Ryan Davis

Senior wide receiver for Utah. 2025: 62 catches, 725 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Utah · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 181 lb · Roswell, GA

CFB Index 70 · #78 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Utah for 2026

The numbers

725

receiving yards · 2025

62 catches · 4 TD · 11.7 per catch

Best game: 8 rec, 132 yds, 1 TD, vs Cincinnati

Statement game9 rec · 146 ydsat Colorado State (FBS) · L 6-17

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Utah. 2025: 62 catches, 725 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico in 2022.
747 receiving yards in 2024. Then 725 in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 77th percentile.

The full scouting read

Ryan Davis

WR · Utah · Sr · #9

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Ryan Davis has played for five head coaches across six seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 132 rec yds, 8 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023New Mexico4-8HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-leaning

2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #78 of 485?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (91st percentile). Strength: rec yards (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#186 / 798 · 77th pct

0.59

Catch rate#189 / 798 · 76th pct

75.9%

TD rate#250 / 798 · 69th pct

3.8%

Explosive rate#390 / 798 · 51st pct

10.1%

Yards / catch#412 / 798 · 48th pct

11.3

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#50 / 558 · 91st pct

Rec yards#94 / 558 · 83rd pct

725

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Long catch#183 / 558 · 67th pct

Yards / catch#355 / 558 · 36th pct

11.7

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

80th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 51st percentile

Catch rate

76th → 76th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

68th → 48th percentile

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

15%12 of his 79 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.7	71.7	14.5	0.3
Road5g	5.6	59.0	10.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.3	68.9	12.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	60.8	13.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #78 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #78 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #8 of 55 Big 12 WRs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Utah	62	725	11.7	4	--
2024	New Mexico	54	747	13.8	3	--
2023	New Mexico	20	250	12.5	1	--
2022	UAB	6	74	12.3	0	--
2021	UAB	13	161	12.4	0	--
2020	UAB	3	45	15.0	0	--
Career		158	2,002	12.7	8	--

Season	Team
2025	Utah	--	--	--	--	--
2024	New Mexico	--	--	--	17	--
2023	New Mexico	--	--	--	--	--
2022	UAB	--	--	--	--	--
2021	UAB	--	--	--	--	--
2020	UAB	--	--	--	37	1
Career		--	--	--	54	1

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Cincinnati · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.10(07:10) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 D.Dampier pass complete short right to #9 R.Davis caught at Cin18, for 34 yards to the Cin00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:05, 1ST DOWN #17 D.Curtis kick attempt good (H: #92 O.Phillips, LS: #44 L.Castor)
Week 7 · Arizona State · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.05Devon Dampier pass complete to Ryan Davis for 56 yds to the ASU 13 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · West Virginia · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Devon Dampier pass complete to Ryan Davis for 32 yds for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 10 · Cincinnati · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.99(03:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 D.Dampier pass complete deep right to #9 R.Davis caught at Cin25, for 46 yards to the Cin19 (#10 T.Barnes), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · BYU · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Devon Dampier pass complete to Ryan Davis for 11 yds for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 2 · Cal Poly · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Devon Dampier pass complete to Ryan Davis for 4 yds for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 3 · Wyoming · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Devon Dampier pass complete to Ryan Davis for 15 yds to the WYO 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Nebraska · 2&25 · Q3 · EPA +2.60(07:54) Shotgun #4 D.Dampier pass complete short right to #9 R.Davis caught at NEB37, for 19 yards to the NEB36 (#10 A.Marshall)
Week 12 · Baylor · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.51(06:02) Shotgun #15 B.Ficklin pass complete short middle to #9 R.Davis caught at BAY49, for 9 yards to the BAY49 (#38 J.Redding), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Texas Tech · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.29Devon Dampier pass complete to Ryan Davis for 9 yds to the TTU 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-10@ UCLA	3	22	7.3	0	10
Wk 2	W 63-9vs Cal Poly	6	58	9.7	1	27
Wk 3	W 31-6@ Wyoming	10	91	9.1	0	24
Wk 4	L 10-34vs Texas Tech	10	70	7.0	0	12
Wk 5	W 48-14@ West Virginia	7	107	15.3	1	32
Wk 7	W 42-10vs Arizona State	3	68	22.7	0	56
Wk 8	L 21-24@ BYU	7	66	9.4	1	22
Wk 9	W 53-7vs Colorado	2	36	18.0	0	28
Wk 10	W 45-14vs Cincinnati	8	132	16.5	1	46	Season-high 132 yds
Wk 12	W 55-28@ Baylor	1	9	9.0	0	9
Bowl	W 44-22vs Nebraska	5	66	13.2	0	19
Total		62	725	12.5	4	56

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

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