Cameron Dorner

#4 · WR · Sr. · North Texas6′1″ · 195 lb · New Market, MD

Cameron Dorner is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at North Texas.

Dorner beats you over the top. One game to point at: 125 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Temple — Week 14, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Malik BensonOregon · 2025 · 84% season match
Emmanuel Henderson Jr.Kansas · 2025 · 82% season match
Jayshon PlattFlorida Atlantic · 2025 · 81% season match
Elijah SpencerCharlotte · 2022 · 80% season match
Moose Muhammad IIITexas A&M · 2022 · 79% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	North Texas	55	886	16.1	8	77
Career		55	886	16.1	8	77

Season	Team
2025	North Texas	1	2
Career		1	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Lamar	7	98	14.0	1	25	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 33-30@ Western Michigan	1	4	4.0	1	4
Wk 3	W 59-10vs Washington State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Army	3	42	14.0	0	19
Wk 5	W 36-22vs South Alabama	2	25	12.5	0	19
Wk 7	L 36-63vs No. 24 South Florida	5	73	14.6	0	28
Wk 8	W 55-17vs UTSA	5	63	12.6	1	16
Wk 9	W 54-20@ Charlotte	7	117	16.7	1	41
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Navy	3	78	26.0	0	39
Wk 12	W 53-24@ UAB	3	73	24.3	1	35
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Rice	2	27	13.5	0	22
Wk 14	W 52-25vs Temple	4	125	31.3	1	77	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 15	L 21-34@ No. 21 Tulane	6	76	12.7	0	23
Bowl	W 49-47vs San Diego State	6	66	11.0	2	31
Total		55	886	16.1	8	77

Signature game

Bowl · 2025

W 49-47

vs San Diego State · neutral site

6 rec · 66 yds · 2 TD

Edged out San Diego State at a neutral site in a shootout.

With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD · 3 rec · 25 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Temple · 2nd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +5.94Mestemaker to Dorner: a 77-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · San Diego State · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +4.49D. Mestemaker pass to C. Dorner for 31 yds, for a TD (M. Arenas KICK)
Week 10 · Navy · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Mestemaker to Dorner: a 39-yard pass.
Week 9 · Charlotte · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Mestemaker to Dorner: a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Lamar · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.02Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 24 yds to the LAM 41 for a
Week 12 · UAB · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Mestemaker to Dorner: a 35-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 12 · UAB · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Mestemaker to Dorner: a 30-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Lamar · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 25 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 2 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 4 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 8 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Cameron Dorner for 15 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

55 rec · 886 yds · 8 TD

48 of 55 receptions matched to play-by-play

32 of 61 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6115% of team targets

Catch rate

79%48 of 61 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

6% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air -1.5 · YAC 4.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

41% of targets (13)

69%catch rate

Air 4.5 · YAC 7.1 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

44% of targets (14)

79%catch rate

Air 13.5 · YAC 11.6 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

9% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air 34.0 · YAC 2.7 avg

79% catch rate on 61 targets · 15% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

15%10 of his 66 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2025North Texas12-2HC: Eric Morris · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 77 (#50 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

77All-Conference level #50 of 485 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile). Concern: rush yards (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#32 / 798 · 96th pct

21.2%

EPA / target#74 / 798 · 91st pct

0.75

Yards / catch#117 / 798 · 85th pct

15.0

TD rate#182 / 798 · 77th pct

4.5%

Catch rate#222 / 798 · 72nd pct

74.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#23 / 558 · 95th pct

Long catch#35 / 558 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#42 / 558 · 93rd pct

886

Yards / catch#83 / 558 · 85th pct

16.1

Receptions#88 / 558 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#218 / 287 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	68.7	18.6	0.4
Road6g	3.7	56.5	14.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	46.7	12.7	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	79.9	19.6	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Drew Svoboda

Pass share

48.5%

475 pass / 504 run

Plays / game

69.9

14 games

Team sack rate

4.1%

462 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

55 catches and 1 carry in 14 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

77 · #50 of 485 WRs · 2025

Unranked recruit. Now #50 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #7 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).