Former wide receiver at Virginia. 2022: 30 catches, 430 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′2″ · 208 lb · Plaquemine, LA
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. 677 nationally · Signed with Plaquemine
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Virginia. 2022: 30 catches, 430 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Dontayvion Wicks
Moves the chains on third down. Dontayvion Wicks has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Virginia. In 2021 the league put his name on paper for the first time: ACC Receiver Player of the Week. One game to point at: 99 rec yds, 4 receptions against Georgia Tech — Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia, 1,694 receiving yards — drafted at #159 overall by Green Bay.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Green BayEntering 4th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (0th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 53.8 | 15.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 53.8 | 14.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 52.8 | 13.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 56.5 | 19.4 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #299 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 34–17
vs Richmond
6 rec · 47 yds
With B. Armstrong — 246 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.8 · 105 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Sparks — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs Richmond | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-24@ Illinois | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 3 | W 16-14vs Old Dominion | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-22@ Syracuse | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ Duke | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-34vs Louisville | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 1 | 40 | |
| Wk 8 | W 16-9@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 1 | 44 | Season-high 99 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 12-14vs Miami | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 30 | 430 | 14.7 | 2 | 44 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Bub Means’s 2021 season.
Matches Bub on
Differs from Bub on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Reggie Brown’s path through James Madison.
Matches Reggie on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua Manning's junior season at Missouri (2025).
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Differs from Joshua on
Player DNA