#83

Deonte Welch

Wide receiver for South Florida. 2014: 23 catches, 269 receiving yards.

WR · South Florida · #83

6′0″ · Williston, FL

South Florida 2014 alumnus

The story

2014 wide receiver for South Florida. 2014: 23 catches, 269 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at South Florida, 269 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 55 yds vs Houston.Houston · L 3-272014

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Florida

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014South Florida4-8HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (5th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#60 / 270 · 39th pct

Receptions#354 / 556 · 35th pct

Yards / catch#359 / 556 · 35th pct

11.7

Rec yards#388 / 556 · 30th pct

269

Long catch#402 / 556 · 27th pct

Rec TDs#488 / 556 · 6th pct

Rush yards#257 / 270 · 5th pct

-6

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	28.7	10.1	0.0
Road5g	1.4	19.4	16.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	26.0	12.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	23.2	13.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	South Florida	23	269	11.7	0	--
Career		23	269	11.7	0	--

Season	Team
2014	South Florida	2	-6	--	--	--
Career		2	-6	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2014

W 36–31

vs Western Carolina

3 rec · 33 yds

Edged out Western Carolina at home in a shootout.

With M. Mack — 275 rush yds (24 car) · 4 TD · M. White — 181 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 37.0 · 17 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 36-31vs Western Carolina	3	33	11.0	35
Wk 2	L 17-24vs Maryland	4	43	10.8	27
Wk 4	W 17-14vs UConn	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 5	L 10-27@ Wisconsin	1	26	26.0	26
Wk 7	L 17-28vs East Carolina	3	21	7.0	13
Wk 8	W 38-30@ Tulsa	1	24	24.0	24
Wk 9	L 17-34@ Cincinnati	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 10	L 3-27vs Houston	3	55	18.3	26	Season-high 55 yds
Wk 12	W 14-13@ SMU	1	16	16.0	16
Wk 13	L 20-31@ Memphis	3	23	7.7	9
Wk 14	L 0-16vs UCF	2	13	6.5	7
Total		23	269	12.9	35

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