#13

Gabriel Davis

Former wide receiver at UCF. 2019: 72 catches, 1,241 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · UCF · Jr. · #13

6′3″ · 212 lb · Sanford, FL

Buffalo — drafted 2020, Rd 4, Pick 22, #128 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1826 nationally · Signed with UCF

Statement game13 rec · 170 ydsat Cincinnati (FBS) · L 24-27

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at UCF. 2019: 72 catches, 1,241 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2017.
Drafted round 4 by the Buffalo in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UCF, 2,447 receiving yards — drafted at #128 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 170 yds at Cincinnati.Cincinnati · L 24-272019

201710 games

Signed with UCF3-star out of Seminole

2020

Drafted by Buffaloround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1826 national

CFB

College

UCF

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Buffalo · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

2 coaches

2017

Scott Frost

UCF

2018–2019

Josh Heupel

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 7th NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 22

BuffaloEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017UCF13-0HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019UCF10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (98th percentile). Strength: rec tds (97th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#12 / 556 · 98th pct

1241

Rec TDs#12 / 556 · 97th pct

Receptions#36 / 556 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#78 / 556 · 86th pct

17.2

Long catch#83 / 556 · 84th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	94.3	18.2	1.7
Road6g	6.7	112	20.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	112	20.5	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	95.3	17.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	UCF	72	1,241	17.2	12	--
2018	UCF	53	815	15.4	7	--
2017	UCF	27	391	14.5	4	--
Career		152	2,447	16.1	23	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2019

W 34–31

at Tulane

5 rec · 75 yds

Edged out Tulane on the road in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 317 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 58 rush yds (12 car) · O. Anderson — 49 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week