Mac Dalena

WR · Sr. · Fresno State5′11″ · 180 lb · Fresno, CA · San Joaquin Memorial

Mac Dalena: WR · Fresno State.

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Mac Dalena

WR · Fresno State · Sr

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for four head coaches at Fresno State: Kalen DeBoer, Lee Marks, Jeff Tedford and Tim Skipper. The first one came in 2024: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 235 receiving yards and 18 rushing yards against Sacramento State — Week 2, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Fresno State	60	998	16.6	8	75
2023	Fresno State	46	508	11.0	3	39
2022	Fresno State	10	92	9.2	1	24
2021	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Fresno State	4	88	22.0	1	51
Career		120	1,686	14.1	13	75

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-30@ No. 9 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	16.6	8	75

Signature game

Week 2 · 2024

W 46-30

vs Sacramento State

7 rec · 235 yds · 1 TD · 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 · J. Moss — 6 rec · 76 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Air Force · 3rd and 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 · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +6.19Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 69 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 1st and 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 · 3rd and 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 · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.66Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 35 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Joshua Wood pass complete to Mac Dalena for 54 yds to the NIU 13 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Sacramento State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.80Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 55 yds to the SAC 6 for a
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 21 yds to the SAC 49 for a
Week 3 · New Mexico State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 13 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)
Week 5 · UNLV · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.47Mikey Keene pass complete to Mac Dalena for 9 yds for a TD (Dylan Lynch KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

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

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 82 (#29 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

82All-Conference level #29 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	103	22.0	1.0
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

2024 season

Head Coach

Tim Skipper

Pass share

53.1%

430 pass / 380 run

Plays / game

62.3

13 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

442 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

82 · #29 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

Mac Dalena

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Five seasons at Fresno State

2020 3 games

2024 12 games