Phillip Dorsett in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Miami, 2011–⁠14

Phillip Dorsett

Number
No. 85
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Born
Jan 5, 1993, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Phillip Dorsett played receiver at Miami (2011–⁠14). The Indianapolis Colts took Dorsett in the first round, No. 29 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
871
Receiving yards, 2014 (Miami, 6–⁠7)
Best game
201 yards
Vs. Arkansas State, week 3, 2014: No. 3 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 29
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. South Florida, 2012201receiving yards, career highvs. Arkansas State, 20142receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Cincinnati, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Miami1414710.5131
2012*Miami5884214.5465
2013*Miami1327220.9268
2014*Miami3687124.21079
Career1212,13217.61779

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2011Miami5820700
2012*Miami11251016850
2013*Miami22809570
2014*Miami811601−60
Career264770331360

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
2011Miami85WR
2012Miami85WR
2013Miami85WR
2014Miami85WR5′9″

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
2013Miami101.38––13.8–
2014Miami650.9294th (n=496)0.5259.78%

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

2014 Miami 12 games, 36 catches, 871 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atLouisvilleL 13–⁠311390–––
Sep 6vs.Florida A&MW 41–⁠73442122–
Sep 13vs.Arkansas StateW 41–⁠20420122271
Sep 20atNebraskaL 31–⁠41248016–
Oct 4atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠283750–––
Oct 11vs.CincinnatiW 55–⁠3431432–––
Oct 23atVirginia TechW 30–⁠62150–––
Nov 1vs.North CarolinaW 47–⁠20170–––
Nov 15vs.Florida StateL 26–⁠304901–––
Nov 22atVirginiaL 13–⁠303611230–
Nov 29vs.PittsburghL 23–⁠3551031–––
Dec 27 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 21–⁠245451231–
2013 Miami 7 games, 13 catches, 272 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.Florida AtlanticW 34–⁠621401113
Sep 7vs.FloridaW 21–⁠161521––2
Sep 21vs.Savannah StateW 77–⁠71−30–––
Sep 28atSouth FloridaW 49–⁠213750––2
Oct 5vs.Georgia TechW 45–⁠304661––2
Oct 17atNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠232680–––
Nov 29atPittsburghW 41–⁠31–––117–
2012 Miami 12 games, 58 catches, 842 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atBoston CollegeW 41–⁠323901372
Sep 8atKansas StateL 13–⁠523310119–
Sep 15vs.Bethune-CookmanW 38–⁠106490––5
Sep 22atGeorgia TechW 42–⁠3691841––2
Sep 29vs.NC StateW 44–⁠37719121241
Oct 6vs.Notre DameL 3–⁠41160253–
Oct 13vs.North CarolinaL 14–⁠183330490–
Oct 20vs.Florida StateL 20–⁠332150116–
Nov 1vs.Virginia TechW 30–⁠122270––3
Nov 10atVirginiaL 40–⁠4161031112–
Nov 17vs.South FloridaW 40–⁠9121110––1
Nov 24atDukeW 52–⁠454830––2
2011 Miami 10 games, 14 catches, 147 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 5atMarylandL 24–⁠32150343–
Sep 24vs.Kansas StateL 24–⁠282410–––
Oct 1vs.Bethune-CookmanW 45–⁠142160–––
Oct 8atVirginia TechL 35–⁠38––––––
Oct 15atNorth CarolinaW 30–⁠24180–––
Oct 22vs.Georgia TechW 24–⁠72320––1
Nov 5vs.DukeW 49–⁠142181–––
Nov 12atFlorida StateL 19–⁠23150–––
Nov 19atSouth FloridaW 6–⁠33220––6
Nov 25vs.Boston CollegeL 17–⁠24–––239–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠34).

DrillCombine 2015
Height5′9¾″
Weight185 lb
Arm length30¼″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan74¾″W
40-yard dash4.33 s
10-yard split1.54 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill6.70 s
20-yard shuttle4.11 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 81 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Indianapolis Colts11182251
2016Indianapolis Colts15335282
2017New England Patriots11121940
2018New England Patriots11322903
2019New England Patriots11293975
2021Houston Texans571100
2022Houston Texans15202571
2023Denver Broncos2000
NFL career811512,00112

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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