / 146 · 75th pct

Rec yards#41 / 146 · 72nd pct

357

Yards / catch#66 / 146 · 54th pct

11.5

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Rush yards#21 / 33 · 36th pct

Rush TDs#10 / 33 · 36th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	26.0	11.5	0.2
Road4g	3.5	47.0	13.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	39.4	16.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	29.4	8.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Brady Hoke

Pass share

39.0%

358 pass / 560 run

Plays / game

70.6

13 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

371 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

31 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #42 of 119 TEs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #42 at the position.

Daniel Bellinger

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Style of play

Fans

San Diego State in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

31 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Four seasons at San Diego State, drafted

2018

2022