Receiver, Louisville, 2009–⁠13

Damian Copeland

Number
No. 7
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Bradenton, FL
Born
Oct 17, 1990, in Bradenton, Florida

Damian Copeland played receiver at Louisville (2009–⁠13).

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. Rutgers, 2013115receiving yards, career highvs. Rutgers, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Ohio, 2013

Team titles: Big East champions, 2011 and 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Louisville811314.1039
2012Louisville5062812.6259
2013Louisville5878013.4547
Career1161,52113.1759

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Louisville7WR
2010Louisville7WR
2011Louisville7WR
2012Louisville7WR
2013Louisville7WR6′1″

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
2013Louisville571.1187th (n=341)0.8163.17%

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

2013 Louisville 13 games, 58 catches, 780 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.OhioW 49–⁠7698234–
Sep 7vs.Eastern KentuckyW 44–⁠7332117–
Sep 14atKentuckyW 27–⁠13381047–
Sep 21vs.Florida InternationalW 72–⁠0229025–
Oct 5atTempleW 30–⁠712402415
Oct 10vs.RutgersW 24–⁠108115020–
Oct 18vs.UCFL 35–⁠38544019–
Oct 26atSouth FloridaW 34–⁠3563120–
Nov 8atUConnW 31–⁠106830286
Nov 16vs.HoustonW 20–⁠13331020–
Nov 23vs.MemphisW 24–⁠17755016–
Dec 5atCincinnatiW 31–⁠24335122–
Dec 28 ✦vs.MiamiW 36–⁠9690021–
2012 Louisville 13 games, 50 catches, 628 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.KentuckyW 32–⁠14451023–
Sep 8vs.Missouri StateW 35–⁠7441015–
Sep 15vs.North CarolinaW 39–⁠34237026–
Sep 22atFlorida InternationalW 28–⁠21321012–
Sep 29atSouthern MissW 21–⁠1731209–
Oct 13atPittsburghW 45–⁠352706–
Oct 20vs.South FloridaW 27–⁠25593132–
Oct 26vs.CincinnatiW 34–⁠31596051–
Nov 3vs.TempleW 45–⁠175560193
Nov 10atSyracuseL 26–⁠4543009–
Nov 24vs.UConnL 20–⁠23595059–
Nov 29atRutgersW 20–⁠17658013–
Jan 2 ✦vs.FloridaW 33–⁠23231119–
2010 Louisville 4 games, 8 catches, 113 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 2atArkansas StateW 34–⁠24361039–
Nov 13vs.South FloridaL 21–⁠24115015–
Nov 20vs.West VirginiaL 10–⁠171404–
Nov 26atRutgersW 40–⁠13333025–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′11″
Weight184 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.54 s
Vertical jump40″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill6.53 s
20-yard shuttle3.90 s

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

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