Dez Fitzpatrick

#7 · WR · Sr. · Louisville6′2″ · 210 lb · Farmington Hills, MI · Waterford Mott

Dez Fitzpatrick: WR · Louisville · #7.

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Dez Fitzpatrick

WR · Louisville · Sr · #7

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at Louisville. The first one came in 2020: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 182 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Boston College — Week 13, 2020.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Louisville in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Stanford ends FBS's longest road losing streakYahoo Sports Oct 27
Kelsey urges court to end eligibility chaosThe Courier-Journal Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	Louisville	43	833	19.4	3	82
2019	Louisville	35	635	18.1	6	74
2018	Louisville	31	422	13.6	3	43
2017	Louisville	45	699	15.5	9	48
Career		154	2,589	16.8	21	82

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 17 Miami	7	74	10.6	0	19
Wk 4	L 20-23@ No. 21 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@ No. 4 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	19.4	3	82

Signature game

Week 9 · 2020

L 35-42

vs Virginia Tech

5 rec · 158 yds · 1 TD

With M. Cunningham — 350 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · 47 rush yds (9 car) · J. Hawkins — 129 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · 5 rec · 42 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +7.23Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 82 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 2 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.61Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 69 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
Week 15 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 27 yds to the WFrst 29 for a
Week 13 · Boston College · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.68Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 24 yds to the BC 40 for a
Week 6 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 36 yds to the GTech 2 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Syracuse · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 21 yds to the Syrac 13 for a
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.43Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 25 yds to the Lvile 49 for a
Week 11 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 24 yds to the Virg 46 for a
Week 15 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Malik Cunningham pass complete to Dez Fitzpatrick for 15 yds to the Lvile 49 for a

Teams and coaches

2017Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

2018Louisville2-10HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

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

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2020 season

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 in 2020, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2020 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Pass share

43.0%

314 pass / 417 run

Plays / game

66.5

11 games

Team sack rate

8.0%

349 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Dez Fitzpatrick

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Style of play

Fans

Louisville in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Louisville, drafted

2016

2020 11 games

2021