#9

Damien Alford

WR · Utah · Sr. · #9

Utah 2024 — college career complete
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Damien Alford

WR · Utah · Sr · #9

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#765 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach
2021
2022
2023
2024

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2024Utah----------
2023Syracuse3361018.53--
2022Syracuse2042921.42--
2021Syracuse1324919.22--
Career661,28819.57--

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

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.

Tyrell Shavers

76%match

San Diego State · 2022

All-Mountain West
#2

Nick Mardner

Hawai'i · 2021

73%
#3

Quentin Skinner

Kansas · 2023

67%
#4

Jahdae Walker

Texas A&M · 2023

67%
#5

Damien Alford

Syracuse · 2022

66%

Matches Tyrell on

Height
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Tyrell on

Recruiting rating (lower)
Based on 9 features · 3 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Matt Landers’s path through Arkansas.

Matt Landers

87%match

Arkansas · 2022

#2

Lavel Davis

Virginia · 2022

80%
#3

T.J. Simmons

West Virginia · 2020

80%
#4

Javian Hester

Kentucky · 2025

77%
#5

Prince Strachan

Boise State · 2024

76%

Matches Matt on

Yards per reception
Recruiting rating
Weight
20222023
Career-aggregate opponent-adjusted stats · physical traits

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dalevon Campbell's senior season at Nevada (2023).

Dalevon Campbell

69%match

Nevada · 2023

#2

Savion Williams

TCU · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 23
67%
#3

Drake Dabney

Baylor · 2023

63%
#4

Dacari Collins

NC State · 2024

63%
#5

Isaiah Neyor

Nebraska · 2024

All-Mountain West
61%

Matches Dalevon on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
TD rate

Differs from Dalevon on

Height (higher)
Opponent-adjusted stats · senior cohort across all seasons

Player DNA

Players who play like Damien Alford

#1

Matt Landers

Toledo · 2021

87%
#2

Lavel Davis

Virginia · 2022

80%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
2492021
4292022
6102023

+145%

Up 145% from first season to most-recent.