Danny Gray

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2021: 49 catches, 803 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · SMU · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 180 lb · Dallas, TX

CFB Index 70 · #65 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan Francisco — drafted 2022, Rd 3, Pick 41, #105 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 517 nationally · Signed with Missouri

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2021: 49 catches, 803 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2018.
Drafted round 3 by the San Francisco in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at SMU, 1,251 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #105 overall by San Francisco.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 140 yds vs Tulane.Tulane · W 55-262021

2018

Signed with Missouri3-star out of Madison

20208 games

Signed with SMU4-star out of Blinn College

202110 games

All-AACfirst

2022

Drafted by San Franciscoround 3, pick 105

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#517 national

CFB

College

SMU

2020–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #105

San Francisco · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2021

2 coaches

2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Jim Leavitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

#105Rd 3 · Pick 41

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #65 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#26 / 655 · 96th pct

16.4%

EPA / target#41 / 655 · 94th pct

1.15

Explosive rate#51 / 655 · 92nd pct

23.9%

Yards / catch#69 / 655 · 90th pct

17.0

Catch rate#321 / 655 · 51st pct

76.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#28 / 557 · 94th pct

Rec yards#70 / 557 · 87th pct

803

Yards / catch#95 / 557 · 83rd pct

16.4

Long catch#99 / 557 · 82nd pct

Receptions#108 / 557 · 80th pct

Rush yards#60 / 273 · 77th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

42nd → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 92nd percentile

Catch rate

52nd → 51st percentile

TD rate

66th → 96th percentile

Yards / catch

55th → 90th percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	79.2	15.0	1.0
Road5g	4.6	81.4	18.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	78.2	16.8	1.2
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	83.5	17.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #65 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #65 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	SMU	49	803	16.4	9	--
2020	SMU	33	448	13.6	4	--
Career		82	1,251	15.3	13	--

Season	Team
2021	SMU	3	40	--	--	--
2020	SMU	3	30	180	26	--
Career		6	70	180	26	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 55–28

vs UCF

2 rec · 23 yds

Dominant 27-point win at home against UCF.

With T. Mordecai — 377 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.5 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · U. Bentley IV — 97 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · TCU · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +6.23Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 68 yds for a TD, (Blake Mazza PAT MISSED)
Week 2 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.56Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 58 yds for a TD, (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.37Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 27 yds for a TD (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.37Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 27 yds for a TD
Week 8 · Tulane · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +4.16Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 43 yds to the Tulan 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 48 yds for a TD, (Blake Mazza KICK)
Week 4 · TCU · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 31 yds to the TCU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Houston · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 21 yds to the Houst 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Memphis · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.42Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 27 yds for a TD
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Tanner Mordecai pass complete to Danny Gray for 17 yds for a TD, (Blake Mazza PAT BLOCKED)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week