Tight end, Pittsburgh, 2006–09
Dorin Dickerson
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Imperial, PA
- Born
- Mar 31, 1988, in Imperial, Pennsylvania
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Dorin Dickerson played tight end at Pittsburgh (2006–09). The Houston Texans took Dickerson in round 7, No. 227 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, career highat Buffalo, 2009118receiving yards, career highvs. Syracuse, 20093receiving touchdowns, career highat Buffalo, 2009All-America: FWAA 2009; Sporting News second team 2009; Walter Camp second team 2009; AP third team 2009; CBS Sports 2009
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006* | Pittsburgh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008* | Pittsburgh | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 2 | 41 |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh | 49 | 529 | 10.8 | 10 | 53 |
| Career | 63 | 708 | 11.2 | 12 | 53 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.5 | 1 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Pittsburgh | 2 | TE | |
| 2007 | Pittsburgh | 2 | TE | |
| 2008 | Pittsburgh | 2 | TE | |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh | 2 | TE | 6′2″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Pittsburgh 12 games, 49 catches, 529 yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Youngstown State | W 38–3 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Sep 12 | at Buffalo | W 54–27 | 8 | 71 | 3 | 23 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. Navy | W 27–14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Sep 26 | at NC State | L 31–38 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Oct 2 | at Louisville | W 35–10 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 37 | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. UConn | W 24–21 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | – |
| Oct 16 | at Rutgers | W 24–17 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Oct 24 | vs. South Florida | W 41–14 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. Syracuse | W 37–10 | 7 | 118 | 1 | 53 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. Notre Dame | W 27–22 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 27 | at West Virginia | L 16–19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. North Carolina | W 19–17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 8 | – |
2008 Pittsburgh 11 games, 13 catches, 174 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Bowling Green | L 17–27 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs.Buffalo | W 27–16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Iowa | W 21–20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 27 | atSyracuse | W 34–24 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | – |
| Oct 2 | atSouth Florida | W 26–21 | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| Oct 18 | atNavy | W 42–21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs.Rutgers | L 34–54 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Nov 1 | atNotre Dame | W 36–33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Nov 8 | vs.Louisville | W 41–7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Nov 22 | at Cincinnati | L 21–28 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Oregon State | L 0–3 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 20 | – |
2006 Pittsburgh 3 games, 1 catch, 5 yards
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (North team, won 31–13).
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅜″ | |
| Weight | 226 lb | |
| Arm length | 34″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.40 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 s | |
| Vertical jump | 43½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ | |
| Bench press | 24 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.96 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.30 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 12 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Houston Texans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Buffalo Bills | 7 | 9 | 117 | 0 |
| 2013 | Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| NFL career | 12 | 11 | 151 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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