Micah Davis

Senior wide receiver for Southern Miss. 2025: 31 catches, 429 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Southern Miss · Sr. · #6

6′0″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 43 · #275 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UConnM. M. Roberts StadiumUConn by 3

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

TD rate: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

429

receiving yards · 2025

31 catches · 5 TD · 13.8 per catch

Best game: 3 rec, 134 yds, 1 TD, at Louisiana

Swing playSwung Florida from 31% to 54% to win.Ole Miss at Florida · 24-17

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Southern Miss. 2025: 31 catches, 429 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed with Utah State in 2023.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Southern Miss in 2025.

His career, year by year

Micah Davis

WR · Southern Miss · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Micah Davis has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 134 rec yds, 3 receptions against Louisiana, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Air Force3-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Air Force10-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #275 of 485?

High confidenceBounce-Back13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (90th percentile). Strength: long catch (100th percentile). Concern: catch rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#79 / 798 · 90th pct

6.7%

Explosive rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

13.3%

Yards / catch#264 / 798 · 67th pct

13.0

EPA / target#580 / 798 · 27th pct

0.25

Catch rate#603 / 798 · 24th pct

60.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#1 / 558 · 100th pct

Rec TDs#96 / 558 · 78th pct

Yards / catch#216 / 558 · 60th pct

13.8

Rec yards#268 / 558 · 52nd pct

429

Receptions#268 / 558 · 51st pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Rush yards#275 / 287 · 4th pct

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Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

16%7 of his 45 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	21.3	8.2	0.4
Road5g	3.0	56.0	20.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	26.7	10.2	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	48.4	17.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #275 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #275 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #28 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	31	429	13.8	5	--
2024	Utah State	5	57	11.4	0	--
2023	Utah State	36	628	17.4	6	--
2021	Air Force	10	221	22.1	2	--
2020	Air Force	--	--	--	--	--
Career		82	1,335	16.3	13	--

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	3	-7	271	64	--
2024	Utah State	19	45	113	102	--
2023	Utah State	--	--	83	250	--
2021	Air Force	47	360	47	20	--
2020	Air Force	1	13	--	--	--
Career		70	411	514	436	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Jackson State

3 rec · 38 yds · 1 TD

With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Louisiana · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +7.37Braylon Braxton pass complete to Micah Davis for 98 yds for a TD (Creighton Wilbanks KICK)
Week 13 · South Alabama · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.32(06:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete deep right to #6 M.Davis caught at USA00, for 29 yards to the USA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:35, 1ST DOWN #40 C.Wilbanks kick attempt good (H: #17 K.McCormick, LS: #46 L.Beard)
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.95(02:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 B.Braxton pass complete short middle to #6 M.Davis caught at USM50, for 9 yards to the USM50 QB hurried by #3 A.Brackenridge, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "First down". CALL UPHELD. #3 A.Brackenridge, #98 J.Hardy injured on the play
Week 2 · Jackson State · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Braylon Braxton pass complete to Micah Davis for 15 yds for a TD (Reed Harradine KICK)
Week 3 · App State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Braylon Braxton pass complete to Micah Davis for 21 yds for a TD App State Penalty, Defensive Offside (Jaelin Willis) declined (Reed Harradine KICK)
Week 1 · Mississippi State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Micah Davis 3 Yd pass from Braylon Braxton (Reed Harradine Kick)
Week 5 · Jacksonville State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Braylon Braxton pass complete to Micah Davis for 30 yds to the JXST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Louisiana Tech · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Braylon Braxton pass complete to Micah Davis for 20 yds to the LT 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.38(03:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 M.Davis sacked for loss of 12 yards to the WKU36 (#21 J.Wester)
Week 3 · App State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.30Braylon Braxton pass complete to Micah Davis for a loss of 1 yard to the USM 38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34vs Mississippi State	2	6	3.0	1	3
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Jackson State	3	38	12.7	1	15
Wk 3	W 38-22vs App State	3	30	10.0	1	21
Wk 4	L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech	3	28	9.3	0	20
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Jacksonville State	2	34	17.0	0	30
Wk 7	W 38-35@ Georgia Southern	2	15	7.5	0	14
Wk 8	W 22-10@ Louisiana	3	134	44.7	1	98	Season-high 134 yds
Wk 9	W 49-21vs UL Monroe	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 11	W 27-21@ Arkansas State	5	44	8.8	0	12
Wk 12	L 14-41vs Texas State	2	4	2.0	0	6
Wk 13	L 35-42@ South Alabama	2	59	29.5	1	30
Bowl	L 16-27vs Western Kentucky	3	36	12.0	0	20
Total		31	429	13.1	5	98

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Southern Miss

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Southern Miss

Returning around him

90% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: +10 net (38 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108

DNA match

Player DNA

Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chris Reed’s 2025 season.

Chris Reed

88%match

Sam Houston · 2025

Braylon Sanders

Ole Miss · 2021

85%

DeQuece Carter

Indiana · 2023

83%

Roman Wilson

Michigan · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 20

80%

Willie McCoy

UTSA · 2024

78%

Matches Chris on

Yards / reception

EPA / play (adj)

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Chris on

Class year (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Will Vereen’s path through South Carolina State.

Will Vereen

96%match

South Carolina State · 2021

Beau Kelly

Portland State · 2022

96%

Chimere Dike

Florida · 2024

NFL Rd 4

95%

Tre Nixon

UCF · 2020

NFL Rd 7

96%

Malik Nabers

LSU · 2023

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 6

95%

Matches Will on

Yards per reception

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Brady Boyd's graduate season at Utah State (2025).

Brady Boyd

79%match

Utah State · 2025

All-Mountain West

Will Pauling

Notre Dame · 2025

All-Big Ten

64%

Mike Brown-Stephens

South Florida · 2024

63%

Andrel Anthony Jr.

Duke · 2025

61%

Terry Lockett

Eastern Michigan · 2025

All-MAC

61%

Matches Brady on

TD rate

EPA / play (adj)

Yards / reception

Differs from Brady on

Reception volume (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Micah Davis

Chris Reed

Sam Houston · 2025

88%

Brady Boyd

Utah State · 2025

77%

Reymello Murphy

Old Dominion · 2023

77%

Jakarius Caston

Southern Miss · 2023

72%

Treon Sibley

Liberty · 2023

70%

The receiver room · Southern Miss

#9Elijah MetcalfWR · Sr.683 receiving yards · 2025
#7Carl ChesterWR · Sr.550 receiving yards · 2025
#6Micah DavisWR · Sr.429 receiving yards · 2025
#8Bralon BrownWR · Sr.353 receiving yards · 2025
#11Davis DaltonWR · Sr.82 receiving yards · 2025

17 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page

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

Micah Davis

2022

202311 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Possession Receiver

Players who play like Micah Davis

The receiver room · Southern Miss