Corey Davis

#84 · WR · Western Michigan6′3″ · Wheaton, IL · Wheaton Warrenville South

Corey Davis: WR · Western Michigan · #84.

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Corey Davis

WR · Western Michigan · #84

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at Western Michigan since. The first one came in 2016: All-America (Athlon). One game to point at: 272 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Ball State — Week 10, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Western Michigan in the news

WMU Board approves Asylum Lake transferNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Western Michigan	97	1,500	15.5	19	70
2015	Western Michigan	90	1,436	16.0	12	80
2014	Western Michigan	78	1,408	18.1	15	75
Career		265	4,344	16.4	46	80

Season	Team
2016	Western Michigan	1	--
2015	Western Michigan	1	11
2014	Western Michigan	--	--
Career		2	11

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 22-21@ Northwestern	7	70	10.0	0	20
Wk 2	W 70-21vs North Carolina Central	7	150	21.4	3	52	3 TD catches
Wk 3	W 34-10@ Illinois	4	97	24.3	0	44
Wk 4	W 49-31vs Georgia Southern	6	78	13.0	1	35
Wk 5	W 49-10@ Central Michigan	6	72	12.0	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 45-30vs Northern Illinois	6	122	20.3	2	56	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 41-0@ Akron	8	63	7.9	2	17	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 45-31vs Eastern Michigan	5	87	17.4	1	31
Wk 10	W 52-20@ Ball State	12	272	22.7	3	62	Season-high 272 yds
Wk 11	W 37-21@ Kent State	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 12	W 38-0vs Buffalo	13	173	13.3	2	27	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 55-35vs Toledo	8	81	10.1	1	20
Wk 14	W 29-23vs Ohio	8	144	18.0	1	70	144-yard receiving day
Bowl	L 16-24vs No. 8 Wisconsin	6	73	12.2	1	22
Total		97	1500	15.5	19	70

Signature game

Week 10 · 2016

W 52-20

at Ball State

12 rec · 272 yds · 3 TD

Dominant 32-point win on the road against Ball State.

With Z. Terrell — 367 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.1 · D. Phillips — 1 interception · 3 tackles · 1 pass breakup

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.69Zach Terrell pass complete to Corey Davis for 70 yds for a TD, (Butch Hampton KICK)
Week 10 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.95Terrell to Davis: a 62-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.47Terrell to Davis: a 57-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Eastern Michigan · 2nd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +4.06Zach Terrell pass complete to Corey Davis for 31 yds for a TD, (Butch Hampton KICK)
Week 2 · North Carolina Central · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.01Zach Terrell pass complete to Corey Davis for 52 yds for a TD, (Butch Hampton KICK)
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.85Zach Terrell pass complete to Corey Davis for 56 yds to the NoIll 30 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · North Carolina Central · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Zach Terrell pass complete to Corey Davis for 46 yds for a TD, (Butch Hampton KICK)
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Zach Terrell pass complete to Corey Davis for 45 yds for a TD CENTRAL MICH Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined, (Butch Hampton KICK)
Week 10 · Ball State · 1st and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Terrell to Davis: a 35-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Wisconsin · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Terrell to Davis: an 11-yard pass.

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 29-11 over that span.

2014Western Michigan8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-leaning

2015Western Michigan8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-leaning

2016Western Michigan13-1HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (92nd percentile). Strength: epa / target (87th percentile). Concern: rush yards (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#56 / 674 · 92nd pct

10.8%

EPA / target#91 / 674 · 87th pct

0.80

Explosive rate#120 / 674 · 82nd pct

17.5%

Catch rate#168 / 674 · 75th pct

74.2%

Yards / catch#181 / 674 · 73rd pct

14.4

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#1 / 524 · 100th pct

Rec yards#7 / 524 · 99th pct

1500

Receptions#8 / 524 · 99th pct

Long catch#107 / 524 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#129 / 524 · 75th pct

15.5

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Rush yards#219 / 257 · 14th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

65th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

80th → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

41st → 75th percentile

TD rate

71st → 92nd percentile

Yards / catch

79th → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.5	115	15.9	1.7
Road6g	6.3	98.7	15.8	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	6.2	90.6	15.1	1.4
Weeks 8+6g	7.8	129	16.6	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

37.9%

378 pass / 620 run

Plays / game

71.3

14 games

Team sack rate

4.2%

382 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

97 catches and 1 carry in 14 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Corey Davis

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Western Michigan, drafted

2013

2017