Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | L 21-22vs BYU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
#9
Damien Alford
Former wide receiver at Utah. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′6″ · 210 lb · Montreal, PQ
CFB Index 54 · #173 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceUtah 2024 — college career complete
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.
Recruiting
3★
WR recruit
No. 765 nationally · Signed with McArthur
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Utah. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to McArthur in 2020.
- Transferred from Utah to Florida Atlantic in 2025.
Damien Alford
Beats you over the top. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
How it ended
Five seasons at Utah, 1,291 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
4 programs, one constant: he played.
The week the volume broke through — put up 135 yds vs Army.Army · W 29-162023
2020
- Recruited3-star out of McArthur
202310 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coach2020–2024
Utah
Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Syracuse1-10HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, slow tempo
2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy
2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy
2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Tyrell Shavers’s 2022 season.
76%match
All-Mountain West
Matches Tyrell on
Height
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Tyrell on
Recruiting rating (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Matt Landers’s path through Arkansas.
Matches Matt on
Yards per reception
Recruiting rating
Weight
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dalevon Campbell's senior season at Nevada (2023).
69%match
Matches Dalevon on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
TD rate
Differs from Dalevon on
Height (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Damien Alford
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology