Derius Davis

#11 · WR · Sr. · TCU5′10″ · 175 lb · Saint Francisville, LA · West Feliciana

Derius Davis: WR · TCU · #11.

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Derius Davis

WR · TCU · Sr · #11

Moves the chains on third down. The five seasons at TCU span two head coaches: Gary Patterson and Sonny Dykes. The first career honor came in 2022: Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year. On tape: 101 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Georgia, Bowl, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

TCU in the news

June Jones passes awayNov 1
Yormark leaving Big 12Oct 31
Fort Worth-area recruit decommits from TCUFort Worth Star-Telegram Oct 29
TCU fires coach RickerOct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	TCU	42	531	12.6	5	80
2021	TCU	36	518	14.4	1	63
2020	TCU	15	209	13.9	1	71
2019	TCU	11	151	13.7	0	52
2018	TCU	8	104	13.0	2	27
Career		112	1,513	13.5	9	80

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 38-13@ Colorado	2	25	12.5	0	18
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 No. 18 Oklahoma	7	32	4.6	0	18
Wk 6	W 38-31@ No. 19 Kansas	2	58	29.0	1	51
Wk 7	W 43-40vs No. 8 Oklahoma State	5	8	1.6	0	4
Wk 8	W 38-28vs No. 17 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@ No. 18 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 No. 13 Kansas State	2	25	12.5	0	21
Bowl	W 51-45vs No. 2 Michigan	2	12	6.0	0	7
Bowl	L 7-65vs No. 1 Georgia	5	101	20.2	0	60
Total		42	531	12.6	5	80

Signature game

Week 8 · 2022

W 38-28

vs Kansas State

1 rec · 65 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Kansas State at home in a shootout.

With M. Duggan — 280 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.2 · 13 rush yds (15 car) · K. Miller — 153 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 18 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Kansas State · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +6.59Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 65 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 4 · SMU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 80 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 6 · Kansas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 51 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA −3.77Derius Davis run for 1 yd to the OKSt 11
Week 9 · West Virginia · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.72Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 28 yds to the WVirg 30 for a
Week 1 · Georgia · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.67Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 60 yds to the Geo 11 for a

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Week 1 · Georgia · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 23 yds to the Geo 45 for a
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 23 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 2 · Tarleton State · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 19 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell PAT MISSED)
Week 1 · Colorado · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Derius Davis 27 Yd Run

Teams and coaches

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

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

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

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson and Jerry Kill · Run-heavy

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#205 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

50Rotational starter #205 of 488 · 2022?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	29.7	18.1	0.5
Road5g	2.8	43.0	17.2	0.4

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Pass share

45.2%

453 pass / 550 run

Plays / game

66.9

15 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

490 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #205 of 488 WRs · 2022

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

Derius Davis

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Five seasons at TCU, drafted

2018 8 games

2022 14 games

2023