CFB Zeitgeist Score
54
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 66th percentile.
Lakota Dippre
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
192 REC YDS · 17 REC · 3 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to James Madison for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · James Madison
Returning around him
- 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (37 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #127 · 2026 recruiting class #108
TE · JAMES MADISON · SUN BELT
Lakota Dippre
- 2
- #15
- 6-4 | 253 lb
- Scott Township, PA
Heisman Heat
#5379
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP TE AWARD
Mackey
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Lakota Dippre
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Lakota Dippre
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
192Rec yards
17Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
17.5Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
226.9Rec yards
20Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 192): needs 254/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 192): needs 404/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 17): needs 21.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 17): needs 31.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Lakota Dippre is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
TE season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
17 73rd
YDS
192 75th
YPR
11.3 68th
TD
3 91st
Rushing
CAR
4 81st
YDS
49 92nd
YPC
12.3 89th
TD
1 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-13@ Liberty | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 36 | Season-high 43 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 35-10vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 6 | W 14-7@ Georgia State | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-14vs Louisiana | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | W 63-27vs Old Dominion | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-23@ Marshall | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20vs Washington State | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | 25 | |
| Bowl | L 34-51@ Oregon | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | 192 | 11.8 | 3 | 36 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo
2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 17 | 192 | 11.3 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Charlotte | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 17 | 192 | 11.3 | 3 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 17 | #129/475 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 192 | #118/475 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #45/475 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.3 | #154/475 | 68th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 6.7% | #198/468 | 58th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 49 | #5/53 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 23 | #7/50 | 88th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 12.3 | #7/53 | 89th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Carries | 4 | #12/59 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #5/62 | 94th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 36 | #91/475 | 81st pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.1% | #212/468 | 55th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 3.1% | #267/468 | 43rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 3.1% | #213/468 | 55th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.1% | #205/468 | 56th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.7% | #258/468 | 45th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 1.6% | #364/468 | 22nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.7% | #24/468 | 95th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 19.4 | 12.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 1.6 | 20.4 | 14.1 | 0.2 |
| Losses2g | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 19.8 | 10.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
54Mid-pack
Elite: rush yards (95th). Concern: receptions (24th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Lakota DippreJames MadisonLuke LindenmeyerNebraska· 71% simDecker DeGraafWashington· 69% simRichie AndersonFresno State· 68% sim
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Long catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Red-Zone Weapon
The first name called near the goal line. Blocking is secondary.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nate Boerkircher’s 2025 season.
Nate Boerkircher
59%match
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 24
#2
Malachi Thomas
58%
#3
Giles Amos
52%
#4
Walker Lyons
57%
#5
Brandon Crum
50%
Matches Nate on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
TD rate
Differs from Nate on
Class year (lower)
Yards / reception (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Malachi Thomas's sophomore season at Pittsburgh (2025).
Malachi Thomas
78%match
#2
Mason Williams
72%
#3
Blake Whiteheart
72%
#4
Ethan Davis
70%
#5
Tony Livingston
70%
Matches Malachi on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
TD rate
Differs from Malachi on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Pass share
39.7%
385 pass / 584 run
Plays / game
69.2
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Bob Chesney
James Madison
2025
Bob Chesney
James Madison
Played his entire career under Bob Chesney.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownScott Township, PA
Height6'4"
Weight253 lb
Class2
PositionTE
Jersey15
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamJames Madison
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt | TE | 2 | No. 15 | 6-4 | 253 lb | Scott Township, PA |
| 2024 | Charlotte | American Athletic | TE | 2 | No. 15 | 6-4 | 253 lb | Scott Township, PA |
| 2023 | Charlotte | American Athletic | TE | 2 | No. 15 | 6-4 | 253 lb | Scott Township, PA |