CFB Zeitgeist Score
64
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 69th percentile.
Dorian Fleming
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
351 REC YDS · 40 REC · 3 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Maryland for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Maryland
Returning around him
- 13% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 Maryland player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (15 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Maryland · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #52 · 2026 recruiting class #25
TE · MARYLAND · BIG TEN
Dorian Fleming
- 2
- #9
- 6-3 | 245 lb
- Henrico, VA
Heisman Heat
#5297
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP TE AWARD
Mackey
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Maryland
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8304 | No. 1866 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (351).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Georgia State
Composite
0.8304
#1866 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Dorian Fleming
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Dorian Fleming
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
3
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #222 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 58th
Why it matters
#222 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 3 TDs on 40 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 3 (58th)
HIGH · n=40 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#351 / 531
- Yards per reception#476 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 vs Florida Atlantic — 1 receiving_tds
Result W 39-7
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs Florida Atlantic.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
351Rec yards
40Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
31.9Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
414.8Rec yards
47Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 351): needs 174.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 351): needs 324.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 40): needs 10/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 40): needs 20/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Dorian Fleming already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
TE season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
40 97th
YDS
351 89th
YPR
8.8 39th
TD
3 91st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-7vs Florida Atlantic | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-9vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | 48 | Season-high 70 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Wisconsin | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-24vs Washington | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34vs Nebraska | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ UCLA | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-55vs Indiana | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-35@ Rutgers | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-24@ Illinois | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-45vs Michigan | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-38@ Michigan State | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | 40 | 351 | 10.7 | 3 | 48 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2025Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland | 40 | 351 | 8.8 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 40 | 351 | 8.8 | 3 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 40 | #15/475 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 351 | #54/475 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #45/475 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.8 | #291/475 | 39th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 14.3% | #25/468 | 95th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 48 | #44/475 | 91st pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 11.9% | #11/468 | 98th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 10.5% | #17/468 | 97th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 9.1% | #7/468 | 99th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.3% | #9/468 | 98th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 8.2% | #28/468 | 94th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.5% | #33/468 | 93rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 42.2 | 13.5 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 19.6 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 4.0 | 38.0 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Losses8g | 3.5 | 29.6 | 11.2 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.2 | 40.8 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 24.5 | 12.8 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
64Solid starter
Elite: receptions (91st). Concern: yards / catch (19th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Dorian FlemingMarylandJack EndriesTexas· 86% simD'Andre RogersTCU· 85% simToby PayneMarshall· 84% sim
Receptions
Long catch
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elijah Sessoms’s 2025 season.
Elijah Sessoms
68%match
#2
Arlis Boardingham
66%
#3
Reed Tyler
60%
#4
Brady Russell
65%
#5
Kenny Fletcher
65%
Matches Elijah on
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Weight
Differs from Elijah on
Class year (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Connor Cravaack's sophomore season at Akron (2025).
Connor Cravaack
75%match
#2
Devin Miller
73%
#3
Decker DeGraaf
71%
#4
Arlis Boardingham
70%
#5
Christian Sims
All-MAC
70%
Matches Connor on
Total EPA (college ability)
Height
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Connor on
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
61.9%
491 pass / 302 run
Plays / game
66.1
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
2.3%
383 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Mike Locksley
Maryland
Played his entire career under Mike Locksley.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownHenrico, VA
Height6'3"
Weight245 lb
Class2
PositionTE
Jersey9
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Current teamMaryland
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Georgia State | Sun Belt | TE |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | TE2 | #5297 | #5771 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Georgia State | TE2 | #5235 | #5465 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland | Big Ten | TE | 2 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 245 lb | Henrico, VA |
| 2024 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | TE | 2 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 245 lb | Henrico, VA |
| 2023 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | TE | 2 | No. 9 | 6-3 | 245 lb | Henrico, VA |