Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Kansas State
Dayton Valentine
TE • 6'4" • 270 lbs • Baldwin City, KS, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Dayton Valentine reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a tight end
lowelite
Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
3★
- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Dayton Valentine, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kansas State. Dayton Valentine reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 18
- Receptions
- 4
Quick Answers
Dayton Valentine quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 18
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Baldwin · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Baldwin · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 10 receiving yards · TE 298th (top 89%) · Big 12 146th (top 92%) · National 1,738th (top 89%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 49.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 44.6 |
Related Context
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Dayton Valentine played TE for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dayton Valentine recorded 18 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 8 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
2
Efficiency
33.3
Usage
9.6
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 8. TCU: 2. Oklahoma: 0. Kansas: 0. West Virginia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -2.5 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 4 · +2.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Vanderbilt
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 8 | 26.7 | 7.7 | 8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 10 | 33.3 | 9.6 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Vanderbilt
Week 3 · L 7-14
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
8
Receiving Yards
62.2 takeover
8 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ Stanford
Week 1 · L 13-26
6
Receiving Yards
52.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.
#3
vs Missouri State
Week 4 · W 35-0
2
Receiving Yards
26.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
2 receiving yards with a 13.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs TCU
Week 7 · L 6-26 · Conference game
2
Receiving Yards
22.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
2 receiving yards with a 13.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs West Virginia
Week 11 · L 23-28 · Conference game
0
Receiving Yards
— takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Kansas State
8 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 7.7 usage
49.7
#2
2017 Regular Season · Kansas State
44.6
10 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Kansas State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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