Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Duke
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.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
18
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 7 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 9 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 31.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 7 | 96 | 0 | 58.7 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Duke to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 17.1 | Dec 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
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 66.7 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: Georgia Tech
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Duke
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
3.4
Efficiency
66.7
Usage
6.2
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 5. Virginia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia Tech: 26. Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 0
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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Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins7.8 · Games = 4 · +7.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -7.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
100 vs Georgia Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Miami | W 27-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ Wake Forest | L 27-39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Notre Dame | L 7-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ North Carolina | L 17-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Virginia | L 14-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Georgia Tech | W 41-23 | — | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Sun 10/6 | vs Pittsburgh | L 30-33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 9/27 | @ Virginia Tech | W 45-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs North Carolina A&T | W 45-13 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 57 | 55.3 | 5 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 57 | 55.3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 31 | 66.7 | 6.2 | -26 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 96 | 85.6 | 11.1 | 65 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Florida State
Week 2
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
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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
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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
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