#15

De'Mornay Pierson-El

Wide receiver for Nebraska. 2017: 45 catches, 623 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Nebraska · #15

5′9″ · 190 lb · Alexandria, VA

Nebraska 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for Nebraska. 2017: 45 catches, 623 receiving yards, 5 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nebraska, 1,309 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 102 yds at USC.USC · L 42-452014

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Nebraska

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Bo Pelini

Nebraska

2015–2017

Mike Riley

Nebraska

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Nebraska9-4HC: Bo Pelini · Run-heavy

2015Nebraska6-7HC: Mike Riley · Balanced

2016Nebraska9-4HC: Mike Riley · Run-leaning

2017Nebraska4-8HC: Mike Riley · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (86th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 86th pct

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Receptions#128 / 539 · 76th pct

Rec yards#138 / 539 · 74th pct

623

Rush yards#84 / 283 · 70th pct

Yards / catch#243 / 539 · 55th pct

13.8

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Long catch#321 / 539 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.6	40.4	10.7	0.3
Road5g	4.0	68.0	17.4	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	53.0	13.4	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	50.4	13.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Nebraska	45	623	13.8	5	--
2016	Nebraska	20	254	12.7	1	--
2015	Nebraska	12	111	9.2	1	--
2014	Nebraska	23	321	14.0	4	--
Career		100	1,309	13.1	11	--

Season	Team
2017	Nebraska	4	32	--	92	--
2016	Nebraska	14	34	--	168	--
2015	Nebraska	3	-9	--	48	--
2014	Nebraska	5	10	147	596	3
Career		26	67	147	904	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 25–24

at Purdue

5 rec · 62 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With T. Lee — 431 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.0 · -18 rush yds (5 car) · J. Spielman — 6 rec · 70 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-36vs Arkansas State	2	20	10.0	1	12
Wk 2	L 35-42@ Oregon	4	67	16.8	1	34
Wk 3	L 17-21vs Northern Illinois	8	101	12.6	0	36	Season-high 101 yds
Wk 4	W 27-17vs Rutgers	3	22	7.3	1	10
Wk 5	W 28-6@ Illinois	4	94	23.5	1	45
Wk 6	L 17-38vs Wisconsin	3	59	19.7	0	37
Wk 7	L 14-56vs Ohio State	2	8	4.0	0	5
Wk 9	W 25-24@ Purdue	5	62	12.4	0	37
Wk 10	L 24-31vs Northwestern	4	34	8.5	0	16
Wk 11	L 21-54@ Minnesota	3	63	21.0	0	44
Wk 12	L 44-56@ Penn State	4	54	13.5	1	22
Wk 13	L 14-56vs Iowa	3	39	13.0	0	19
Total		45	623	13.5	5	45

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