#11

Derius Davis

Former wide receiver at TCU. 2022: 42 catches, 531 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · TCU · Sr. · #11

5′10″ · 175 lb · Saint Francisville, LA

CFB Index 50 · #205 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLos Angeles — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 23, #125 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 983 nationally · Signed with TCU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at TCU. 2022: 42 catches, 531 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2018.
Drafted round 4 by the Los Angeles in 2023.
Named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at TCU, 1,513 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #125 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20188 games

Signed with TCU3-star out of West Feliciana

202214 games

All-Big 12first
Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Yearwinner

2023

Drafted by Los Angelesround 4, pick 125

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#983 national

CFB

College

TCU

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #125

Los Angeles · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

#125Rd 4 · Pick 23

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2019TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #205 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#235 / 636 · 63rd pct

7.9%

Yards / catch#257 / 636 · 60th pct

12.8

Explosive rate#277 / 636 · 55th pct

14.3%

EPA / target#528 / 636 · 17th pct

0.36

Catch rate#527 / 636 · 16th pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#16 / 550 · 97th pct

Rush TDs#14 / 275 · 89th pct

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Rush yards#68 / 275 · 75th pct

Receptions#172 / 550 · 68th pct

Rec yards#195 / 550 · 65th pct

531

Yards / catch#297 / 550 · 46th pct

12.6

Fumbles lost#193 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 55th percentile

Catch rate

75th → 16th percentile

TD rate

17th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

70th → 60th percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.0	29.0	17.3	0.4
Road7g	3.0	46.9	16.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.5	42.1	13.9	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	32.3	20.3	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #205 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #205 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	TCU	42	531	12.6	5	--
2021	TCU	36	518	14.4	1	--
2020	TCU	15	209	13.9	1	--
2019	TCU	11	151	13.7	0	--
2018	TCU	8	104	13.0	2	--
Career		112	1,513	13.5	9	--

Season	Team
2022	TCU	3	30	572	268	2
2021	TCU	10	42	473	92	--
2020	TCU	7	65	--	218	2
2019	TCU	3	18	22	--	--
2018	TCU	5	28	78	80	1
Career		28	183	1,145	658	5

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 51–45

at Michigan

2 rec · 12 yds

Edged out Michigan on the road in a shootout.

With J. Sandy — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 6 NO · M. Duggan — 225 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 57 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Kansas State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.59Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 65 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 4 · SMU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 80 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 6 · Kansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 51 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA -3.77Derius Davis run for 1 yd to the OKSt 11
Week 9 · West Virginia · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.72Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 28 yds to the WVirg 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.67Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 60 yds to the Geo 11 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 23 yds to the Geo 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 23 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 2 · Tarleton State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 19 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell PAT MISSED)
Week 1 · Colorado · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Derius Davis 27 Yd Run (Griffin Kell Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-13@ Colorado	2	25	12.5	0	18	Season-high 101 yds
Wk 2	W 59-17vs Tarleton State	2	23	11.5	1	19
Wk 4	W 42-34@ SMU	3	78	26.0	1	80
Wk 5	W 55-24vs Oklahoma	7	32	4.6	0	18
Wk 6	W 38-31@ Kansas	2	58	29.0	1	51
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Oklahoma State	5	8	1.6	0	4
Wk 8	W 38-28vs Kansas State	1	65	65.0	1	65
Wk 9	W 41-31@ West Virginia	3	60	20.0	0	28
Wk 10	W 34-24vs Texas Tech	3	36	12.0	1	23
Wk 11	W 17-10@ Texas	4	-6	-1.5	0	5
Wk 13	W 62-14vs Iowa State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 14	L 28-31vs Kansas State	2	25	12.5	0	21
Bowl	W 51-45@ Michigan	2	12	6.0	0	7
Bowl	L 7-65@ Georgia	5	101	20.2	0	60
Total		42	531	16.7	5	80

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