Senior wide receiver for Notre Dame. 2021: 27 catches, 386 receiving yards, 4 TD.
5′11″ · 198 lb · Cedar Hill, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 wide receiver for Notre Dame. 2021: 27 catches, 386 receiving yards, 4 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAvery Davis
Moves the chains on third down. This is his fourth year in the same receiving corps at Notre Dame. The receipt on tape: 120 rec yds, 5 receptions against Purdue, Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 862 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 44-7 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (17th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 44.5 | 11.8 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 59.5 | 17.6 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 61.4 | 16.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 26.3 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 27 | 386 | 14.3 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 24 | 322 | 13.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 66 | 862 | 13.1 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 3 | 19 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 3 | 57 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 6 | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 21 | 72 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 158 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021
W 41–13
at Wisconsin
4 rec · 55 yds
Dominant 28-point win on the road against Wisconsin.
With J. Bramblett — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 72 LONG · C. Tyree — 6 rush yds (2 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 32-29vs Toledo | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13vs Purdue | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 1 | 62 | Season-high 120 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 41-13@ Wisconsin | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24vs Cincinnati | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 6 | W 32-29@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-16vs USC | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-34vs North Carolina | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-6vs Navy | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 27 | 386 | 13.2 | 4 | 62 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Cedric Patterson III’s 2021 season.
Matches Cedric on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Blayne Taylor’s path through Abilene Christian.
Blayne Taylor
Matches Blayne on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Damon Ward Jr.'s senior season at North Texas (2022).
Matches Damon on
Player DNA