Former tight end at TCU. 2024: 19 catches, 193 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 248 lb · Cypress, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 636 nationally · Signed with Cy Ranch
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at TCU. 2024: 19 catches, 193 receiving yards.
Drake Dabney
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Drake Dabney has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 73 rec yds, 3 receptions against Louisiana — Bowl, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at TCU, 1,066 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (6th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 40.0 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 20.4 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 22.8 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #104 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024
W 13–7
at Utah
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27@ Stanford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | Season-high 73 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 34-35vs UCF | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | L 42-66@ SMU | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-27@ Kansas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 13-7@ Utah | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-34vs Texas Tech | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | L 34-37@ Baylor | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13@ Cincinnati | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bowl | W 34-3vs Louisiana | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 44 | |
| Total | 19 | 193 | 8.6 | 0 | 44 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Drake Dabney’s 2022 season.
Matches Drake on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Yurosek's graduate season at Georgia (2024).
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Player DNA