Senior wide receiver for Michigan. 2021: 17 catches, 256 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′2″ · 219 lb · Lubbock, TX
The story
4 wide receiver for Michigan. 2021: 17 catches, 256 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Daylen Baldwin
Moves the chains on third down. Jackson State to Michigan — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 69 rec yds, 1 receptions against Western Michigan, Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Michigan, 256 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long catch (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 33.0 | 27.9 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 50.3 | 24.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 43.8 | 30.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 31.0 | 7.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michigan | 17 | 256 | 15.1 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 17 | 256 | 15.1 | 2 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 47-14vs Western Michigan | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 1 | 69 | Season-high 69 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-13vs Rutgers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-17@ Wisconsin | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 1 | 56 | |
| Wk 6 | W 32-29@ Nebraska | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 12 | W 59-18@ Maryland | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 16 | 250 | 26.4 | 2 | 69 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Marcus Phillips Jr.’s 2021 season.
Matches Marcus on
Differs from Marcus on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Efton Chism III’s path through Eastern Washington.
Matches Efton on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Dillon Bell's freshman season at Georgia (2022).
Matches Dillon on
Player DNA