Demario Douglas

Former wide receiver at Liberty. 2022: 78 catches, 993 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Liberty · So. · #3

5′8″ · 170 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 85 · #20 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNew England — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 33, #210 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Liberty. 2022: 78 catches, 993 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Drafted round 6 by the New England in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Liberty, 2,193 receiving yards — drafted at #210 overall by New England.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2023

Drafted by New Englandround 6, pick 210

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Liberty

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #210

New England · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

Played his entire career under Hugh Freeze.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 4th NFL season

#210Rd 6 · Pick 33

New EnglandEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Hugh Freeze — 34-16 over that span.

2019Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #20 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (90th percentile). Strength: epa / target (87th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#62 / 636 · 90th pct

91.8%

EPA / target#86 / 636 · 87th pct

1.04

Explosive rate#175 / 636 · 72nd pct

17.6%

Yards / catch#246 / 636 · 61st pct

12.9

TD rate#276 / 636 · 57th pct

7.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#15 / 550 · 97th pct

Rec yards#33 / 550 · 94th pct

993

Rush yards#16 / 275 · 94th pct

105

Rush TDs#14 / 275 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Rec TDs#73 / 550 · 83rd pct

Long catch#257 / 550 · 53rd pct

Yards / catch#289 / 550 · 47th pct

12.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

73rd → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

69th → 90th percentile

TD rate

83rd → 57th percentile

Yards / catch

74th → 61st 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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.7	65.7	10.5	0.0
Road7g	5.4	85.6	15.8	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.0	70.2	14.5	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	86.2	11.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-2% reception volume, top-1% overall receiving production.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #20 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Liberty	78	993	12.7	6	--
2021	Liberty	52	701	13.5	6	--
2020	Liberty	32	363	11.3	3	--
2019	Liberty	9	136	15.1	1	--
Career		171	2,193	12.8	16	--

Season	Team
2022	Liberty	5	105	294	74	--
2021	Liberty	1	2	59	143	1
2020	Liberty	1	2	18	166	1
2019	Liberty	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	109	371	383	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 21–19

at Arkansas

-8 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With A. Alves — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG · J. Bennett — 224 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.4 · 18 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · UConn · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Demario Douglas 75 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 3 · Wake Forest · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +5.42Kaidon Salter pass complete to Demario Douglas for 38 yds for a TD, (Nick Brown KICK)
Week 6 · Massachusetts · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +4.07Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Demario Douglas for 39 yds for a TD, (Nick Brown KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas · 2&18 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Demario Douglas for 42 yds to the Ark 41 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Massachusetts · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.99Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Demario Douglas for 51 yds to the UMass 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.62Kaidon Salter pass complete to Demario Douglas for 51 yds to the SoMis 30 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Arkansas · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.61Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Demario Douglas for 33 yds to the Ark 42 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Massachusetts · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Nate Hampton pass complete to Demario Douglas for 39 yds to the UMass 30 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wake Forest · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Kaidon Salter pass complete to Demario Douglas for 18 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Kaidon Salter pass complete to Demario Douglas for 23 yds for a TD, (Nick Brown KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-27@ Southern Miss	5	97	19.4	2	51	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 21-14vs UAB	3	51	17.0	0	39
Wk 3	L 36-37@ Wake Forest	7	124	17.7	2	38	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 21-12vs Akron	5	40	8.0	0	14
Wk 5	W 38-24@ Old Dominion	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 6	W 42-24@ Massachusetts	4	134	33.5	1	51	134-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 21-20vs Gardner-Webb	8	87	10.9	0	31
Wk 8	W 41-14vs BYU	8	69	8.6	0	24
Wk 10	W 21-19@ Arkansas	7	145	20.7	1	42	Season-high 145 yds
Wk 11	L 33-36@ UConn	7	70	10.0	0	16
Wk 12	L 22-23vs Virginia Tech	9	69	7.7	0	12
Wk 13	L 14-49vs New Mexico State	7	78	11.1	0	19
Bowl	L 19-21@ Toledo	6	16	2.7	0	5
Total		78	993	13.4	6	51

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology