Gehrig Dieter
Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Parker J. McCauley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Alabama (from SMU, Bowling Green), 2012–⁠16

Gehrig Dieter

Lettered 2014–⁠15 at Bowling Green (school media guide)

Number
No. 11
Height
6′3″
Hometown
South Bend, IN
Born
Feb 24, 1993, in South Bend, Indiana

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Gehrig Dieter played receiver at SMU (2012), Bowling Green (2013–⁠15) and Alabama (2016).

Career highs

13catches, career highvs. Toledo, 2015136receiving yards, career highvs. Ohio, 20153receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Toledo, 2015

Team titles: MAC champions, 2013 and 2015; SEC champions, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012SMU1016816.8149
2014*Bowling Green3546013.1153
2015*Bowling Green941,03311.01075
2016Alabama1521414.3445
Career1541,87512.21675

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.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012SMU11WR
2013Bowling Green11WR
2014Bowling Green11WR
2015Bowling Green11WR
2016Alabama11WR6′3″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Bowling Green540.5351st (n=496)0.5228.68%
2015Bowling Green1340.3928th (n=465)0.5352.612%
2016Alabama320.4130th (n=489)0.5213.14%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Alabama 13 games, 15 catches, 214 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.USCW 52–⁠6145145–
Sep 10vs.Western KentuckyW 38–⁠10256040–
Sep 17atOle MissW 48–⁠43247030–
Sep 24vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠0110010–
Oct 1vs.KentuckyW 34–⁠6111011–
Oct 8atArkansasW 49–⁠301606–
Oct 15atTennesseeW 49–⁠10–––––
Nov 12vs.Mississippi StateW 51–⁠3110010–
Nov 19vs.ChattanoogaW 31–⁠33121–
Nov 26vs.AuburnW 30–⁠12112012–
Dec 3vs.FloridaW 54–⁠161616–
Dec 31 ✦vs.WashingtonW 24–⁠7110010–
Jan 9 ✦vs.ClemsonL 31–⁠35–––––
2015 Bowling Green 14 games, 94 catches, 1,033 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.TennesseeL 30–⁠597133138–
Sep 12atMarylandW 48–⁠27114114–
Sep 19vs.MemphisL 41–⁠44113013–
Sep 26atPurdueW 35–⁠281096029–
Oct 3atBuffaloW 28–⁠22424010–
Oct 10vs.MassachusettsW 62–⁠38885016–
Oct 17vs.AkronW 59–⁠10677141–
Oct 24atKent StateW 48–⁠0336016–
Nov 4vs.OhioW 62–⁠249136275–
Nov 11atWestern MichiganW 41–⁠27984014–
Nov 17vs.ToledoL 28–⁠4413103314–
Nov 24atBall StateW 48–⁠101181112−2
Dec 4vs.Northern IllinoisW 34–⁠14775019–
Dec 23 ✦vs.Georgia SouthernL 27–⁠58576151–
2014 Bowling Green 8 games, 35 catches, 460 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29atWestern KentuckyL 31–⁠59778016–
Sep 6vs.VMIW 48–⁠72405–
Sep 13vs.IndianaW 45–⁠423708–
Nov 4atAkronW 27–⁠10361023–
Nov 12vs.Kent StateW 30–⁠20678033–
Nov 19atToledoL 20–⁠27568032–
Dec 5vs.Northern IllinoisL 17–⁠51256142–
Dec 20 ✦vs.South AlabamaW 33–⁠287108053–
2012 SMU 4 games, 10 catches, 168 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atBaylorL 24–⁠59364140–
Sep 8vs.Stephen F. AustinW 52–⁠0149049–
Sep 15vs.Texas A&ML 3–⁠4832108–
Oct 13atTulaneL 26–⁠27334015–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 3–⁠10).

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′2½″
Weight208 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.59 s
10-yard split1.58 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.20 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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