Drake London with the Atlanta Falcons, 2022
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2022. Photo: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, USC, 2019–⁠21

Drake London

Number
No. 15
Height
6′5″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2021)
Sophomore
Hometown
Moorpark, CA
Born
Jul 24, 2001

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Drake London played receiver at USC (2019–⁠21). The Atlanta Falcons took London in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,084
Receiving yards, 2021 (USC, 4–⁠8)
Best game
170 yards
At Washington State, week 3, 2021: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2022 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Career highs

16catches, career highvs. Utah, 2021171receiving yards, career highat Notre Dame, 20212receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Arizona, 2021

Honors

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
2019USC3956714.5546
2020USC3350215.2365
2021USC881,08412.3744
Career1602,15313.51565

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019USC15WRYr 1
2020USC15WRYr 2
2021USC15WRSo. (Yr 3)6′5″210

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
2019USC431.3499th (n=499)0.5457.48%
2020USC440.9895th (n=346)0.5543.210%
2021USC1090.6446th (n=410)0.6769.521%

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

2021 USC 8 games, 88 catches, 1,084 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.San José StateW 30–⁠7121370342
Sep 11vs.StanfordL 28–⁠42468139–
Sep 18atWashington StateW 45–⁠1413170232–
Sep 25vs.Oregon StateL 27–⁠4510165032–
Oct 2atColoradoW 37–⁠149130131–
Oct 9vs.UtahL 26–⁠4216162125–
Oct 23atNotre DameL 16–⁠3115171044–
Oct 30vs.ArizonaW 41–⁠34981215–
2020 USC 6 games, 33 catches, 502 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Nov 7vs.Arizona StateW 28–⁠278125126–
Nov 14atArizonaW 34–⁠30468031–
Nov 21atUtahW 33–⁠17345022–
Dec 6vs.Washington StateW 38–⁠13592030–
Dec 12atUCLAW 43–⁠38597265–
Dec 18vs.OregonL 24–⁠31875017–
2019 USC 8 games, 39 catches, 567 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 7vs.StanfordW 45–⁠20362045–
Oct 19vs.ArizonaW 41–⁠14452032–
Oct 25atColoradoW 35–⁠31785026–
Nov 2vs.OregonL 24–⁠56451119–
Nov 9atArizona StateW 31–⁠26330114–
Nov 16atCaliforniaW 41–⁠176111145–
Nov 23vs.UCLAW 52–⁠358142146–
Dec 27 ✦vs.IowaL 24–⁠49434116–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022
Height6′3⅞″
Weight219 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan77¾″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

5 seasons, 67 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2022Atlanta Falcons17728664
2023Atlanta Falcons16699052
2024Atlanta Falcons171001,2719
2025Atlanta Falcons12689197
2026 (so far)Atlanta Falcons5274880
NFL career673364,44922

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

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