Player Dossier

2009-2012

Duke

Desmond Scott

WR • 5'9" • Durham, NC, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Desmond Scott reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Desmond Scott built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 33, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Desmond Scott's career was his receiving role: 84...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.9155

Hillside · Durham, NC

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Desmond Scott, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Duke. Desmond Scott reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
813
Receptions
84
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Desmond Scott quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · WR
Career Receiving Yards
813
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
4-star · Hillside · Duke
High school pipeline
Hillside · 21 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 33 · Class 2012
2012 Receiving yards rank
666 receiving yards · WR 107th (top 13%) · ACC 14th (top 8%) · National 119th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonDuke918147135.8
2010 Regular SeasonDuke0-00-
2011 Regular SeasonDuke0-00-
2012 PostseasonDuke13560069.9
2012 Regular SeasonDuke1361606269.9

Related Context

Desmond Scott played WR for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmond Scott recorded 262 rushing yards, 813 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Duke paired 666 primary output with 60.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 51.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Loss 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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2009 Regular Season · Duke

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

16.3

Efficiency

51.3

Usage

9.8

Consistency

37.3

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 Central: 0. Virginia Tech: 26. NC State: 37. Maryland: 0. Virginia: 16. North Carolina: 10. Georgia Tech: 45. Miami: 6. Wake Forest: 7

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. Virginia Tech: 1 by 100. NC State: 5 by 49.3. Virginia: 2 by 53.3. North Carolina: 2 by 33.3. Georgia Tech: 5 by 60. Miami: 1 by 40. Wake Forest: 2 by 23.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins13.3 · Games = 4 · -5.6 vs Losses
Losses18.8 · Games = 5 · +5.6 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 Virginia Tech

Result
Sat 11/28vs Wake ForestL 34-452743.5006
Sat 11/21@ MiamiL 16-34163606
Sat 11/14vs Georgia TechL 10-495455.99021
Sat 11/7@ North CarolinaL 6-192101.4506
Sat 10/31@ VirginiaW 28-172164.78012
Sat 10/24vs MarylandW 17-131
Sat 10/10@ NC StateW 49-285373.87.40017
Sat 10/3vs Virginia TechL 26-341267.526026
Sat 9/26vs North Carolina CentralW 49-146.3

Player Story

Desmond Scott story

Desmond Scott built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 33, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Desmond Scott's career was his receiving role: 84 catches, 813 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 262 rushing yards across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 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 262 rushing yards and 580 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Desmond Scott 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Duke

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010201120122012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonDuke14751.39.8
2010 Regular SeasonDuke0-147
2011 Regular SeasonDuke00
2012 PostseasonDuke66660.518.3666
2012 Regular SeasonDuke66660.518.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wake Forest

Week 5 · W 34-27 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

134

Receiving Yards

93.7 takeover

134 receiving yards with a 81.2 efficiency score.

#2

@ Georgia Tech

Week 12 · L 24-42 · Conference game

124

Receiving Yards

91.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

124 receiving yards with a 82.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs Georgia Tech

Week 11 · L 10-49 · Conference game

45

Receiving Yards

73.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

45 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

#4

@ Stanford

Week 2 · L 13-50

83

Receiving Yards

66.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

83 receiving yards with a 50.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Virginia Tech

Week 7 · L 20-41 · Conference game

57

Receiving Yards

63.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Duke

666 primary output · 60.5 efficiency · 18.3 usage

69.9

#2

2012 Regular Season · Duke

69.9

666 primary · 60.5 efficiency · 18.3 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Duke

35.8

147 primary · 51.3 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games