Dustin Creel

#3 · WR · Eastern Michigan6′2″ · Industry, PA · Western Beaver County

Dustin Creel: WR · Eastern Michigan · #3.

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Dustin Creel

WR · Eastern Michigan · #3

Moves the chains on third down. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Eastern Michigan since. On tape: 97 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Massachusetts, Week 11, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Eastern Michigan	43	451	10.5	6	57
2014	Eastern Michigan	21	209	10.0	0	30
Career		64	660	10.3	6	57

Season	Team
2015	Eastern Michigan	2
2014	Eastern Michigan	22
Career		24

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 34-38vs Old Dominion	3	24	8.0	2	10	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 48-29@ Wyoming	3	76	25.3	0	57
Wk 3	L 17-28vs Ball State	5	51	10.2	0	21
Wk 4	L 36-58vs Army	6	45	7.5	0	13
Wk 5	L 22-44@ No. 9 LSU	2	10	5.0	1	12
Wk 7	L 20-63@ No. 22 Toledo	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 8	L 21-49@ Northern Illinois	5	31	6.2	0	9
Wk 9	L 28-58vs Western Michigan	5	82	16.4	2	41	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 13-28@ Miami (OH)	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 11	L 17-28vs Massachusetts	10	97	9.7	1	17	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 13	L 28-35@ Central Michigan	2	17	8.5	0	15
Total		43	451	10.5	6	57

Signature game

Week 9 · 2015

L 28-58

vs Western Michigan

5 rec · 82 yds · 2 TD

With B. Roback — 263 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 58.0 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · S. Vann — 79 rush yds (12 car) · 4 rec · 26 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +4.36Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 41 yds for a TD, (Dylan Mulder KICK)
Week 2 · Wyoming · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 57 yds to the Wyom 15 for a
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.95Reginald Bell pass complete to Dustin Creel for 8 yds for a TD, (Dylan Mulder KICK)
Week 3 · Ball State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 21 yds to the EMich 46 for a
Week 9 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 16 yds for a TD, (Dylan Mulder KICK)
Week 5 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Roback to Creel: a 12-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 1 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Reginald Bell pass complete to Dustin Creel for 10 yds for a TD, (Dylan Mulder KICK)
Week 11 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 16 yds to the UMass 49 for a
Week 11 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 4 yds for a TD, (Dylan Mulder KICK)
Week 11 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.99Brogan Roback pass complete to Dustin Creel for 12 yds to the EMich 39 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 3-21 over that span.

2014Eastern Michigan2-10HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2015Eastern Michigan1-11HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (83rd percentile). Strength: rec tds (83rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#118 / 684 · 83rd pct

8.2%

EPA / target#294 / 684 · 57th pct

0.52

Catch rate#301 / 684 · 56th pct

68.9%

Yards / catch#481 / 684 · 30th pct

10.5

Explosive rate#588 / 684 · 14th pct

4.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#74 / 521 · 83rd pct

Receptions#157 / 521 · 69th pct

Long catch#173 / 521 · 66th pct

Rec yards#249 / 521 · 52nd pct

451

Yards / catch#411 / 521 · 20th pct

10.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

5th → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 14th percentile

Catch rate

50th → 56th percentile

TD rate

11th → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

27th → 30th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.8	59.8	10.4	1.0
Road6g	2.3	25.3	10.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	35.0	10.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	48.2	11.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

49.6%

409 pass / 415 run

Plays / game

68.7

12 games

Team sack rate

5.5%

439 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

43 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Dustin Creel

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43 catches in 11 games

Four seasons at Eastern Michigan

2012