Greg Dortch

#3 · WR · So. · Wake Forest5′9″ · 170 lb · Highlands Springs, VA · Highland Springs

Greg Dortch: WR · Wake Forest · #3.

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Greg Dortch

WR · Wake Forest · So · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Wake Forest since. First career honor, 2018: All-America (CBS). On tape: 163 receiving yards and 11 receptions against Rice, Week 5, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	89	1,078	12.1	8	54
2017	Wake Forest	53	722	13.6	9	52
Career		142	1,800	12.7	17	54

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	5	20	376	276	2
2017	Wake Forest	7	9	397	162	--
Career		12	29	773	438	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-17@ Tulane	12	149	12.4	0	39	149-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 51-20vs Towson	7	94	13.4	1	23
Wk 3	L 34-41vs Boston College	9	93	10.3	0	22
Wk 4	L 27-56vs No. 8 Notre Dame	6	56	9.3	0	18
Wk 5	W 56-24vs Rice	11	163	14.8	4	54	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 6	L 3-63vs No. 4 Clemson	3	37	12.3	0	22
Wk 8	L 17-38@ Florida State	4	24	6.0	0	7
Wk 9	W 56-35@ Louisville	8	135	16.9	0	35	135-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 24-41vs No. 22 Syracuse	9	95	10.6	1	24
Wk 11	W 27-23@ No. 22 NC State	6	75	12.5	1	22
Wk 12	L 13-34vs Pittsburgh	4	33	8.3	0	25
Wk 13	W 59-7@ Duke	10	124	12.4	1	30
Total		89	1078	12.1	8	54

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

W 56-24

vs Rice

11 rec · 163 yds · 4 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Rice.

With D. Maggio — 45.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20 · S. Hartman — 241 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 54 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 5 · Rice · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +4.08Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 38 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 13 · Duke · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 30 yds to the Duke 28 for a
Week 9 · Louisville · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 32 yds to the Lvile 28 for a
Week 3 · Boston College · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 17 yds to the BC 47 for a BOSTON COLLEGE Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the BC 38 for a
Week 13 · Duke · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.13Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 15 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Rice · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.06Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 13 yds to the Rice 44 for a
Week 1 · Tulane · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.03Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 39 yds to the WFrst 45 for a
Week 11 · NC State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 15 yds to the NCSt 32 for a
Week 11 · NC State · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 19 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dave Clawson — 15-11 over that span.

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2018Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#197 / 702 · 72nd pct

15.5%

EPA / target#205 / 702 · 71st pct

0.66

Catch rate#239 / 702 · 66th pct

72.7%

TD rate#275 / 702 · 61st pct

6.4%

Yards / catch#347 / 702 · 51st pct

12.3

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#7 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#24 / 550 · 96th pct

1078

Rec TDs#50 / 550 · 89th pct

Long catch#207 / 550 · 61st pct

Rush yards#112 / 277 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#334 / 550 · 39th pct

12.1

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

60th → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

67th → 66th percentile

TD rate

96th → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

62nd → 51st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	7.0	81.6	11.3	0.9
Road5g	8.0	101	12.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.0	98.7	12.1	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	81.0	11.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Dave Clawson

Pass share

41.6%

441 pass / 620 run

Plays / game

81.6

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

479 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

89 catches and 5 carries in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Greg Dortch

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Impact starter

Three seasons at Wake Forest

2016