Corey Davis with the Tennessee Titans, 2018
With the Tennessee Titans, 2018. Photo: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Western Michigan, 2013–⁠16

Corey Davis

Number
No. 84
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Wheaton, IL
Born
Jan 11, 1995

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Corey Davis played receiver at Western Michigan (2013–⁠16). He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Tennessee Titans took Davis in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,500
Receiving yards, 2016 (Western Michigan, 13–⁠1)
Best game
272 yards
At Ball State, week 10, 2016: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2016
Drafted
No. 5
Overall, 2017 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

Career highs

13catches, career hightwice; last vs. Buffalo, 2016272receiving yards, career highat Ball State, 20163receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Ball State, 2016

Honors

Team titles: MAC champions, 2016

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Western Michigan6794114.0675
2014Western Michigan781,40818.11575
2015Western Michigan901,43616.01280
2016Western Michigan971,50015.51970
Career3325,28515.95280

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Western Michigan84WR
2014Western Michigan84WR
2015Western Michigan84WR
2016Western Michigan84WR6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Western Michigan760.7745th (n=341)0.8158.310%
2014Western Michigan1040.9194th (n=496)0.5294.714%
2015Western Michigan1270.6366th (n=465)0.5379.614%
2016Western Michigan1250.8991st (n=489)0.52111.313%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Western Michigan 14 games, 97 catches, 1,500 yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atNorthwesternW 22–⁠21770020–
Sep 10vs.North Carolina CentralW 70–⁠217150352–
Sep 17atIllinoisW 34–⁠10497044–
Sep 24vs.Georgia SouthernW 49–⁠31678135–
Oct 1atCentral MichiganW 49–⁠10672245–
Oct 8vs.Northern IllinoisW 45–⁠306122256–
Oct 15atAkronW 41–⁠0863217–
Oct 22vs.Eastern MichiganW 45–⁠315871310
Nov 1atBall StateW 52–⁠2012272362–
Nov 8atKent StateW 37–⁠21118018–
Nov 19vs.BuffaloW 38–⁠013173227–
Nov 25vs.ToledoW 55–⁠35881120–
Dec 2vs.OhioW 29–⁠238144170–
Jan 2 ✦vs.WisconsinL 16–⁠24673122–
2015 Western Michigan 13 games, 90 catches, 1,436 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.Michigan StateL 24–⁠3710154144–
Sep 12atGeorgia SouthernL 17–⁠43216011–
Sep 19vs.Murray StateW 52–⁠206139256–
Sep 26atOhio StateL 12–⁠38642013–
Oct 10vs.Central MichiganW 41–⁠39752112–
Oct 17atOhioW 49–⁠14448125–
Oct 24vs.Miami (OH)W 35–⁠137113031–
Oct 29atEastern MichiganW 58–⁠287105022–
Nov 5vs.Ball StateW 54–⁠77163365–
Nov 11vs.Bowling GreenL 27–⁠4113159036–
Nov 18atNorthern IllinoisL 19–⁠277123172–
Nov 27atToledoW 35–⁠30613927611
Dec 24 ✦vs.Middle TennesseeW 45–⁠318183180–
2014 Western Michigan 12 games, 78 catches, 1,408 yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30atPurdueL 34–⁠43446114–
Sep 13atIdahoW 45–⁠335119161–
Sep 20vs.Murray StateW 45–⁠14799124–
Oct 4vs.ToledoL 19–⁠207124036–
Oct 11atBall StateW 42–⁠386154175–
Oct 18atBowling GreenW 26–⁠14767120–
Oct 25vs.OhioW 42–⁠219212272–
Nov 1atMiami (OH)W 41–⁠107114144–
Nov 15vs.Eastern MichiganW 51–⁠74134154–
Nov 22atCentral MichiganW 32–⁠209104233–
Nov 28vs.Northern IllinoisL 21–⁠31559116–
Dec 20 ✦vs.Air ForceL 24–⁠388176351–
2013 Western Michigan 11 games, 67 catches, 941 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30atMichigan StateL 13–⁠26896122–
Sep 7vs.NichollsL 23–⁠278116027–
Sep 14atNorthwesternL 17–⁠3851121752
Sep 21atIowaL 3–⁠5921106–
Oct 5atToledoL 20–⁠47577022–
Oct 12vs.BuffaloL 0–⁠33892017–
Oct 19vs.Ball StateL 17–⁠389103142–
Oct 26atMassachusettsW 31–⁠3010154254–
Nov 9atEastern MichiganL 32–⁠356112170–
Nov 16vs.Central MichiganL 22–⁠27340023–
Nov 26atNorthern IllinoisL 14–⁠33328016–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′2¾″
Weight209 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9⅛″
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 78 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Tennessee Titans11343750
2018Tennessee Titans16658914
2019Tennessee Titans15436012
2020Tennessee Titans14659845
2021New York Jets9344924
2022New York Jets13325362
NFL career782733,87917

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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