Player Dossier

2012-2016

Cincinnati

DJ Dowdy

TE • 6'4" • Akron, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

DJ Dowdy reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

27

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

31

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

DJ Dowdy built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Akron, OH wearing No. 81, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of DJ Dowdy's career was his receiving role: 23 catches, 190...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8511

Akron North · Akron, OH

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

DJ Dowdy, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Cincinnati. DJ Dowdy reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
190
Receptions
23
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

DJ Dowdy quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · TE
Career Receiving Yards
190
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
3-star · Akron North · Cincinnati
High school pipeline
Akron North · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 81 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
44 receiving yards · TE 185th (top 60%) · American Athletic 113th (top 63%) · National 1,256th (top 66%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonCincinnati0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonCincinnati226022.7
2014 Regular SeasonCincinnati5536041.9
2015 PostseasonCincinnati911045.1
2015 Regular SeasonCincinnati911103345.1
2016 Regular SeasonCincinnati4444246

Related Context

DJ Dowdy played TE for Cincinnati. Across 5 tracked seasons, DJ Dowdy recorded 190 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 44 primary output with 65 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 65 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

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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2016 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

11

Efficiency

65

Usage

5.2

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 20. East Carolina: 14. Temple: 5. Memphis: 5

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. Purdue: 1 by 100. East Carolina: 1 by 93.3. Temple: 1 by 33.3. Memphis: 1 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins17 · Games = 2 · +12 vs Losses
Losses5 · Games = 2 · -12 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

100 vs Purdue

Result
Sat 11/19vs MemphisL 7-34155505
Sat 10/29@ TempleL 13-34155505
Sat 10/22vs East CarolinaW 31-191141414114
Sat 9/10@ PurdueW 38-201202020120

Player Story

DJ Dowdy story

DJ Dowdy built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Akron, OH wearing No. 81, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of DJ Dowdy's career was his receiving role: 23 catches, 190 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 20 career games in the available record. That gives DJ Dowdy'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

    Cincinnati

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2013 Regular SeasonCincinnati6204.66
2014 Regular SeasonCincinnati36484.830
2015 PostseasonCincinnati10437.45.268
2015 Regular SeasonCincinnati10437.45.20
2016 Regular SeasonCincinnati44655.2-60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UConn

Week 8 · W 37-13 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

55

Receiving Yards

75.2 takeover

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 2 · W 38-20

20

Receiving Yards

72.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Toledo

Week 3 · W 58-34

13

Receiving Yards

66 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs East Carolina

Week 8 · W 31-19 · Conference game

14

Receiving Yards

59.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

14 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Miami (OH)

Week 4 · W 14-0

6

Receiving Yards

51.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Cincinnati

44 primary output · 65 efficiency · 5.2 usage

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#2

2015 Postseason · Cincinnati

45.1

104 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Cincinnati

45.1

104 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games