Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2023: 41 catches, 699 receiving yards, 7 TD.
6′3″ · 200 lb · Charlotte, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2694 nationally · Signed with North Carolina Central
Statement game11 rec · 146 yds · 1 TDvs Virginia (FBS) · L 27-31
Top 1% catches game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2023: 41 catches, 699 receiving yards, 7 TD.
Devontez Walker
Beats you over the top. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Sean Lewis and Mack Brown. He has been named All-ACC two seasons running, most recently in 2023. One game to point at: 162 rec yds, 7 receptions against Duke — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Carolina, 1,744 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #113 overall by Baltimore.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mack Brown.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (83rd percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
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
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Carolina | 41 | 699 | 17.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2022 | Kent State | 58 | 921 | 15.9 | 11 | -- |
| 2021 | Kent State | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 104 | 1,744 | 16.8 | 19 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Carolina | 3 | 23 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Kent State | 3 | 29 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kent State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 52 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 41–31
vs Miami
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
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| 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 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 | 17.9 | 7 | 56 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Malik Knowles’s 2021 season.
Matches Malik on
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tre Nixon’s path through UCF.
Matches Tre on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Omarion Miller's junior season at Colorado (2025).
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Player DNA