Drake London

#15 · WR · So. · USC6′5″ · 210 lb · Moorpark, CA

Drake London: WR · USC · #15.

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Drake London

WR · USC · So · #15

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at USC. Named All-Pac-12 two seasons running, most recently in 2021. On tape: 171 receiving yards and 15 receptions against Notre Dame, Week 8, 2021.

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.

USC in the news

Simeon Jones Jr. commits to USC247Sports Nov 2
USC fans storm field after upset winUSA Today Nov 1
Top-150 recruit commits to USCOn3 Oct 21
$70M buyout talk for RileyYahoo Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	USC	88	1,084	12.3	7	44
2020	USC	33	502	15.2	3	65
2019	USC	39	567	14.5	5	46
Career		160	2,153	13.5	15	65

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-7vs San José State	12	137	11.4	0	34	137-yard receiving day
Wk 2	L 28-42vs Stanford	4	68	17.0	1	39
Wk 3	W 45-14@ Washington State	13	170	13.1	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 27-45vs Oregon State	10	165	16.5	0	32	165-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 37-14@ Colorado	9	130	14.4	1	31	130-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 26-42vs Utah	16	162	10.1	1	25	162-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 16-31@ No. 13 Notre Dame	15	171	11.4	0	44	Season-high 171 yds
Wk 9	W 41-34vs Arizona	9	81	9.0	2	15	2 TD catches
Total		88	1084	12.3	7	44

Signature game

Week 6 · 2021

L 26-42

vs Utah

16 rec · 162 yds · 1 TD

With K. Slovis — 401 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 58.8 · B. Griffiths — 46.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · San José State · 3rd and 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 · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.42Jaxson Dart pass complete to Drake London for 31 yds for a TD (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 4 · Oregon State · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 26 yds to the OrgSt 45 for a
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 44 yds to the NDame 42 for a
Week 6 · Utah · 3rd and 18 · Q2 · EPA +3.27Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 20 yds to the Utah 19 for a
Week 4 · Oregon State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 32 yds to the OrgSt 37 for a OREGON ST Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Alex Austin) to the OrgSt 48 for a

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Week 3 · Washington State · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Jaxson Dart pass complete to Drake London for 5 yds for a TD (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 20 yds for a TD, (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 5 · Colorado · 1st and 20 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Kedon Slovis pass complete to Drake London for 28 yds to the Colo 1 for a
Week 9 · Arizona · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Jaxson Dart pass complete to Drake London for 6 yds for a TD, (Alex Stadthaus KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

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

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 83 (#30 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

83All-Conference level #30 of 468 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2021. 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

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

2021 season

Head Coach

Donte Williams

Pass share

51.5%

593 pass / 558 run

Plays / game

95.9

12 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

553 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

83 · #30 of 468 WRs · 2021

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

Drake London

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Style of play

Fans

USC in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Three seasons at USC, drafted

2019 8 games

2020 6 games

2021 8 games

2022