Diante Vines

WR · Sr. · Old Dominion6′0″ · 198 lb · Danbury, CT · The Taft School

Diante Vines: WR · Old Dominion.

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Diante Vines

WR · Old Dominion · Sr

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. On tape: 89 receiving yards and 4 receptions against James Madison, Week 12, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Old Dominion in the news

ODU first trip to RustonWAVY.com Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Old Dominion	36	393	10.9	2	40
2023	Iowa	12	134	11.2	1	36
2022	Iowa	10	94	9.4	0	15
Career		58	621	10.7	3	40

Season	Team
2024	Old Dominion	--	--	2
2023	Iowa	1	4	--
2022	Iowa	1	2	--
Career		2	6	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 19-23@ South Carolina	4	7	1.8	0	4
Wk 2	L 14-20vs East Carolina	6	64	10.7	0	31
Wk 3	L 17-37vs Virginia Tech	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 5	W 30-27@ Bowling Green	2	5	2.5	0	6
Wk 6	L 37-45@ Coastal Carolina	4	73	18.3	1	40
Wk 7	W 21-14@ Georgia State	3	36	12.0	0	21
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Texas State	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 9	W 47-19vs Georgia Southern	3	32	10.7	0	14
Wk 10	L 20-28@ App State	5	42	8.4	1	14
Wk 12	L 32-35vs James Madison	4	89	22.3	0	39	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 13	L 35-42vs Marshall	2	22	11.0	0	15
Total		36	393	10.9	2	40

Signature game

Week 12 · 2024

L 32-35

vs James Madison

4 rec · 89 yds

With S. Hall — 39.5 yards per punt · 8 punts · 4 inside the 20 · C. Joseph — 189 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.3 · 35 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · James Madison · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 39 yds to the JMU 40 for a
Week 6 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 40 yds for a TD (Ethan Sanchez KICK)
Week 6 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 16 yds to the CCU 45 for a
Week 2 · East Carolina · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Grant Wilson pass complete to Diante Vines for 31 yds to the ECU 40 for a
Week 7 · Georgia State · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 21 yds to the GAST 30 for a
Week 7 · Georgia State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 11 yds to the GAST 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · James Madison · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.64Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 15 yds to the JMU 46 for a James Madison Penalty, Defensive Holding (Taurus Jones) declined for a
Week 12 · James Madison · 2nd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 23 yds to the ODU 41 for a
Week 8 · Texas State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.51C.Joseph pass complete. Catch made by D.Vines for 12 yards. Tackled by J.Neal at TXST 47.
Week 10 · App State · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.43Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 14 yds for a TD (Ethan Sanchez KICK)

Teams and coaches

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 43 (#253 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

43Rotational starter #253 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: yards / catch (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#195 / 610 · 68th pct

1.03

Yards / catch#305 / 610 · 50th pct

11.8

TD rate#328 / 610 · 46th pct

5.4%

Explosive rate#340 / 610 · 44th pct

13.5%

Catch rate#398 / 610 · 35th pct

86.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#215 / 541 · 60th pct

Rec yards#274 / 541 · 49th pct

393

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#376 / 541 · 29th pct

Yards / catch#428 / 541 · 20th pct

10.9

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	38.3	11.2	0.0
Road5g	3.6	32.6	8.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	31.2	7.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	41.2	12.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

Pass share

41.3%

333 pass / 474 run

Plays / game

67.2

12 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

354 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

36 catches in 11 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

43 · #253 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #253 at the position.

Diante Vines

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

36 catches in 11 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2020

2024 11 games