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
Wikipedia readers: about 246 a month over the past year
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
Career highs
11catches, career highat Oregon, 2014167receiving yards, career highvs. Jacksonville State, 20142receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Eastern Michigan, 2014Honors
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
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Michigan State | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2012 | Michigan State | 36 | 392 | 10.9 | 2 | 46 |
| 2013 | Michigan State | 44 | 613 | 13.9 | 2 | 48 |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 65 | 1,198 | 18.4 | 11 | 71 |
| Career | 149 | 2,247 | 15.1 | 15 | 71 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.5 | 5 |
| 2013N | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| On file | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.5 | 5 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Michigan State | 14 | WR | |
| 2011 | Michigan State | 14 | WR | |
| 2012 | Michigan State | 14 | WR | |
| 2013 | Michigan State | 14 | WR | |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 14 | WR | 6′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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Michigan State | 48 | 1.20 | 93rd (n=341) | 0.81 | 57.4 | 6% |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 105 | 0.93 | 95th (n=496) | 0.52 | 98.1 | 10% |
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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 45–7 | 4 | 167 | 2 | 71 | – |
| Sep 6 | at | L 27–46 | 11 | 133 | 1 | 34 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 73–14 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 23 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. | W 56–14 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 25 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 27–22 | 3 | 104 | 1 | 55 | 32 |
| Oct 11 | at | W 45–31 | 7 | 138 | 1 | 39 | – |
| Oct 18 | at | W 56–17 | 7 | 123 | 0 | 41 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 35–11 | 3 | 103 | 1 | 70 | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. | L 37–49 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 15 | at | W 37–15 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 45–3 | 5 | 72 | 1 | 30 | – |
| Nov 29 | at | W 34–10 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 15 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 42–41 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 24 | 19 |
2013 Michigan State 12 games, 44 catches, 613 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 26–13 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 55–17 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 5 | at | W 26–14 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 42–28 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 14–0 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 26 | at | W 42–3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 29–6 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Nov 16 | at | W 41–28 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 34 | – |
| Nov 23 | at | W 30–6 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 48 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 14–3 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Dec 7 | vs. | W 34–24 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 33 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 24–20 | 5 | 94 | 1 | 25 | – |
2012 Michigan State 12 games, 36 catches, 392 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 17–13 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 42 | −10 |
| Sep 8 | at | W 41–7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. | L 3–20 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 23–7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs. | L 16–17 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 6 | at | W 31–27 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 20 | at | L 10–12 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Oct 27 | at | W 16–13 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Nov 3 | vs. | L 24–28 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | L 20–23 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Nov 24 | at | W 26–10 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | W 17–16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | – |
2011 Michigan State 3 games, 4 catches, 44 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 28–6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 44–0 | – | – | – | – | −3 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 45–7 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 15 | – |
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).
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 192 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.61 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′6″ | |
| Bench press | 10 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.92 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.13 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.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 19 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | CFL | Saskatchewan 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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