Usage / Role
22%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2021SMU
Danny Gray
WR • 6'1" • 180 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Danny Gray reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · SMU
2021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Danny Gray built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Dallas, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Danny Gray's career was his receiving role: 82 catches, 1,251...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 41
- Overall
- No. 105
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Danny Gray, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · SMU. Danny Gray reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,251
- Receptions
- 82
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Danny Gray quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,251
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Madison · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- Madison · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 3 · Pick 41 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2021 Receiving yards rank
- 803 receiving yards · WR 70th (top 7%) · American Athletic 7th (top 5%) · National 75th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 8 | 33 | 448 | 6 | 61.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 49 | 803 | 9 | 82.1 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Danny Gray
Danny Gray played WR for SMU. Across 2 tracked seasons, Danny Gray recorded 70 rushing yards, 1,251 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
SMU paired 803 primary output with 89.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 89.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · SMU
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
80.3
Efficiency
89.2
Usage
18.9
Consistency
76.2
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 72. North Texas: 87. Louisiana Tech: 69. TCU: 130. South Florida: 74. Navy: 37. Tulane: 140. Houston: 73. Memphis: 98. UCF: 23
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. Abilene Christian: 4 by 100. North Texas: 5 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 65.7. TCU: 4 by 100. South Florida: 7 by 70.5. Navy: 3 by 82.2. Tulane: 8 by 100. Houston: 5 by 97.3. Memphis: 4 by 100. UCF: 2 by 76.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins79 · Games = 8 · -6.5 vs Losses
Losses85.5 · Games = 2 · +6.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
100 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/13 | vs UCF | W 55-28 | — | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Memphis2+ TD | L 25-28 | — | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 24.50 | 2 | 48 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Houston | L 37-44 | — | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 14.60 | 0 | 37 |
| Thu 10/21 | vs Tulane100 receiving yards · High volume | W 55-26 | — | 8 | 140 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 0 | 43 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Navy | W 31-24 | — | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs South Florida2+ TD | W 41-17 | — | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 2 | 23 |
| Sat 9/25 | @ TCU100 receiving yards | W 42-34 | — | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 32.50 | 1 | 68 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 39-37 | — | 7 | 69 | 9.1 | 9.90 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs North Texas | W 35-12 | — | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 17.40 | 1 | 58 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Abilene Christian2+ TD | W 56-9 | — | 4 | 72 | 19.8 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
Player Story
Danny Gray story
Danny Gray built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Dallas, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Danny Gray's career was his receiving role: 82 catches, 1,251 receiving yards, 13 touchdowns, and 70 rushing yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 70 rushing yards and 206 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Danny Gray's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2020-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 448 | 72 | 18.2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 803 | 89.2 | 18.9 | 355 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulane
Week 8 · W 55-26 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
140
Receiving Yards
95.3 takeover
140 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ TCU
Week 4 · W 42-34
130
Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
130 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Tulane
Week 7 · W 37-34 · Conference game
133
Receiving Yards
89.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
133 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Tulsa
Week 11 · L 24-28 · Conference game
93
Receiving Yards
82.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
93 receiving yards with a 77.5 efficiency score.
#5
vs North Texas
Week 2 · W 35-12
87
Receiving Yards
80.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · SMU
803 primary output · 89.2 efficiency · 18.9 usage
82.1
#2
2020 Regular Season · SMU
61.1
448 primary · 72 efficiency · 18.2 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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