Tyler Davis

#9 · TE · Sr. · Georgia Tech6′4″ · 250 lb · North Bellmore, NY · Wellington C Mepham

Tyler Davis: TE · Georgia Tech · #9.

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Tyler Davis

TE · Georgia Tech · Sr · #9

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Bob Diaco, Randy Edsall and Geoff Collins. One game to point at: 54 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Virginia — Week 11, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Georgia Tech in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Georgia Tech releases depth chartSports Illustrated Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Georgia Tech	17	148	8.7	1	38
2018	UConn	22	226	10.3	6	41
2017	UConn	14	156	11.1	0	58
2016	UConn	11	107	9.7	1	24
Career		64	637	10.0	8	58

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-52@ No. 1 Clemson	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 2	W 14-10vs South Florida	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 3	L 24-27vs The Citadel	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 6	L 22-38vs North Carolina	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	L 23-41@ Duke	4	29	7.3	0	16
Wk 8	W 28-21@ Miami	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	L 10-20vs Pittsburgh	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 11	L 28-33@ Virginia	3	54	18.0	0	38	Season-high 54 yds
Wk 12	L 0-45vs Virginia Tech	2	17	8.5	0	10
Wk 13	W 28-26vs NC State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 14	L 7-52vs No. 4 Georgia	2	8	4.0	1	6
Total		17	148	8.7	1	38

Signature game

Week 14 · 2019

L 7-52

vs Georgia

2 rec · 8 yds · 1 TD

With P. Harvin III — 45.2 yards per punt · 13 punts · 2 inside the 20 · J. Thomas — 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 3 solo tackles

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.50James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 38 yds to the Virg 27 for a
Week 13 · NC State · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.23James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 9 yds to the GTech 47 for a
Week 7 · Duke · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.23James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 16 yds to the GTech 43 for a
Week 14 · Georgia · 1st and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.05James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 6 yds for a TD (Brenton King KICK)
Week 11 · Virginia · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +1.81James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 9 yds to the GTech 41 for a
Week 3 · The Citadel · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −0.97Tobias Oliver pass complete to Tyler Davis for a loss of 2 yards to the Citad 35

4 more plays

Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.84Lucas Johnson pass complete to Tyler Davis for 10 yds to the GTech 35 for a
Week 6 · North Carolina · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +0.80James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 5 yds to the GTech 23 for a
Week 12 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.65James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 7 yds to the GTech 35
Week 7 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −0.64James Graham pass complete to Tyler Davis for 2 yds to the GTech 38

Teams and coaches

2016UConn3-9HC: Bob Diaco · Balanced

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2018UConn1-11HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2019Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#498 / 728 · 31st pct

3.4%

Yards / catch#628 / 728 · 14th pct

8.7

Catch rate#633 / 728 · 13th pct

58.6%

EPA / target#649 / 728 · 11th pct

0.18

Explosive rate#673 / 728 · 7th pct

3.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#62 / 128 · 51st pct

Receptions#84 / 128 · 33rd pct

Rec TDs#88 / 128 · 23rd pct

Rec yards#109 / 128 · 15th pct

148

Yards / catch#116 / 128 · 9th pct

8.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 11th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 7th percentile

Catch rate

52nd → 13th percentile

TD rate

99th → 31st percentile

Yards / catch

28th → 14th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.3	8.3	6.5	0.1
Road4g	2.0	22.5	10.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	10.0	5.7	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	16.3	9.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Geoff Collins

Pass share

37.9%

269 pass / 440 run

Plays / game

59.1

12 games

Team sack rate

9.4%

299 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

17 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tyler Davis

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

17 catches in 11 games

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

2015

2020