Dorian Leonard

WR · Texas 2017 · #8

Last confirmed: Texas, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 205 lb · Longview, TX

Dorian Leonard: WR · Texas · #8.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Tim PatrickUtah · 2014 · 91% season match
Aaron YoungDuke · 2019 · 82% season match
Hasaan HendersonNevada · 2016 · 82% season match
Makoa Camanse-StevensHawai'i · 2016 · 79% season match
Deric PhouthavongBowling Green · 2016 · 77% season match

Dorian Leonard

WR · Texas · #8

Moves the chains on third down. Dorian Leonard has been at Texas through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 38 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Maryland, Week 1, 2017.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Texas in the news

Meyer warns Sarkisian publiclyYahoo Sports Oct 20
Court grants eligibility injunction to two playersOct 16
Elko apologizes for rantOct 12
Easton Royal flips to FloridaOct 11

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Texas	18	147	8.2	0
2016	Texas	29	397	13.7	3
2014	Texas	1	7	7.0	0
Career		48	551	11.5	3

Season	Team
2017	Texas	--
2016	Texas	−12
2014	Texas	--
Career		−12

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 41-51vs Maryland	3	38	12.7	15	Season-high 38 yds
Wk 2	W 56-0vs San José State	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 3	L 24-27@ No. 4 USC	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 5	W 17-7@ Iowa State	1	10	10.0	10
Wk 6	W 40-34vs Kansas State	2	24	12.0	16
Wk 8	L 10-13vs No. 10 Oklahoma State	4	26	6.5	11
Wk 9	W 38-7@ Baylor	3	25	8.3	12
Wk 10	L 7-24@ No. 10 TCU	2	6	3.0	4
Wk 11	W 42-27vs Kansas	1	6	6.0	6
Total		18	147	8.2	16

Signature game

Week 8 · 2017

L 10-13

vs Oklahoma State

4 rec · 26 yds

With M. Dickson — 50.9 yards per punt · 11 punts · 66 long · S. Ehlinger — 241 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 17.8

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.37Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 9 yds to the Texas 47
Week 2 · San José State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.09Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 9 yds to the SJSt 49
Week 9 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.02Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 12 yds to the Bayl 46 for a
Week 5 · Iowa State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.95Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 10 yds to the Texas 41 for a
Week 1 · Maryland · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.90Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 15 yds to the Mary 17 for a
Week 1 · Maryland · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +0.64Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 10 yds to the Mary 25 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −0.58Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 2 yds to the Texas 34
Week 1 · Maryland · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.54Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 13 yds to the Mary 30 for a
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +0.51Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 11 yds to the OKSt 9 for a
Week 9 · Baylor · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.43Shane Buechele pass complete to Dorian Leonard for 8 yds to the Texas 30

Teams and coaches

2014Texas6-7HC: Charlie Strong · Balanced

2016Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (83rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#120 / 709 · 83rd pct

78.3%

TD rate#577 / 709 · 9th pct

0.0%

Yards / catch#644 / 709 · 9th pct

8.2

EPA / target#665 / 709 · 6th pct

0.11

Explosive rate#682 / 709 · 2nd pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#424 / 539 · 20th pct

Rec TDs#460 / 539 · 7th pct

Rec yards#507 / 539 · 6th pct

147

Yards / catch#523 / 539 · 3rd pct

8.2

Long catch#532 / 539 · 1st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

30th → 6th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 2nd percentile

Catch rate

20th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

68th → 9th percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 9th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.2	20.6	9.2	0.0
Road4g	1.8	11.0	6.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	16.8	9.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	15.8	6.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Tom Herman

Pass share

49.7%

496 pass / 501 run

Plays / game

76.7

13 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

543 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

18 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Dorian Leonard

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Texas in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

18 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Texas

His moves

2014