John Diarse

Wide receiver for TCU. 2017: 35 catches, 575 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · TCU · #9

6′1″ · 214 lb · Monroe, LA

TCU 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 191 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for TCU. 2017: 35 catches, 575 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 1,429 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 139 yds at SMU.SMU · W 33-32016

2013

Signed with LSU4-star out of Neville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#191 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014LSU8-5HC: Les Miles · Run-heavy

2015LSU9-3HC: Les Miles · Run-heavy

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#100 / 539 · 81st pct

16.4

Long catch#129 / 539 · 76th pct

Rec yards#165 / 539 · 69th pct

575

Receptions#216 / 539 · 59th pct

Rec TDs#204 / 539 · 55th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	44.4	16.6	0.1
Road6g	3.2	44.0	15.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	34.9	12.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	55.2	20.3	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	TCU	35	575	16.4	3	--
2016	TCU	33	442	13.4	3	--
2015	LSU	13	137	10.5	0	--
2014	LSU	15	275	18.3	3	--
Career		96	1,429	14.9	9	--

Season	Team
2017	TCU	--	--	--	--	--
2016	TCU	--	--	10	--	--
2015	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
2014	LSU	1	8	--	--	--
Career		1	8	10	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017

W 44–31

at Oklahoma State

3 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.

With K. Hill — 228 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.5 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Anderson — 160 rush yds (26 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week