Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Illinois
Lou Dorsey
TE • 6'6" • 235 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Lou Dorsey reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Lou Dorsey built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 19, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Lou Dorsey's career was his receiving role: 22...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Lou Dorsey, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. Lou Dorsey reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 395
- Receptions
- 22
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Lou Dorsey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 395
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cheshire Academy · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Cheshire Academy · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 22 | 395 | 3 | 69.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Lou Dorsey played TE for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lou Dorsey recorded 395 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Illinois paired 395 primary output with 78.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 78.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
43.9
Efficiency
78.8
Usage
16.8
Consistency
44.7
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 4. Western Kentucky: 20. South Florida: 62. Iowa: 75. Rutgers: 28. Wisconsin: 25. Purdue: 11. Indiana: 107. Northwestern: 63
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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 1 by 26.7. Western Kentucky: 1 by 100. South Florida: 3 by 100. Iowa: 3 by 100. Rutgers: 3 by 62.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 83.3. Purdue: 2 by 36.7. Indiana: 3 by 100. Northwestern: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
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Wins12 · Games = 2 · -41 vs Losses
Losses53 · Games = 7 · +41 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern | L 7-42 | — | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Indiana100 receiving yards | L 14-24 | — | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 35.70 | 1 | 77 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Purdue | L 10-29 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Wisconsin | L 10-24 | — | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Rutgers | L 24-35 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 1 | 19 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Iowa | L 16-45 | — | 3 | 75 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 40 |
| Fri 9/15 | @ South Florida | L 23-47 | — | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 20.70 | 0 | 32 |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Western Kentucky | W 20-7 | — | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Ball State | W 24-21 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Player Story
Lou Dorsey story
Lou Dorsey built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 19, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Lou Dorsey's career was his receiving role: 22 catches, 395 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 9 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lou Dorsey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 395 | 78.8 | 16.8 | 395 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -395 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 11 · L 14-24 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
107
Receiving Yards
92.3 takeover
107 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · L 7-42 · Conference game
63
Receiving Yards
84.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 6 · L 16-45 · Conference game
75
Receiving Yards
71.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ South Florida
Week 3 · L 23-47
62
Receiving Yards
69.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Wisconsin
Week 9 · L 10-24 · Conference game
25
Receiving Yards
60.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
395 primary output · 78.8 efficiency · 16.8 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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