Bernard Davis

WR · Massachusetts 2016 · #88

Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · Lake Worth, FL

Bernard Davis: WR · Massachusetts · #88.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Bernard Davis

WR · Massachusetts · #88

Moves the chains on third down. This is his second year in the same receiving corps at Massachusetts. A game that shows it: 76 receiving yards and 2 receptions against BYU — Week 12, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

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

News and fans

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

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Massachusetts	24	298	12.4	2
2014	Massachusetts	2	20	10.0	0
Career		26	318	12.2	2

Season	Team
2016	Massachusetts	--
2014	Massachusetts	1
Career		1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-24@ No. 25 Florida	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 3	W 21-13vs Florida International	5	35	7.0	0	14
Wk 4	L 35-47vs Mississippi State	3	35	11.7	1	19
Wk 6	L 16-36@ Old Dominion	2	25	12.5	0	15
Wk 7	L 28-56vs Louisiana Tech	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 8	L 28-34@ South Carolina	2	26	13.0	0	17
Wk 9	W 34-10vs Wagner	3	46	15.3	0	25
Wk 10	L 31-52@ Troy	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 12	L 9-51@ BYU	2	76	38.0	1	70	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 13	L 40-46@ Hawai'i	3	25	8.3	0	11
Total		24	298	12.4	2	70

Signature game

Week 12 · 2016

L 9-51

at BYU

2 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD

With L. Laurent — 33.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 43 long · A. Ford — 288 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 37.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · BYU · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +6.97Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 70 yds for a TD, (Mike Caggiano PAT MISSED)
Week 8 · South Carolina · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 17 yds to the SCaro 23 for a SOUTH CAROLINA Penalty, personal foul (Jasper Sasser) to the SCaro 11 for a
Week 4 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 15 yds to the MisSt 48 for a
Week 4 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 19 yds for a TD, (Mike Caggiano KICK)
Week 3 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −2.90Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 5 yds to the UMASS 45 MASSACHUSETTS Penalty, personal foul (Adam Breneman) to the UMass 40
Week 9 · Wagner · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 25 yds to the Wagn 35 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Florida · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Ross Comis pass complete to Bernard Davis for 8 yds to the Fla 48 for a FLORIDA Penalty, Roughing Passer (Joey Ivie) to the Fla 37 for a
Week 8 · South Carolina · 3rd and 1 · Q3 · EPA +1.66Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 9 yds to the SCaro 46 for a
Week 6 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.37Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 15 yds to the UMass 42 for a
Week 6 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.37Andrew Ford pass complete to Bernard Davis for 10 yds to the UMass 32 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Mark Whipple, all pass-leaning offenses — 5-19 over that span.

2014Massachusetts3-9HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2016Massachusetts2-10HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#246 / 674 · 63rd pct

5.6%

EPA / target#320 / 674 · 53rd pct

0.51

Yards / catch#335 / 674 · 50th pct

12.4

Catch rate#347 / 674 · 47th pct

66.7%

Explosive rate#580 / 674 · 14th pct

5.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#107 / 524 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#304 / 524 · 41st pct

12.4

Rec TDs#266 / 524 · 41st pct

Receptions#333 / 524 · 35th pct

Rec yards#362 / 524 · 31st pct

298

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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	31.2	10.8	0.2
Road6g	2.0	28.8	14.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	24.2	9.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	35.4	15.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Mark Whipple

Pass share

55.1%

436 pass / 356 run

Plays / game

66.0

12 games

Team sack rate

9.0%

490 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

24 catches and 2 pass attempts in 10 games

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

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