Mac Dalena

Former wide receiver at Fresno State. 2024: 60 catches, 998 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Fresno State · Sr.

5′11″ · 180 lb · Fresno, CA

CFB Index 82 · #29 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamFresno State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2379 nationally · Signed with Fresno State

Statement game7 rec · 235 yds · 1 TDvs Sacramento State (FBS) · W 46-30

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Mac Dalena is a starr/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Fresno State. 2024: 60 catches, 998 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Fresno State, 1,686 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 90 yds at Wyoming.Wyoming · L 19-242023

20203 games

Signed with Fresno State3-star out of San Joaquin Memorial

202412 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2379 national

CFB

College

Fresno State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

4 coaches

2020

Kalen DeBoer

Fresno State

2021

Lee Marks

Fresno State

era →

2022–2023

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

era →

2024

Tim Skipper

Fresno State

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Kalen DeBoer, Lee Marks, Jeff Tedford, and Tim Skipper. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Fresno State9-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Pass-leaning

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #29 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (93rd percentile). Strength: td rate (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#43 / 610 · 93rd pct

27.6%

TD rate#48 / 610 · 92nd pct

13.8%

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#61 / 610 · 90th pct

1.34

Yards / catch#65 / 610 · 89th pct

16.5

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#26 / 541 · 95th pct

998

Rec TDs#34 / 541 · 93rd pct

Long catch#42 / 541 · 91st pct

Receptions#58 / 541 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#93 / 541 · 83rd pct

16.6

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rush yards#65 / 299 · 78th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

54th → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 93rd percentile

Catch rate

72nd → 91st percentile

TD rate

55th → 92nd percentile

Yards / catch

44th → 89th percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	106	21.6	0.8
Road6g	4.7	60.8	14.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	103	23.1	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	63.2	12.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #29 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Fresno State	60	998	16.6	8	--
2023	Fresno State	46	508	11.0	3	--
2022	Fresno State	10	92	9.2	1	--
2021	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Fresno State	4	88	22.0	1	--
Career		120	1,686	14.1	13	--

Season	Team
2024	Fresno State	5	39	36	--	--
2023	Fresno State	1	33	--	--	--
2022	Fresno State	1	1	--	--	--
2021	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	73	36	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 46–30

vs Sacramento State

18 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Sacramento State at home in a shootout.

With M. Keene — 358 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 51.4 · 1 rush yds (3 car) · J. Moss — 6 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Air Force · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +7.01Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 73 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 3 · New Mexico State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +6.19Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 69 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 75 yds for a TD (M. Keene Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 13 · Colorado State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.88Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 28 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 9 · San José State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.66Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 35 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Joshua Wood pass complete to Mac Dalena for 54 yds to the NIU 13 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.80Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 55 yds to the SAC 6 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 21 yds to the SAC 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · New Mexico State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 13 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 5 · UNLV · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.47Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 9 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-30@ Michigan	6	67	11.2	0	19
Wk 2	W 46-30vs Sacramento State	7	235	33.6	1	75	Season-high 235 yds
Wk 3	W 48-0vs New Mexico State	2	82	41.0	2	69	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 38-21@ New Mexico	3	47	15.7	0	29
Wk 5	L 14-59@ UNLV	4	70	17.5	1	22
Wk 8	W 24-21@ Nevada	4	45	11.3	0	16
Wk 9	W 33-10vs San José State	5	85	17.0	1	35
Wk 10	L 20-21vs Hawai'i	5	38	7.6	0	11
Wk 11	L 28-36@ Air Force	4	89	22.3	2	73	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 28-22vs Colorado State	7	75	10.7	1	28
Wk 14	L 13-20@ UCLA	7	47	6.7	0	21
Bowl	L 20-28vs Northern Illinois	6	118	19.7	0	54
Total		60	998	17.9	8	75

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

Mac Dalena

20203 games

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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