Player Dossier

2020-2024

TCU

Drake Dabney

TE • 6'5" • 248 lbs • Cypress, TX, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Drake Dabney reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a tight end

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Baylor • TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Player Story

Drake Dabney built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a tight end from Cypress, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Baylor and TCU. The clearest part of Drake Dabney's career was his receiving role: 84...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.9963

Gonzaga · Washington, DC

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Drake Dabney, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Baylor. Drake Dabney reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,066
Receptions
84
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Drake Dabney quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,066
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Baylor
Top game
Texas State
Recruit profile
5-star · Gonzaga · Michigan
High school pipeline
Gonzaga · 33 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
193 receiving yards · TE 110th (top 25%) · Big 12 75th (top 30%) · National 649th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonBaylor2657155.4
2021 PostseasonBaylor818039.8
2021 Regular SeasonBaylor8983239.8
2022 Regular SeasonBaylor816173042.8
2023 Regular SeasonBaylor1233552566.4
2024 PostseasonTCU9373036.9
2024 Regular SeasonTCU916120036.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Baylor to TCUP4 to P479.6Dec 4, 2023

Drake Dabney played TE for Baylor and TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Drake Dabney recorded 1,066 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Baylor.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Baylor paired 552 primary output with 78.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 50.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Baylor, TCU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · TCU

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

21.4

Efficiency

50.4

Usage

8.8

Consistency

32.9

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 73. Stanford: 5. UCF: 15. SMU: 3. Kansas: 6. Utah: 39. Texas Tech: 32. Baylor: 14. Cincinnati: 6

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. Louisiana: 3 by 100. Stanford: 1 by 33.3. UCF: 3 by 33.3. SMU: 1 by 20. Kansas: 1 by 40. Utah: 3 by 86.7. Texas Tech: 4 by 53.3. Baylor: 2 by 46.7. Cincinnati: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins26.8 · Games = 6 · +16.2 vs Losses
Losses10.7 · Games = 3 · -16.2 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

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

100 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 12/28vs LouisianaW 34-337324.324.30044
Sat 11/30@ CincinnatiW 20-13166606
Sun 11/3@ BaylorL 34-3721477010
Sat 10/26vs Texas TechW 35-3443288012
Sun 10/20@ UtahW 13-73391313020
Sat 9/28@ KansasW 38-27166606
Sat 9/21@ SMUL 42-66133303
Sat 9/14vs UCFL 34-3531555011
Sat 8/31@ StanfordW 34-27155505

Player Story

Drake Dabney story

Drake Dabney built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a tight end from Cypress, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Baylor and TCU. The clearest part of Drake Dabney's career was his receiving role: 84 catches, 1,066 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 39 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Drake Dabney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Baylor

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    TCU

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonBaylor5763.415.6
2021 PostseasonBaylor9156.77.934
2021 Regular SeasonBaylor9156.77.90
2022 Regular SeasonBaylor1736510.282
2023 Regular SeasonBaylor55278.612.2379
2024 PostseasonTCU19350.48.8-359
2024 Regular SeasonTCU19350.48.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas State

Week 1 · L 31-42

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

101

Receiving Yards

90.1 takeover

101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ West Virginia

Week 7 · L 40-43 · Conference game

66

Receiving Yards

89.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

66 receiving yards with a 88 efficiency score.

#3

@ Kansas State

Week 11 · L 25-59 · Conference game

105

Receiving Yards

86 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Louisiana

Week 1 · W 34-3 · Postseason

73

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

73 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ TCU

Week 12 · L 17-42 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

78.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Baylor

552 primary output · 78.6 efficiency · 12.2 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Baylor

55.4

57 primary · 63.4 efficiency · 15.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Baylor

42.8

173 primary · 65 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games