Dontae Fleming

Former wide receiver at Tulane. 2024: 31 catches, 598 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Tulane · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 167 lb · Laplace, LA

CFB Index 51 · #187 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTulane 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1675 nationally · Signed with Louisiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Tulane. 2024: 31 catches, 598 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana in 2020.
Transferred from Louisiana to Tulane in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tulane, 1,351 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 128 yds vs South Florida.South Florida · W 45-102024

20208 games

Signed with Louisiana3-star out of East St. John

20235 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1675 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2023

Slade Nagle

Tulane

era →

2024

Jon Sumrall

Tulane

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #187 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#17 / 610 · 97th pct

19.7

EPA / target#114 / 610 · 81st pct

1.17

Explosive rate#200 / 610 · 67th pct

17.9%

TD rate#495 / 610 · 19th pct

2.6%

Catch rate#550 / 610 · 10th pct

76.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#31 / 541 · 94th pct

19.3

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rec yards#158 / 541 · 71st pct

598

Rush yards#108 / 299 · 64th pct

Long catch#215 / 541 · 59th pct

Receptions#257 / 541 · 52nd pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	63.0	21.9	0.2
Road8g	2.0	35.4	15.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	52.8	15.1	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	1.9	40.1	20.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

51 · #187 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #187 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	31	598	19.3	1	--
2023	Tulane	6	94	15.7	0	--
2022	Louisiana	18	147	8.2	3	--
2021	Louisiana	27	322	11.9	2	--
2020	Louisiana	12	190	15.8	1	--
Career		94	1,351	14.4	7	--

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	3	21	--	60	--
2023	Tulane	--	--	--	9	--
2022	Louisiana	1	34	71	50	--
2021	Louisiana	--	--	50	15	--
2020	Louisiana	1	-5	26	37	--
Career		5	50	147	171	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 41–33

at Louisiana

1 rec · 8 yds

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

With R. Pleasant — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT · M. Hughes — 166 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Kansas State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.78Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 53 yds to the KSU 3 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Texas · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 32 yds to the UNT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Navy · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.51Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 44 yds to the NAVY 19 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 45 yds to the UNT 30 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Temple · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 46 yds to the TEM 21 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Oklahoma · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.77Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 19 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 15 yds for a TD (Ethan Head KICK)
Week 5 · South Florida · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.37Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 14 yds to the TULN 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.24Ty Thompson pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 13 yds to the TULN 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Rice · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Darian Mensah pass complete to Dontae Fleming for 12 yds to the RICE 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Kansas State	4	97	24.3	0	53
Wk 3	L 19-34@ Oklahoma	4	59	14.8	0	19
Wk 4	W 41-33@ Louisiana	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 45-10vs South Florida	7	128	18.3	1	46	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 6	W 71-20@ UAB	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 8	W 24-10vs Rice	2	36	18.0	0	24
Wk 9	W 45-37@ North Texas	3	92	30.7	0	45
Wk 10	W 34-3@ Charlotte	3	35	11.7	0	16
Wk 11	W 52-6vs Temple	2	54	27.0	0	46
Wk 12	W 35-0@ Navy	2	56	28.0	0	44
Wk 14	L 24-34vs Memphis	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 15	L 14-35@ Army	1	8	8.0	0	8
Bowl	L 8-33@ Florida	1	13	13.0	0	13
Total		31	598	17.8	1	53

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

Dontae Fleming

20208 games

20235 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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