Diante Vines

Former wide receiver at Old Dominion. 2024: 36 catches, 393 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Old Dominion · Sr.

6′0″ · 198 lb · Danbury, CT

CFB Index 43 · #253 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceOld Dominion 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1028 nationally · Signed with The Taft School

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Old Dominion. 2024: 36 catches, 393 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to The Taft School in 2020.
Transferred from Iowa to Old Dominion in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Old Dominion, 621 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Recruited3-star out of The Taft School

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1028 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Ricky Rahne

Old Dominion

Played his entire career under Ricky Rahne.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #253 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #253 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 24–14

vs Texas State

2 rec · 21 yds

With C. Joseph — 130 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.7 · 111 rush yds (16 car) · 3 TD · S. Hall — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · James Madison · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.67Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 39 yds to the JMU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 40 yds for a TD (Ethan Sanchez KICK)
Week 6 · Coastal Carolina · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 16 yds to the CCU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · East Carolina · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Grant Wilson pass complete to Diante Vines for 31 yds to the ECU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia State · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 21 yds to the GAST 30 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 11 yds to the GAST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · James Madison · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.64Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 15 yds to the JMU 46 for a 1ST down James Madison Penalty, Defensive Holding (Taurus Jones) declined for a 1ST down
Week 12 · James Madison · 2&17 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 23 yds to the ODU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Texas State · 3&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 · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.43Colton Joseph pass complete to Diante Vines for 14 yds for a TD (Ethan Sanchez KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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	10.0	2	40

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