Da'Quan Felton

Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 32 catches, 360 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #9

6′5″ · 213 lb · Portsmouth, VA

CFB Index 40 · #289 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceVirginia Tech 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at Virginia Tech. 2024: 32 catches, 360 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Transferred from Norfolk State to Virginia Tech in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Virginia Tech, 1,027 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 133 yds at Virginia.Virginia · W 55-172023

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Brent Pry, all run-leaning offenses — 13-13 over that span.

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #289 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#330 / 610 · 46th pct

5.3%

Yards / catch#368 / 610 · 40th pct

11.2

Catch rate#447 / 610 · 27th pct

84.2%

EPA / target#461 / 610 · 25th pct

0.63

Explosive rate#489 / 610 · 20th pct

7.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#201 / 541 · 62nd pct

Receptions#248 / 541 · 54th pct

Rush yards#164 / 299 · 44th pct

Rec yards#305 / 541 · 44th pct

360

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#401 / 541 · 25th pct

11.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

89th → 25th percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 20th percentile

Catch rate

69th → 27th percentile

TD rate

97th → 46th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 40th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	33.8	11.7	0.2
Road5g	2.8	31.4	9.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	27.0	9.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	39.6	12.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #289 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	32	360	11.2	2	--
2023	Virginia Tech	38	667	17.6	8	--
Career		70	1,027	14.7	10	--

Season	Team
2024	Virginia Tech	1	10	--	--	--
2023	Virginia Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	10	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–14

vs Marshall

2 rec · 14 yds · 1 TD

With P. Moore — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 46 LONG · J. Lane — 4 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Stanford · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +6.05Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 55 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
Week 11 · Clemson · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 30 yds to the CLEM 37 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Marshall · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 5 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
Week 9 · Georgia Tech · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.03Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 10 yds to the GT 1 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Rutgers · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.86Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 12 yds to the RUTG 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.82William Watson III pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 42 yds to the UVA 14 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 17 yds to the VT 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Syracuse · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.51Collin Schlee pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 13 yds to the VT 35 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Boston College · 3&17 · Q2 · EPA +1.33Kyron Drones pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 14 yds to the BC 44
Week 11 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Collin Schlee pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 15 yds to the VT 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-34@ Vanderbilt	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 2	W 31-14vs Marshall	2	14	7.0	1	9
Wk 3	W 37-17@ Old Dominion	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 4	L 23-26vs Rutgers	3	27	9.0	0	12
Wk 5	L 34-38@ Miami	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 6	W 31-7@ Stanford	4	84	21.0	1	55	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Boston College	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 9	W 21-6vs Georgia Tech	3	25	8.3	0	10
Wk 10	L 31-38@ Syracuse	4	36	9.0	0	13
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Clemson	6	68	11.3	0	30
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Virginia	2	50	25.0	0	42
Total		32	360	10.7	2	55

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology