#15

Drake London

Former wide receiver at USC. 2021: 88 catches, 1,084 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · USC · So. · #15

6′5″ · 210 lb · Moorpark, CA

CFB Index 83 · #30 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamAtlanta — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 8, #8 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 258 nationally · Signed with USC

Statement game15 rec · 171 ydsat Notre Dame (FBS) · L 16-31

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

I think it was u/pete_booty_judge that I was talking to about Clarence Lewis getting clowned by London, this is what I mean. When he's playing boundary, we let him stay in that misr/CFB game thread · ▲ 7His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2021: 88 catches, 1,084 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the Atlanta in 2022.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #8 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 2,153 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #8 overall by Atlanta.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 171 yds at Notre Dame.Notre Dame · L 16-312021

20198 games

Signed with USC4-star out of Moorpark

20206 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

20218 games

All-Pac-12First Team

2022

Drafted by Atlantaround 1, pick 8

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#258 national

CFB

College

USC

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #8

Atlanta · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Clay Helton → Donte Williams. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 5th NFL season

#8Rd 1 · Pick 8

AtlantaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019USC8-5HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2020USC5-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #30 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (98th percentile). Strength: rec yards (95th percentile). Concern: rush yards (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#178 / 655 · 73rd pct

17.2%

TD rate#273 / 655 · 58th pct

7.1%

Catch rate#302 / 655 · 54th pct

76.8%

EPA / target#304 / 655 · 54th pct

0.68

Yards / catch#335 / 655 · 49th pct

12.5

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#14 / 557 · 98th pct

Rec yards#27 / 557 · 95th pct

1084

Rec TDs#51 / 557 · 89th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Long catch#334 / 557 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#358 / 557 · 35th pct

12.3

Rush yards#210 / 273 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	10.2	123	12.8	0.8
Road3g	12.3	157	13.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.7	139	13.8	0.8
Weeks 8+2g	12.0	126	10.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #30 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #30 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	USC	88	1,084	12.3	7	--
2020	USC	33	502	15.2	3	--
2019	USC	39	567	14.5	5	--
Career		160	2,153	13.5	15	--

Season	Team
2021	USC	1	2	--	--	--
2020	USC	--	--	--	--	--
2019	USC	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	2	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–14

at Washington State

13 rec · 170 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 31-point win on the road against Washington State.

With J. Dart — 391 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 81.3 · 32 rush yds (6 car) · G. Bryant Jr. — 3 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · San José State · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.49K.Slovis pass complete to USC 34. Catch made by D.London at USC 34. Gain of 34 yards. Tackled by B.Brown at SJS 32.
Week 3 · Washington State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.42Jaxson Dart pass complete to Drake London for 31 yds for a TD (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 4 · Oregon State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 26 yds to the OrgSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 44 yds to the NDame 42 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Utah · 3&18 · Q2 · EPA +3.27Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 20 yds to the Utah 19 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 32 yds to the OrgSt 37 for a 1ST down OREGON ST Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Alex Austin) to the OrgSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Washington State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Jaxson Dart pass complete to Drake London for 5 yds for a TD (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 20 yds for a TD, (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 5 · Colorado · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 28 yds to the Colo 1 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Arizona · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Jaxson Dart pass complete to Drake London for 6 yds for a TD, (Alex Stadthaus KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week