Former wide receiver at Temple. 2024: 61 catches, 792 receiving yards, 6 TD.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Navarre, FL
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.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1914 nationally · Signed with Colorado State
Statement game14 rec · 147 ydsvs Florida Atlantic (FBS) · W 18-15
Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Temple. 2024: 61 catches, 792 receiving yards, 6 TD.
Dante Wright
Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Four head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. He has two of these now, the latest All-AAC in 2024. The receipt on tape: 147 rec yds, 14 receptions against Florida Atlantic, Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Temple, 2,970 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton, and Everett Withers. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long catch (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (90th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 8.5 | 115 | 18.1 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 83.0 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.0 | 86.2 | 15.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 9.5 | 138 | 18.1 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Temple | 61 | 792 | 13.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Temple | 39 | 507 | 13.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 44 | 554 | 12.6 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | 20 | 315 | 15.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 56 | 802 | 14.3 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 220 | 2,970 | 13.5 | 17 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Temple | 5 | 17 | -- | 60 | -- |
| 2023 | Temple | 2 | 5 | -- | 58 | -- |
| 2021 | Colorado State | 3 | -5 | -- | 48 | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | 9 | 36 | -- | 34 | -- |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 17 | 214 | -- | 135 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 267 | -- | 335 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 45–29
vs Utah State
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-51@ Oklahoma | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 2 | L 11-38@ Navy | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-28vs Coastal Carolina | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-29vs Utah State | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 1 | 91 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-42vs Army | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-29@ UConn | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 12 | W 18-15vs Florida Atlantic | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 147 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 27-51@ UTSA | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 2 | 61 | 2 TD catches |
| Total | 61 | 792 | 16.0 | 6 | 91 |
Play style
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jaden Williams’s 2024 season.
Matches Jaden on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jaden Williams’s path through Texas State.
Matches Jaden on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Williams's graduate season at Texas State (2024).
Matches Jaden on
Player DNA