Davon Grayson

#85 · WR · East Carolina6′2″ · 187 lb · Suffolk, VA · King's Fork

Davon Grayson: WR · East Carolina · #85.

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Davon Grayson

WR · East Carolina · #85

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches at East Carolina: Ruffin McNeill and Scottie Montgomery. A game that shows it: 223 receiving yards and 11 receptions against UConn — Week 4, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	East Carolina	59	886	15.0	6	75
2015	East Carolina	33	448	13.6	3	69
2014	East Carolina	25	257	10.3	0	31
Career		117	1,591	13.6	9	75

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

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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 No. 16 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 No. 18 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@ No. 22 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@ No. 17 Memphis	2	10	5.0	0	7
Total		59	886	15.0	6	75

Signature game

Week 4 · 2017

W 41-38

at UConn

11 rec · 223 yds · 3 TD · 10 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out UConn on the road in a shootout.

With T. Sirk — 426 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · 31 rush yds (14 car) · A. Barnes — 43.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 75 yds for a TD, (Jake Verity KICK)
Week 7 · UCF · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.17Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 41 yds to the UCF 33 for a
Week 5 · South Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.91Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 44 yds to the SFla 29 for a
Week 2 · West Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 36 yds to the WVirg 37 for a
Week 8 · BYU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Gardner Minshew pass complete to Davon Grayson for 36 yds to the EASTCRLINA 40 for a BYU Penalty, personal foul (Trevion Greene) to the BYU 25 for a
Week 4 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 46 yds to the UConn 29 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · South Florida · 4th and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 11 yds to the SFla 23 for a
Week 5 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 31 yds for a TD, (Jake Verity KICK)
Week 3 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Minshew to Grayson: a 9-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · BYU · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Thomas Sirk pass complete to Davon Grayson for 14 yds to the BYU 41 for a

Teams and coaches

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

2015East Carolina5-7HC: Ruffin McNeill · Balanced

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (89th percentile). Strength: rec yards (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#75 / 709 · 89th pct

0.87

Yards / catch#159 / 709 · 78th pct

15.1

Explosive rate#236 / 709 · 66th pct

14.3%

TD rate#253 / 709 · 64th pct

6.0%

Catch rate#313 / 709 · 56th pct

69.0%

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

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

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

2017 season

Head Coach

Scottie Montgomery

Pass share

58.0%

541 pass / 391 run

Plays / game

77.7

12 games

Team sack rate

2.6%

571 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

59 catches and 6 carries in 11 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Davon Grayson

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Starter

Five seasons at East Carolina

2013