Damion Ratley

WR · Texas A&M 2017 · #4

Last confirmed: Texas A&M, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · 190 lb · Yoakum, TX · Blinn College

Damion Ratley: WR · Texas A&M · #4.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Elijah BallOhio · 2016 · 92% season match
Jerome LaneAkron · 2015 · 86% season match
Jalen WilliamsMassachusetts · 2016 · 85% season match
Drew DixonArizona · 2019 · 84% season match
Darren Carrington IIOregon · 2015 · 78% season match

Damion Ratley

WR · Texas A&M · #4

Beats you over the top. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Texas A&M. One game to point at: 111 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Ole Miss — Week 12, 2017.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

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

Texas A&M in the news

Texas A&M football star dies at 49New York Post Oct 23
Texas A&M adds 2027 non-conference gameSports Illustrated Oct 14
Elko apologizes for 'cesspool' jabThe Dallas Morning News Oct 13
Elko apologizes for media rantBleacher Report Oct 13

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Texas A&M	30	694	23.1	6
2016	Texas A&M	2	26	13.0	0
2015	Texas A&M	15	200	13.3	2
Career		47	920	19.6	8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 24-14vs Nicholls	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 3	W 45-21vs Louisiana	2	86	43.0	0	76
Wk 4	W 50-43@ Arkansas	2	57	28.5	0	50
Wk 5	W 24-17vs South Carolina	4	40	10.0	0	26
Wk 6	L 19-27vs No. 1 Alabama	1	32	32.0	0	32
Wk 7	W 19-17@ Florida	2	72	36.0	0	42
Wk 9	L 14-35vs Mississippi State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 10	L 27-42vs No. 16 Auburn	4	82	20.5	2	62	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 55-14vs New Mexico	3	58	19.3	2	36	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Ole Miss	5	111	22.2	1	47	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 13	L 21-45@ No. 19 LSU	1	45	45.0	1	45
Bowl	L 52-55vs Wake Forest	4	91	22.8	0	31
Total		30	694	23.1	6	76

Signature game

Week 10 · 2017

L 27-42

vs Auburn

4 rec · 82 yds · 2 TD

With T. Williams — 103 rush yds (15 car) · 2 rec · 41 yds · S. Tripucka — 43.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 56 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Auburn · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.73Nick Starkel pass complete to Damion Ratley for 62 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 3 · Louisiana · 3rd and 36 · Q1 · EPA +6.45Kellen Mond pass complete to Damion Ratley for 76 yds to the LaLaf 1 for a
Week 13 · LSU · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +4.61Nick Starkel pass complete to Damion Ratley for 45 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 11 · New Mexico · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +4.16Nick Starkel pass complete to Damion Ratley for 36 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Week 6 · Alabama · 4th and 9 · Q3 · EPA +4.03Kellen Mond pass complete to Damion Ratley for 32 yds to the Alab 3 for a
Week 7 · Florida · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.77Kellen Mond pass complete to Damion Ratley for 30 yds to the Fla 35 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.62Kellen Mond pass complete to Damion Ratley for 50 yds to the Ark 32 for a
Week 7 · Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Kellen Mond pass complete to Damion Ratley for 42 yds to the Fla 22 for a
Week 12 · Ole Miss · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.50Nick Starkel pass complete to Damion Ratley for 47 yds to the Miss 34 for a
Week 11 · New Mexico · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Nick Starkel pass complete to Damion Ratley for 21 yds to the NMex 48 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Kevin Sumlin — 23-16 over that span.

2015Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Texas A&M8-5HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2017Texas A&M7-6HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

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

Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (99th percentile). Concern: catch rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#5 / 709 · 99th pct

30.0%

Yards / catch#6 / 709 · 99th pct

23.6

EPA / target#11 / 709 · 99th pct

1.14

TD rate#67 / 709 · 90th pct

10.0%

Catch rate#601 / 709 · 15th pct

58.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#9 / 539 · 98th pct

23.1

Long catch#61 / 539 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#83 / 539 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#105 / 539 · 81st pct

694

Receptions#273 / 539 · 48th pct

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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	45.4	20.7	0.6
Road3g	2.7	76.0	34.4	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	55.9	26.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	60.6	22.8	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Kevin Sumlin

Pass share

47.6%

449 pass / 495 run

Plays / game

72.6

13 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

488 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

30 catches in 12 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Damion Ratley

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Texas A&M in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

30 catches in 12 games

Three seasons at Texas A&M, drafted

His moves

2015 7 games

2018