Receiver, Michigan State, 2010–⁠14

Tony Lippett

Lettered 2011–⁠14 (school media guide)

Number
No. 14
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Detroit, MI
Born
Jul 2, 1992, in Detroit, Michigan

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Tony Lippett played receiver at Michigan State (2010–⁠14). The Miami Dolphins took Lippett in round 5, No. 156 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,198
Receiving yards, 2014 (Michigan State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 156
Round 5, 2015 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

11catches, career highat Oregon, 2014167receiving yards, career highvs. Jacksonville State, 20142receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Eastern Michigan, 2014

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010 and 2013

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Michigan State44411.0015
2012Michigan State3639210.9246
2013Michigan State4461313.9248
2014Michigan State651,19818.41171
Career1492,24715.11571

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLPBU
2011999180.55
2013N1410100
On file109190.55

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Michigan State14WR
2011Michigan State14WR
2012Michigan State14WR
2013Michigan State14WR
2014Michigan State14WR6′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
2013Michigan State481.2093rd (n=341)0.8157.46%
2014Michigan State1050.9395th (n=496)0.5298.110%

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 Michigan State 13 games, 65 catches, 1,198 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.Jacksonville StateW 45–⁠74167271–
Sep 6atOregonL 27–⁠4611133134–
Sep 20vs.Eastern MichiganW 73–⁠14345223–
Sep 27vs.WyomingW 56–⁠14476125–
Oct 4vs.NebraskaW 27–⁠22310415532
Oct 11atPurdueW 45–⁠317138139–
Oct 18atIndianaW 56–⁠177123041–
Oct 25vs.MichiganW 35–⁠113103170–
Nov 8vs.Ohio StateL 37–⁠49564017–
Nov 15atMarylandW 37–⁠15446020–
Nov 22vs.RutgersW 45–⁠3572130–
Nov 29atPenn StateW 34–⁠10453115–
Jan 1 ✦vs.BaylorW 42–⁠4157402419
2013 Michigan State 12 games, 44 catches, 613 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Western MichiganW 26–⁠13––––3
Sep 14vs.Youngstown StateW 55–⁠17441018–
Oct 5atIowaW 26–⁠14229020–
Oct 12vs.IndianaW 42–⁠28664017–
Oct 19vs.PurdueW 14–⁠0549018–
Oct 26atIllinoisW 42–⁠32704–
Nov 2vs.MichiganW 29–⁠6562021–
Nov 16atNebraskaW 41–⁠28467034–
Nov 23atNorthwesternW 30–⁠6364048–
Nov 30vs.MinnesotaW 14–⁠3471024–
Dec 7vs.Ohio StateW 34–⁠24465133–
Jan 1 ✦vs.StanfordW 24–⁠20594125–
2012 Michigan State 12 games, 36 catches, 392 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Boise StateW 17–⁠13362042−10
Sep 8atCentral MichiganW 41–⁠7221011–
Sep 15vs.Notre DameL 3–⁠20321011–
Sep 22vs.Eastern MichiganW 23–⁠721509–
Sep 29vs.Ohio StateL 16–⁠17446015–
Oct 6atIndianaW 31–⁠27540027–
Oct 20atMichiganL 10–⁠1253901010
Oct 27atWisconsinW 16–⁠13549020–
Nov 3vs.NebraskaL 24–⁠28146146–
Nov 17vs.NorthwesternL 20–⁠23217111–
Nov 24atMinnesotaW 26–⁠10324010–
Dec 29 ✦vs.TCUW 17–⁠16112012–
2011 Michigan State 3 games, 4 catches, 44 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Youngstown StateW 28–⁠6115015–
Sep 10vs.Florida AtlanticW 44–⁠0––––−3
Sep 24vs.Central MichiganW 45–⁠7329015–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′2½″
Weight192 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.61 s
10-yard split1.63 s
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press10 reps
3-cone drill6.92 s
20-yard shuttle4.13 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, 19 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Miami Dolphins5000
2016Miami Dolphins13000
2018New York Giants1000
NFL career19000

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020–⁠21CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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