Greg Dortch

WR · Wake Forest 2018 · #3

Last confirmed: Wake Forest, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′9″ · 170 lb · Highlands Springs, VA · Highland Springs

Greg Dortch: WR · Wake Forest · #3.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Shaq WashingtonCincinnati · 2015 · 86% season match
Chris MurrayArkansas State · 2017 · 84% season match
Corey JonesToledo · 2014 · 80% season match
Daniel BravermanWestern Michigan · 2014 · 80% season match
Trent TaylorLouisiana Tech · 2015 · 77% season match

Greg Dortch

WR · Wake Forest · So · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Wake Forest behind him. On tape: 163 receiving yards and 11 receptions against Rice, Week 5, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

News and fans

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

Wake Forest in the news

Spike Sowells Jr. out for seasonPack Pride Oct 8

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	89	1,078	12.1	8
2017	Wake Forest	53	722	13.6	9
Career		142	1,800	12.7	17

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	5	20	376	276	2
2017	Wake Forest	7	9	397	162	--
Career		12	29	773	438	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-17@ Tulane	12	149	12.4	0	39	149-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 51-20vs Towson	7	94	13.4	1	23
Wk 3	L 34-41vs Boston College	9	93	10.3	0	22
Wk 4	L 27-56vs No. 8 Notre Dame	6	56	9.3	0	18
Wk 5	W 56-24vs Rice	11	163	14.8	4	54	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 6	L 3-63vs No. 4 Clemson	3	37	12.3	0	22
Wk 8	L 17-38@ Florida State	4	24	6.0	0	7
Wk 9	W 56-35@ Louisville	8	135	16.9	0	35	135-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 24-41vs No. 22 Syracuse	9	95	10.6	1	24
Wk 11	W 27-23@ No. 22 NC State	6	75	12.5	1	22
Wk 12	L 13-34vs Pittsburgh	4	33	8.3	0	25
Wk 13	W 59-7@ Duke	10	124	12.4	1	30
Total		89	1078	12.1	8	54

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

W 56-24

vs Rice

11 rec · 163 yds · 4 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Rice.

With D. Maggio — 45.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20 · S. Hartman — 241 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.18Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 54 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 5 · Rice · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +4.08Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 38 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 13 · Duke · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 30 yds to the Duke 28 for a
Week 9 · Louisville · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 32 yds to the Lvile 28 for a
Week 3 · Boston College · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 17 yds to the BC 47 for a BOSTON COLLEGE Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the BC 38 for a
Week 13 · Duke · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.13Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 15 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Rice · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.06Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 13 yds to the Rice 44 for a
Week 1 · Tulane · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.03Sam Hartman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 39 yds to the WFrst 45 for a
Week 11 · NC State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 15 yds to the NCSt 32 for a
Week 11 · NC State · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Jamie Newman pass complete to Greg Dortch for 19 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dave Clawson — 15-11 over that span.

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2018Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#197 / 702 · 72nd pct

15.5%

EPA / target#205 / 702 · 71st pct

0.66

Catch rate#239 / 702 · 66th pct

72.7%

TD rate#275 / 702 · 61st pct

6.4%

Yards / catch#347 / 702 · 51st pct

12.3

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#7 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#24 / 550 · 96th pct

1078

Rec TDs#50 / 550 · 89th pct

Long catch#207 / 550 · 61st pct

Rush yards#112 / 277 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#334 / 550 · 39th pct

12.1

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

60th → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

67th → 66th percentile

TD rate

96th → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

62nd → 51st 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	7.0	81.6	11.3	0.9
Road5g	8.0	101	12.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.0	98.7	12.1	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	81.0	11.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Dave Clawson

Pass share

41.6%

441 pass / 620 run

Plays / game

81.6

13 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

479 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

89 catches and 5 carries in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Greg Dortch

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Wake Forest in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Three seasons at Wake Forest

His moves

2016