Damion Willis

#15 · WR · Sr. · Troy6′4″ · 199 lb · Meridian, MS

Damion Willis: WR · Troy · #15.

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Damion Willis

WR · Troy · Sr · #15

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Second year in the same receiving corps at Troy. The first career honor came in 2018: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 213 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Louisiana, Week 10, 2018.

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.

Troy in the news

Charles Barkley criticizes Buck-Aikman feudNJ.com Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Troy	56	876	15.6	10	75
2017	Troy	42	620	14.8	3	47
Career		98	1,496	15.3	13	75

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-56vs No. 22 Boise State	3	43	14.3	0	30	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 59-7vs Florida A&M	5	32	6.4	2	13	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 24-19@ Nebraska	1	39	39.0	0	39
Wk 4	W 35-27@ UL Monroe	5	66	13.2	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 45-21vs Coastal Carolina	4	59	14.8	0	22
Wk 6	W 37-20vs Georgia State	4	78	19.5	1	41
Wk 7	L 16-22@ Liberty	3	56	18.7	0	49
Wk 9	W 38-17@ South Alabama	5	132	26.4	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 26-16vs Louisiana	10	213	21.3	1	75	Season-high 213 yds
Wk 11	W 35-21@ Georgia Southern	3	57	19.0	0	41
Bowl	W 42-32vs Buffalo	13	101	7.8	2	24
Total		56	876	15.6	10	75

Signature game

Bowl · 2018

W 42-32

vs Buffalo · neutral site

13 rec · 101 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Buffalo at a neutral site in a shootout.

With S. Smith — 320 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · T. Sumpter — 49.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Sawyer Smith pass complete to Damion Willis for 75 yds for a TD (Tyler Sumpter KICK)
Week 6 · Georgia State · 3rd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +5.52Sawyer Smith pass complete to Damion Willis for 41 yds for a TD (Tyler Sumpter KICK)
Week 10 · Louisiana · 2nd and 35 · Q1 · EPA +4.15Sawyer Smith pass complete to Damion Willis for 49 yds to the LaLaf 41 for a
Week 11 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.07Sawyer Smith pass complete to Damion Willis for 41 yds to the GeoSo 22 for a
Week 3 · Nebraska · 2nd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +3.94Kaleb Barker pass complete to Damion Willis for 39 yds to the Neb 28 for a
Week 7 · Liberty · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Sawyer Smith pass complete to Damion Willis for 49 yds to the Liber 23 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.58Kaleb Barker pass complete to Damion Willis for 25 yds to the LaMon 29 for a
Week 9 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.41Sawyer Smith pass complete to Damion Willis for 44 yds for a TD TROY Penalty, Delay of Game (-5 Yards) to the SAlab 8 (Tyler Sumpter KICK)
Week 5 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.20Kaleb Barker pass complete to Damion Willis for 18 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 6 · Georgia State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Kaleb Barker pass complete to Damion Willis for 28 yds to the GeoSt 23 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Neal Brown — 21-5 over that span.

2017Troy11-2HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2018Troy10-3HC: Neal Brown · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#36 / 702 · 95th pct

12.7%

Explosive rate#79 / 702 · 89th pct

20.3%

EPA / target#80 / 702 · 89th pct

0.86

Yards / catch#133 / 702 · 81st pct

15.6

Catch rate#276 / 702 · 61st pct

70.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#21 / 550 · 96th pct

Rec yards#55 / 550 · 90th pct

876

Long catch#56 / 550 · 88th pct

Receptions#85 / 550 · 84th pct

Yards / catch#131 / 550 · 76th pct

15.6

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

89th → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

93rd → 89th percentile

Catch rate

66th → 61st percentile

TD rate

23rd → 95th percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 81st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	85.0	15.3	0.8
Road5g	3.4	70.0	23.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.8	59.2	16.7	0.9
Weeks 8+3g	6.0	134	22.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

Pass share

44.3%

374 pass / 471 run

Plays / game

65.0

13 games

Team sack rate

6.5%

402 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Damion Willis

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Troy

2018 11 games