Daewood Davis

Senior wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2022: 63 catches, 872 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 195 lb · Hollywood, FL

CFB Index 76 · #50 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceWestern Kentucky 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 865 nationally · Signed with Oregon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2022: 63 catches, 872 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon in 2017.
Transferred from Oregon to Western Kentucky in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 1,737 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 120 yds at UTSA.UTSA · L 28-312022

2017

Signed with Oregon3-star out of Deerfield Beach

202112 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#865 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Mike Sanford Jr.

Western Kentucky

2019

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

era →

2021–2022

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oregon9-4HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2019Oregon12-2HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #50 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (87th percentile). Strength: receptions (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#85 / 636 · 87th pct

1.04

Catch rate#132 / 636 · 79th pct

87.9%

TD rate#183 / 636 · 71st pct

9.1%

Explosive rate#199 / 636 · 68th pct

16.7%

Yards / catch#221 / 636 · 65th pct

13.2

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#52 / 550 · 91st pct

Rec yards#58 / 550 · 90th pct

872

Rec TDs#46 / 550 · 89th pct

Long catch#144 / 550 · 74th pct

Rush yards#101 / 275 · 62nd pct

Yards / catch#219 / 550 · 59th pct

13.8

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 68th percentile

Catch rate

45th → 79th percentile

TD rate

91st → 71st percentile

Yards / catch

94th → 65th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.0	82.0	14.2	0.7
Road6g	4.5	63.3	13.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.3	87.1	13.8	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	52.4	13.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #50 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #50 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Western Kentucky	63	872	13.8	7	--
2021	Western Kentucky	43	763	17.7	8	--
2019	Oregon	9	89	9.9	1	--
2018	Oregon	1	13	13.0	0	--
Career		116	1,737	15.0	16	--

Season	Team
2022	Western Kentucky	1	15	--	--	--
2021	Western Kentucky	1	-8	--	--	--
2019	Oregon	1	-9	93	--	--
2018	Oregon	--	--	--	--	--
Career		3	-2	93	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 38–27

vs Austin Peay

15 rush yds (1 car)

With T. Ellard — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 45 AVG · A. Reed — 279 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.5 · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Rice · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +6.67Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 62 yds for a TD, (Brayden Narveson KICK)
Week 1 · Austin Peay · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +5.45Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 48 yds for a TD, (Brayden Narveson KICK)
Week 1 · Austin Peay · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 28 yds to the APeay 30 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Troy · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.35Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 33 yds to the Troy 31 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24A.Reed pass complete to WKY 25. Catch made by D.Davis at WKY 25. Gain of 44 yards. Tackled by NTX at NTX 31. PENALTY on NTX-NTX, Defensive Pass Interference, 15 yards, declined.
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.13Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 21 yds to the Hawa 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Troy · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 9 yds for a TD, (Brayden Narveson KICK)
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +2.98Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 23 yds to the HAWAII 36 for a 1ST down HAWAII Penalty, Defensive Offside ( Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Troy · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 20 yds to the Troy 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Auburn · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Austin Reed pass complete to Daewood Davis for 18 yds to the WKent 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-27vs Austin Peay	6	124	20.7	1	48	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 1	W 49-17@ Hawai'i	5	78	15.6	0	23	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 3	L 30-33@ Indiana	5	77	15.4	1	44
Wk 4	W 73-0vs Florida International	6	75	12.5	1	49
Wk 5	L 27-34vs Troy	12	122	10.2	1	33
Wk 6	L 28-31@ UTSA	8	120	15.0	1	36
Wk 7	W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee	2	14	7.0	0	10
Wk 8	W 20-17vs UAB	3	26	8.7	0	21
Wk 9	L 13-40vs North Texas	5	63	12.6	0	44
Wk 10	W 59-7@ Charlotte	4	56	14.0	1	20
Wk 11	W 45-10vs Rice	4	82	20.5	1	62
Wk 12	L 17-41@ Auburn	3	35	11.7	0	18
Total		63	872	13.7	7	62

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

Daewood Davis

2017

202112 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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