D.K. Metcalf with the Seattle Seahawks, 2020
With the Seattle Seahawks, 2020. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Ole Miss, 2016–⁠18

D.K. Metcalf

Number
No. 14
Height
6′4″
Weight
225 lb
Class (2018)
Sophomore
Hometown
Oxford, MS
Born
Dec 14, 1997, in Oxford, Mississippi

Wikipedia readers: about 44,584 a month over the past year

D.K. Metcalf played receiver at Ole Miss (2016–⁠18). The Seattle Seahawks took Metcalf in round 2, No. 64 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
646
Receiving yards, 2017 (Ole Miss, 6–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 64
Round 2, 2019 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. South Alabama, 2017125receiving yards, career highat California, 20172receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Kentucky, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2016Ole Miss2136.5210
2017Ole Miss3964616.6771
2018Ole Miss2656921.9575
Career671,22818.31475

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2016Ole Miss14WRYr 1
2017Ole Miss14WRYr 2
2018Ole Miss14WRSo. (Yr 3)6′4″225

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
2016Ole Miss31.54––4.6–
2017Ole Miss700.4742nd (n=507)0.5233.29%
2018Ole Miss400.8489th (n=497)0.5333.78%

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

2018 Ole Miss 7 games, 26 catches, 569 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.Texas TechW 47–⁠27481158
Sep 8vs.Southern IllinoisW 76–⁠41793151
Sep 15vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠62292175
Sep 22vs.Kent StateW 38–⁠175102141
Sep 29atLSUL 16–⁠45337022
Oct 6vs.UL MonroeW 70–⁠214115162
Oct 13atArkansasW 37–⁠33149049
2017 Ole Miss 12 games, 39 catches, 646 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2vs.South AlabamaW 47–⁠27884018
Sep 9vs.UT MartinW 45–⁠23537117
Sep 16atCaliforniaL 16–⁠273125171
Sep 30atAlabamaL 3–⁠66346025
Oct 7atAuburnL 23–⁠4442829
Oct 14vs.VanderbiltW 57–⁠35237034
Oct 21vs.LSUL 24–⁠40115015
Oct 28vs.ArkansasL 37–⁠384107038
Nov 4atKentuckyW 37–⁠34583258
Nov 11vs.LouisianaW 50–⁠221707
Nov 18vs.Texas A&ML 24–⁠31110010
Nov 23atMississippi StateW 31–⁠28267163
2016 Ole Miss 2 games, 2 catches, 13 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.Florida StateL 34–⁠451313
Sep 10vs.WoffordW 38–⁠13110110

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2019Combine or pro day 2019
Height6′3⅜″
Weight228 lb
Arm length34⅞″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan82⅞″W
40-yard dash4.33 s
10-yard split1.45 s
Vertical jump40½″
Broad jump11′2″
Bench press27 reps
3-cone drill7.38 s
20-yard shuttle4.50 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 117 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2020, 2023) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2020

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2020.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2019Seattle Seahawks16589007
2020Seattle Seahawks16831,30310
2021Seattle Seahawks177596712
2022Seattle Seahawks17901,0486
2023Seattle Seahawks16661,1148
2024Seattle Seahawks15669925
2025Pittsburgh Steelers15598506
2026 (so far)Pittsburgh Steelers5192251
NFL career1175167,39955

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.