Dez Fitzpatrick

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2020: 43 catches, 833 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Louisville · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 210 lb · Farmington Hills, MI

All-ConferenceTennessee — drafted 2021, Rd 4, Pick 4, #109 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 260 nationally · Signed with Louisville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisville. 2020: 43 catches, 833 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Louisville in 2016.
Drafted round 4 by the Tennessee in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisville, 2,589 receiving yards — drafted at #109 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 182 yds at Boston College.Boston College · L 27-342020

2016

Signed with Louisville4-star out of Waterford Mott

202011 games

All-ACCsecond

2021

Drafted by Tennesseeround 4, pick 109

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#260 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #109

Tennessee · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

3 coaches

2017

Bobby Petrino

Louisville

2018

Lorenzo Ward

Louisville

era →

2019–2020

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward, and Scott Satterfield. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 6th NFL season

#109Rd 4 · Pick 4

TennesseeEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

2019Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (95th percentile). Strength: long catch (95th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#21 / 421 · 95th pct

833

Long catch#20 / 421 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#27 / 421 · 94th pct

19.4

Receptions#63 / 421 · 84th pct

Rec TDs#120 / 421 · 63rd pct

Fumbles lost#59 / 146 · 35th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	84.8	21.2	0.3
Road5g	3.4	64.8	19.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	51.0	19.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	96.3	21.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Louisville	43	833	19.4	3	--
2019	Louisville	35	635	18.1	6	--
2018	Louisville	31	422	13.6	3	--
2017	Louisville	45	699	15.5	9	--
Career		154	2,589	16.8	21	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2020

W 45–21

vs Wake Forest

6 rec · 77 yds

Dominant 24-point win at home against Wake Forest.

With R. Harwell — 4 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · -2 rush yds (1 car) · M. Cunningham — 195 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 38 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +7.23Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 82 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 2 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.69Micale Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 70 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK) WESTRN KENTUCKY Penalty, offside defense ( Yards) declined
Week 13 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.61Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 69 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
Week 15 · Wake Forest · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 27 yds to the WFrst 29 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Boston College · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.68Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 24 yds to the BC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia Tech · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 36 yds to the GTech 2 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Syracuse · 3&17 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 21 yds to the Syrac 13 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.43Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 25 yds to the Lvile 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 24 yds to the Virg 46 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Wake Forest · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 15 yds to the Lvile 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 35-21vs Western Kentucky	4	110	27.5	1	70
Wk 3	L 34-47vs Miami	7	74	10.6	0	19
Wk 4	L 20-23@ Pittsburgh	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 6	L 27-46@ Georgia Tech	1	36	36.0	0	36
Wk 7	L 7-12@ Notre Dame	2	21	10.5	0	11
Wk 8	W 48-16vs Florida State	2	30	15.0	0	20
Wk 9	L 35-42vs Virginia Tech	5	158	31.6	1	82	158-yard receiving day
Wk 11	L 17-31@ Virginia	5	71	14.2	0	24
Wk 12	W 30-0vs Syracuse	2	60	30.0	0	39
Wk 13	L 27-34@ Boston College	8	182	22.8	1	69	Season-high 182 yds
Wk 15	W 45-21vs Wake Forest	6	77	12.8	0	28
Total		43	833	20.5	3	82

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