#85

Davon Grayson

Wide receiver for East Carolina. 2017: 59 catches, 886 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · East Carolina · #85

6′2″ · 187 lb · Suffolk, VA

East Carolina 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2314 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

Career night11 rec · 223 yds · 3 TDat UConn (FBS) · W 41-38

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for East Carolina. 2017: 59 catches, 886 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to East Carolina in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at East Carolina, 1,591 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 223 yds at UConn.UConn · W 41-382017

2013

Signed with East Carolina2-star out of King's Fork

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2314 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Ruffin McNeill

East Carolina

2017

Scottie Montgomery

East Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014East Carolina8-5HC: Ruffin McNeill · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015East Carolina5-7HC: Ruffin McNeill · Balanced

2017East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (88th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#48 / 539 · 91st pct

886

Receptions#63 / 539 · 88th pct

Long catch#68 / 539 · 86th pct

Rec TDs#83 / 539 · 82nd pct

Rush yards#74 / 283 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#165 / 539 · 69th pct

15.0

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.8	73.8	14.8	0.3
Road5g	6.0	88.6	12.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	90.1	16.1	0.9
Weeks 8+4g	5.5	63.8	9.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	East Carolina	59	886	15.0	6	--
2015	East Carolina	33	448	13.6	3	--
2014	East Carolina	25	257	10.3	0	--
Career		117	1,591	13.6	9	--

Season	Team
2017	East Carolina	6	40	49	--	--
2015	East Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2014	East Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
Career		6	40	49	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs James Madison	7	86	12.3	0	29
Wk 2	L 20-56@ West Virginia	5	76	15.2	0	36
Wk 3	L 17-64vs Virginia Tech	1	9	9.0	1	9
Wk 4	W 41-38@ UConn	11	223	20.3	3	75	Season-high 223 yds
Wk 5	L 31-61vs South Florida	5	101	20.2	1	44
Wk 6	L 10-34vs Temple	2	40	20.0	0	26
Wk 7	L 21-63@ UCF	6	96	16.0	1	41
Wk 8	W 33-17vs BYU	10	164	16.4	0	36	164-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 27-52@ Houston	6	38	6.3	0	16
Wk 11	L 24-31vs Tulane	4	43	10.8	0	18
Wk 13	L 13-70@ Memphis	2	10	5.0	0	7
Total		59	886	13.8	6	75

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