Deontay Burnett, 2018
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Receiver, USC, 2015–⁠17

Deontay Burnett

Number
No. 80
Height
6′0″
Weight
170 lb
Hometown
Compton, CA
Born
Oct 4, 1997, in Compton, California

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Deontay Burnett played receiver at USC (2015–⁠17).

Career highs

13catches, career highvs. Penn State, 2016164receiving yards, career highvs. Penn State, 20163receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Penn State, 2016

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015USC1016116.1034
2016USC5662211.1740
2017USC861,11413.0942
Career1521,89712.51642

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2015USC80WR
2016USC80WR
2017USC80WR6′0″170

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
2015USC111.09––12.1–
2016USC710.6973rd (n=489)0.5248.88%
2017USC1210.6369th (n=507)0.5276.712%

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

2017 USC 14 games, 86 catches, 1,114 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Western MichiganW 49–⁠317142042–
Sep 9vs.StanfordW 42–⁠2491212353
Sep 16vs.TexasW 27–⁠248123225–
Sep 23atCaliforniaW 30–⁠20976119–
Sep 29atWashington StateL 27–⁠30645013–
Oct 7vs.Oregon StateW 38–⁠10220116–
Oct 14vs.UtahW 28–⁠27899023–
Oct 21atNotre DameL 14–⁠498113134–
Oct 28atArizona StateW 48–⁠17449132–
Nov 4vs.ArizonaW 49–⁠35244041–
Nov 11atColoradoW 38–⁠24679137–
Nov 18vs.UCLAW 28–⁠23455025–
Dec 1vs.StanfordW 31–⁠281909−5
Dec 29 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠2412139025–
2016 USC 12 games, 56 catches, 622 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.AlabamaL 6–⁠52426011–
Sep 10vs.Utah StateW 45–⁠732411312
Sep 17atStanfordL 10–⁠27341028–
Oct 1vs.Arizona StateW 41–⁠20793040–
Oct 8vs.ColoradoW 21–⁠17534012–
Oct 15atArizonaW 48–⁠14111111–
Oct 27vs.CaliforniaW 45–⁠2411311315
Nov 5vs.OregonW 45–⁠20787129–
Nov 12atWashingtonW 26–⁠13467025–
Nov 19atUCLAW 36–⁠143280124
Nov 26vs.Notre DameW 45–⁠27534020–
Jan 2 ✦vs.Penn StateW 52–⁠4913164332–
2015 USC 6 games, 10 catches, 161 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 12vs.IdahoW 59–⁠9110010–
Oct 17atNotre DameL 31–⁠41353028–
Oct 31atCaliforniaW 27–⁠21382034–
Nov 7vs.ArizonaW 38–⁠301−60−6–
Nov 28vs.UCLAW 40–⁠211909–
Dec 30 ✦vs.WisconsinL 21–⁠23113013–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2018
Height5′11⅝″
Weight186 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size8⅝″
Wingspan74½″W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 7 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2018New York Jets5101430
2019Philadelphia Eagles12480
2020Philadelphia Eagles13190
NFL career7152100

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2023XFLHouston Roughnecks
2024UFLArlington Renegades
2025–UFLArlington / Dallas Renegades

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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