Doni Dowling

Wide receiver for Virginia. 2017: 50 catches, 647 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Virginia · #7

6′1″ · 220 lb · Richmond, VA

Virginia 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2134 nationally · Signed with Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Virginia. 2017: 50 catches, 647 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Virginia in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia, 1,413 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 136 yds vs UConn.UConn · W 38-182017

20149 games

Signed with Virginia2-star out of Varina

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2134 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Mike London

Virginia

2016–2017

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike London → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Virginia5-7HC: Mike London · Balanced

2015Virginia4-8HC: Mike London · Balanced

2016Virginia2-10HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2017Virginia6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (81st percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#100 / 539 · 81st pct

Rec yards#125 / 539 · 77th pct

647

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#298 / 539 · 44th pct

12.9

Long catch#353 / 539 · 34th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.1	53.9	11.5	0.6
Road6g	3.5	45.0	14.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	57.7	12.9	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	40.5	12.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Virginia	50	647	12.9	5	--
2016	Virginia	50	626	12.5	4	--
2015	Virginia	1	-1	-1.0	0	--
2014	Virginia	17	141	8.3	0	--
Career		118	1,413	12.0	9	--

Season	Team
2017	Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Virginia	2	1	--	--	--
Career		2	1	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017

W 42–23

at Boise State

2 rec · 39 yds · 1 TD

With K. Benkert — 273 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 6 rush yds (3 car) · L. Coleman — 39 AVG · 60 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs William & Mary	6	76	12.7	0	26
Wk 2	L 17-34vs Indiana	5	24	4.8	0	6
Wk 3	W 38-18vs UConn	6	136	22.7	1	42	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 4	W 42-23@ Boise State	2	39	19.5	1	27
Wk 6	W 28-21vs Duke	5	52	10.4	2	17	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 20-14@ North Carolina	5	62	12.4	0	15
Wk 8	L 10-41vs Boston College	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	L 14-31@ Pittsburgh	2	46	23.0	0	41
Wk 10	W 40-36vs Georgia Tech	4	67	16.8	1	28
Wk 11	L 21-38@ Louisville	3	38	12.7	0	18
Wk 12	L 28-44@ Miami	7	70	10.0	0	21
Wk 13	L 0-10vs Virginia Tech	2	18	9.0	0	10
Bowl	L 7-49@ Navy	2	15	7.5	0	8
Total		50	647	12.7	5	42

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