Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 31-34vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 24 yds |
| Total | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 |
#87
Markeston Douglas
Senior tight end for Florida State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 270 lb · Brownsville, TN
Returning to Florida State for 2026
The numbers
24
receiving yards · 2025
2 catches · 12 per catch
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 2 rec, 24 yds, vs Pittsburgh
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Florida State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2020.
Markeston Douglas
Is the first read once you cross the 20. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Norvell and Kenny Dillingham. The receipt: 24 rec yds, 2 receptions against Pittsburgh — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2020
- Signed with Florida State3-star out of Haywood
2024
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022–2025
Florida State
Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced
2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning
2025Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 REC/g, 24.0 YDS/g, 12.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Arizona State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 14 | 190 | 13.6 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 28 | 353 | 12.6 | 4 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Florida State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Florida State
Returning around him
- 40% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 1 Florida State player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -22 net (22 in / 44 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida State · Last season: 5-7 (AP #25) · Talent rank #21 · 2026 recruiting class #16
DNA match
Player DNA
Red-Zone Weapon
The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.
TE
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Markeston Douglas’s 2022 season.
83%match
Matches Markeston on
Yards / reception
Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Thomas Odukoya's sophomore season at Eastern Michigan (2021).
78%match
All-MAC
Matches Thomas on
EPA / play (adj)
Yards / reception
Height
Player DNA
Players who play like Markeston Douglas
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology