Fred Davis at USC
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Tight end, USC, 2004–⁠07

Fred Davis

Hometown
Toledo, OH
Born
Jan 15, 1986, in Toledo, Ohio

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Fred Davis played tight end at USC (2004–⁠07). He won the 2007 John Mackey Award. The Washington Redskins took Davis in round 2, No. 48 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
881
Receiving yards, 2007 (USC, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 48
Round 2, 2008 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Washington State, 2007152receiving yards, career highvs. Stanford, 20072receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Washington State, 2007

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2004; Pac-10 champions, 2006 and 2007

All-America: Sporting News 2007; AP second team 2007

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004USC4307.5015
2005‡USC1111710.6219
2006USC383529.3325
2007USC6288114.2863
Career1151,38012.01363

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Washington State): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2007 USC 13 games, 62 catches, 881 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.IdahoW 38–⁠10249035
Sep 15atNebraskaW 49–⁠31338017
Sep 22vs.Washington StateW 47–⁠149124225
Sep 29atWashingtonW 27–⁠24472032
Oct 6vs.StanfordL 23–⁠245152163
Oct 13vs.ArizonaW 20–⁠13663125
Oct 20atNotre DameW 38–⁠0540113
Oct 27atOregonL 17–⁠24111011
Nov 3vs.Oregon StateW 24–⁠3531016
Nov 10atCaliforniaW 24–⁠17454033
Nov 22atArizona StateW 44–⁠245119134
Dec 1vs.UCLAW 24–⁠7641113
Jan 1 ✦vs.IllinoisW 49–⁠17787121
2006 USC 11 games, 38 catches, 352 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2atArkansasW 50–⁠14559125
Sep 16vs.NebraskaW 28–⁠10216017
Sep 23atArizonaW 20–⁠3538015
Sep 30atWashington StateW 28–⁠22546021
Oct 7vs.WashingtonW 26–⁠2021509
Oct 28atOregon StateL 31–⁠3342018
Nov 4atStanfordW 42–⁠01212
Nov 18vs.CaliforniaW 23–⁠9216012
Nov 25vs.Notre DameW 44–⁠24333012
Dec 2atUCLAL 9–⁠13668020
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 32–⁠18339023
2005 USC 6 games, 11 catches, 117 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 8vs.ArizonaW 42–⁠21223017
Nov 5vs.StanfordW 51–⁠21435119
Nov 12atCaliforniaW 35–⁠10116016
Nov 19vs.Fresno StateW 50–⁠421909
Dec 3vs.UCLAW 66–⁠19115115
Jan 4 ✦vs.TexasL 38–⁠41219012

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.

2004 USC 3 games, 4 catches, 30 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 25atStanfordW 31–⁠28115015
Oct 16vs.Arizona StateW 45–⁠72604
Oct 23vs.WashingtonW 38–⁠01909

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′3″
Weight255 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.68 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press24 reps
3-cone drill7.36 s
20-yard shuttle4.68 s

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

In the NFL

6 seasons, 60 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Redskins.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Washington Redskins4–00
2009Washington Redskins15100
2010Washington Redskins15200
2011Washington Redskins12300
2012Washington Redskins7–00
2013Washington Redskins7–00
NFL career60600

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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