Player Dossier

2018-2020

Duke

Damond Philyaw-Johnson

WR • 6'2" • 170 lbs • Pensacola, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Damond Philyaw-Johnson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Damond Philyaw-Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 85, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Damond Philyaw-Johnson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8878

Ponte Vedra · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Damond Philyaw-Johnson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Duke. Damond Philyaw-Johnson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
184
Receptions
15
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Damond Philyaw-Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · WR
Career Receiving Yards
184
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
3-star · Ponte Vedra · Michigan
High school pipeline
Ponte Vedra · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 85 · Junior
2020 Receiving yards rank
96 receiving yards · WR 508th (top 57%) · ACC 97th (top 44%) · National 729th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 PostseasonDuke7120039.5
2018 Regular SeasonDuke7537039.5
2019 Regular SeasonDuke9231431.7
2020 Regular SeasonDuke8796058.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Duke to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted17.1Dec 17, 2020

Damond Philyaw-Johnson played WR for Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Damond Philyaw-Johnson recorded 184 receiving yards, 10 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Duke paired 96 primary output with 85.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 55.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Duke

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

8.1

Efficiency

55.3

Usage

5

Consistency

26.6

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 20. North Carolina Central: 10. Virginia: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Miami: 3. North Carolina: 3. Clemson: 21

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 1 by 100. North Carolina Central: 1 by 66.7. Miami: 1 by 20. North Carolina: 1 by 20. Clemson: 2 by 70

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins9 · Games = 4 · +2 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 3 · -2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

100 vs Temple

Result
Thu 12/27vs TempleW 56-271202020011
Sun 11/18@ ClemsonL 6-3522110.510.50014
Sat 11/10vs North CarolinaW 42-35133303
Sat 11/3@ MiamiW 20-12133303
Sat 10/27@ PittsburghL 45-54
Sat 10/20vs VirginiaL 14-28
Sat 9/22vs North Carolina CentralW 55-131101010010

Player Story

Damond Philyaw-Johnson story

Damond Philyaw-Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 85, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Damond Philyaw-Johnson's career was his return-game role: 898 return yards and 2 return touchdowns across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 184 receiving yards and 10 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Damond Philyaw-Johnson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonDuke5755.35
2018 Regular SeasonDuke5755.350
2019 Regular SeasonDuke3166.76.2-26
2020 Regular SeasonDuke9685.611.165

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida State

Week 2

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

59

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 4 · L 20-38 · Conference game

40

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Georgia Tech

Week 7 · W 41-23 · Conference game

26

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

26 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Temple

Week 1 · W 56-27 · Postseason

20

Receiving Yards

68.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Virginia Tech

Week 5 · L 31-38 · Conference game

29

Receiving Yards

66.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

29 receiving yards with a 96.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Duke

96 primary output · 85.6 efficiency · 11.1 usage

58.7

#2

2018 Postseason · Duke

39.5

57 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Duke

39.5

57 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games