Receiver, Illinois and Northwestern, 2018–⁠22

Donny Navarro

Lettered 2019–⁠21 at Illinois (school media guide)

Number
No. 80
Height
5′11″
Weight
185 lb
Class (2022)
Senior
Hometown
Naperville, IL

Donny Navarro played receiver at Illinois (2018–⁠20), Northwestern (2021), Illinois (2021) and Northwestern (2022).

Career highs

7catches, career highat Michigan State, 2019

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Illinois2633312.8248
2020Illinois88811.0025
2021Illinois171679.8021
2022Northwestern312377.6222
Career8282510.1448

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2019Illinois–––5250
2020Illinois–––1160
2021Illinois11490161210
2022Northwestern–––8190
Career11490301810

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Illinois80WRRS
2019Illinois80WRFr.
2020Illinois80WRSo.
2021Northwestern80WRJr.
2021Illinois80WRJr.
2022Northwestern80WRSr.5′11″185

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
2019Illinois370.5451st (n=499)0.5420.16%
2020Illinois130.49––6.3–
2021Illinois310.195th (n=410)0.676.05%
2022Northwestern420.205th (n=683)0.718.46%

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

2022 Northwestern 11 games, 31 catches, 237 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 27vs.NebraskaW 31–⁠284291–––
Sep 10vs.DukeL 23–⁠314301––2
Sep 17vs.Southern IllinoisL 24–⁠313160–––
Sep 24vs.Miami (OH)L 14–⁠175320––1
Oct 1atPenn StateL 7–⁠174550–––
Oct 8vs.WisconsinL 7–⁠424440–––
Oct 22atMarylandL 24–⁠314180––1
Oct 29atIowaL 13–⁠33160–––
Nov 12atMinnesotaL 3–⁠31270––2
Nov 19atPurdueL 9–⁠17–––––2
Nov 26vs.IllinoisL 3–⁠41––––––
2021 Illinois 10 games, 17 catches, 167 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 28vs.NebraskaW 30–⁠221210191
Sep 4vs.UTSAL 30–⁠3732401181
Sep 11atVirginiaL 14–⁠422110––2
Sep 17vs.MarylandL 17–⁠2032701223
Sep 25atPurdueL 9–⁠13160––2
Oct 9vs.WisconsinL 0–⁠241160301
Oct 23atPenn StateW 20–⁠182120––1
Oct 30vs.RutgersL 14–⁠20216020–
Nov 20atIowaL 23–⁠332340302
Nov 27vs.NorthwesternW 47–⁠14–––––3
2020 Illinois 4 games, 8 catches, 88 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 31vs.PurdueL 24–⁠31150––1
Nov 14atRutgersW 23–⁠201150–––
Nov 21atNebraskaW 41–⁠235580–––
Dec 5vs.IowaL 21–⁠351100–––
2019 Illinois 11 games, 26 catches, 333 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.AkronW 42–⁠3–––––1
Sep 7atUConnW 31–⁠23–––––2
Sep 14vs.Eastern MichiganL 31–⁠341100–––
Oct 5atMinnesotaL 17–⁠403330–––
Oct 12vs.MichiganL 25–⁠423180–––
Oct 19vs.WisconsinW 24–⁠231481–––
Oct 26atPurdueW 24–⁠61170–––
Nov 2vs.RutgersW 38–⁠102570–––
Nov 9atMichigan StateW 37–⁠347490–––
Nov 23atIowaL 10–⁠193361––1
Dec 30 ✦vs.CaliforniaL 20–⁠355650––1

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

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