Devontez Walker

#9 · WR · Jr. · North Carolina6′3″ · 200 lb · Charlotte, NC · West Charlotte

Devontez Walker: WR · North Carolina · #9.

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Devontez Walker

WR · North Carolina · Jr · #9

Beats you over the top. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Sean Lewis and Mack Brown. All-ACC in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 162 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Duke — Week 11, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

North Carolina in the news

Gregory Kirwan commits to UNC247Sports Nov 3
Top-ranked wing commits to CarolinaOct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Fran Brown names UNC QB1Syracuse.com Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	North Carolina	41	699	17.0	7	56
2022	Kent State	58	921	15.9	11	56
2021	Kent State	5	124	24.8	1	73
Career		104	1,744	16.8	19	73

Season	Team
2023	North Carolina	3	23
2022	Kent State	3	29
2021	Kent State	--	--
Career		6	52

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 6	W 40-7vs Syracuse	6	43	7.2	0	9
Wk 7	W 41-31vs No. 25 Miami	6	132	22.0	3	56	3 TD catches
Wk 8	L 27-31vs Virginia	11	146	13.3	1	29	146-yard receiving day
Wk 9	L 42-46@ Georgia Tech	3	76	25.3	0	36
Wk 10	W 59-7vs Campbell	2	41	20.5	2	31	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 47-45vs Duke	7	162	23.1	0	48	Season-high 162 yds
Wk 12	L 20-31@ Clemson	4	70	17.5	0	43
Wk 13	L 20-39@ NC State	2	29	14.5	1	21
Total		41	699	17.0	7	56

Signature game

Week 7 · 2023

W 41-31

vs Miami

6 rec · 132 yds · 3 TD · 19 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With D. Maye — 273 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.4 · 10 rush yds (10 car) · O. Hampton — 197 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 20 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Miami · 3rd and 20 · Q3 · EPA +5.55Maye to Walker: a 33-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Miami · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +5.39Maye to Walker: a 56-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Clemson · 4th and 6 · Q1 · EPA +4.82Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 43 yds to the CLEM 2 for a
Week 11 · Duke · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +4.06Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 43 yds to the DUKE 35 for a
Week 11 · Duke · 4th and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.04Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 9 yds to the DUKE 30 for a
Week 13 · NC State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.02Maye to Walker: a 21-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 8 · Virginia · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 25 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 10 · Campbell · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 31 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 11 · Duke · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.58Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 43 yds to the DUKE 9 for a
Week 10 · Campbell · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Drake Maye pass complete to Devontez Walker for 10 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)

Teams and coaches

2021Kent State7-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 61 (#129 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

61Quality starter #129 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (83rd percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#108 / 639 · 83rd pct

15.5

TD rate#286 / 639 · 55th pct

6.2%

Explosive rate#301 / 639 · 53rd pct

14.1%

EPA / target#528 / 639 · 17th pct

0.43

Catch rate#617 / 639 · 3rd pct

59.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#80 / 566 · 86th pct

17.0

Rec yards#107 / 566 · 81st pct

699

Rush yards#86 / 294 · 70th pct

Receptions#173 / 566 · 69th pct

Long catch#189 / 566 · 66th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

42nd → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 53rd percentile

Catch rate

10th → 3rd percentile

TD rate

75th → 55th percentile

Yards / catch

87th → 83rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. 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

2023 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.4	105	17.2	1.2
Road3g	3.0	58.3	19.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-72g	6.0	87.5	14.6	1.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	87.3	19.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Mack Brown

Pass share

48.5%

460 pass / 489 run

Plays / game

73.0

13 games

Team sack rate

7.2%

503 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

61 · #129 of 497 WRs · 2023

Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.

Devontez Walker

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Style of play

Fans

North Carolina in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2020

2022 12 games

2023 8 games

2024