Dustin Creel

Wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2015: 43 catches, 451 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Eastern Michigan · #3

6′2″ · Industry, PA

Eastern Michigan 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2805 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan

Statement game14 rec · 152 ydsat Ball State (FBS) · L 30-45

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2015: 43 catches, 451 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 660 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Western Beaver County

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2805 national

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2015Eastern Michigan1-11HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (83rd percentile). Concern: yards / catch (20th percentile).

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

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

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2015

W 48–29

at Wyoming

3 rec · 76 yds

Edged out Wyoming on the road in a shootout.

With B. Roback — 330 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.6 · 3 rush yds (1 car) · A. Barnes — 53 AVG · 54 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ LSU	2	10	5.0	1	12
Wk 7	L 20-63@ 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	10.4	6	57

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