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<\/a><\/p>\nDalena established himself as a sure-handed receiver with the Bulldogs as he had a 71 percent catch rate in his career and only dropped four passes.<\/p>\n
He shows an ability to snag passes beyond his frame and can get low to make catches close to the ground or sideline.<\/p>\n Dalena shows short area burst on slants and out-breaking patterns and is effective on double-moves to get open down the field. He has good balance and can be sharp when accelerating out of his breaks. He also does a good job of disguising his release and route breaks.<\/p>\n He has said that he idolized Julian Edelman because that is someone who has a similar style of play, so he brings similar things to the table in terms of being a possession option and getting open in tight areas.<\/p>\n Dalena only had 13 career touchdowns in college and over half of these were from outside the red zone. However, on those he did make in the red zone, he showed some ability to get open early in the play or to find space if a play was extended.<\/p>\n Dalena has the quickness and agility to be very good after the catch, although his missed tackle numbers and YAC totals are not all that impressive. He does flash at times, though, and did show some improvements in this area over the course of his career.<\/p>\n Both his catches in preseason action came on receiver screens for gains of four and five yards. He showed aggression with this attempted stiff arm on one of them, but ended up getting flagged.<\/p>\n He had one fumble in college.<\/p>\n Due to his lack of size, you wouldn\u2019t expect Dalena to contribute much as a blocker and his performance grades on analysis sites like Pro Football Focus tend to be below average.<\/p>\n However, a closer look at least shows that he competes and puts in the effort to stay on his man in these situations. He showed good downfield hustle to contribute on this long touchdown run.<\/p>\n Despite his lack of size, Dalena shows some tenaciousness and is competitive and tough when going over the middle.<\/p>\n Contested catches were another area of his game which showed some improvement towards the end of his college career.<\/p>\n Against the bigger and stronger defenders at the NFL level, he\u2019s going to be less capable of competing at the catch-point and there has already been some evidence of that from his preseason action.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n