Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Stanford
Davis Mills
QB • 6'4" • 212 lbs • Duluth, GA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Davis Mills is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Davis Mills built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from Duluth, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Davis Mills' career was his passing role: 3,453 passing...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 67
- NFL Team
- Houston Texans
Davis Mills, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Stanford. Davis Mills is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 3,539
- Passing yards
- 3,453
- Rushing yards
- 86
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
Davis Mills quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 3,539
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Greater Atlanta Christian School · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Greater Atlanta Christian School · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 3 · Pick 3 · Houston Texans
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2020 Total offense rank
- 1,547 total offense · QB 73rd (top 23%) · Pac-12 3rd (top 3%) · National 75th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 8 | 1,987 | 1,943 | 44 | 12 | 68.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 5 | 1,547 | 1,510 | 37 | 10 | 66.6 |
Related Context
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Davis Mills played QB for Stanford. Across 4 tracked seasons, Davis Mills recorded 3,453 passing yards, 86 rushing yards, and 8 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Stanford paired 1,987 primary output with 62.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 63.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Loss with 369 yards of offense and 66.3 efficiency. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
5
Primary Metric / G
309.4
Efficiency
63.3
Usage
19.6
Consistency
81.7
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 369. California: 188. Washington: 261. Oregon State: 289. UCLA: 440
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 61 by 66.3. California: 38 by 57.1. Washington: 32 by 70.4. Oregon State: 37 by 64.1. UCLA: 55 by 58.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins294.5 · Games = 4 · -74.5 vs Losses
Losses369 · Games = 1 · +74.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Colorado
Best efficiency game
70.4 vs Washington
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/20 | @ UCLA300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 48-47 | 32 | 47 | 428 | 68.1 | 3 | 3 | 58.4 | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 12/13 | @ Oregon State3+ TD | W 27-24 | 21 | 29 | 292 | 72.4 | 1 | 0 | 64.1 | 8 | -3 | -0.40 | 2 | 6 |
| Sat 12/5 | @ Washington | W 31-26 | 20 | 30 | 252 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 70.4 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Fri 11/27 | @ California | W 24-23 | 24 | 32 | 205 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 | 6 | -17 | -2.80 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Colorado300-yard game | L 32-35 | 30 | 55 | 333 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 66.3 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
Player Story
Davis Mills story
Davis Mills built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from Duluth, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Davis Mills' career was his passing role: 3,453 passing yards, 18 touchdown passes, 435 attempts, and 86 rushing yards across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Stanford. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 86 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Stanford.
The arc is straightforward: Davis Mills 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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Stanford
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 5 | 37.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 1,987 | 62.7 | 16.7 | 1,982 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 1,547 | 63.3 | 19.6 | -440 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado
Week 11 · L 32-35 · Conference game
Loss with 369 yards of offense and 66.3 efficiency.
369
Total Offense
71.3 takeover
369 total offense with 66.3 efficiency.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 16 · W 48-47 · Conference game
440
Total Offense
69.2 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
440 total offense with 58.4 efficiency.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 12 · L 22-49 · Conference game
481
Total Offense
66.2 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
481 total offense with 58.2 efficiency.
#4
vs Notre Dame
Week 14 · L 24-45
312
Total Offense
62 takeover
Loss with 312 yards of offense and 65.6 efficiency.
312 total offense with 65.6 efficiency.
#5
@ Oregon State
Week 15 · W 27-24 · Conference game
289
Total Offense
60.2 takeover
Win with 289 yards of offense and 64.1 efficiency.
289 total offense with 64.1 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Stanford
1,987 primary output · 62.7 efficiency · 16.7 usage
68.4
#2
2020 Regular Season · Stanford
66.6
1,547 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 19.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Stanford
36.1
5 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
8
250+ passing yards
5
300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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