Player Dossier

2023-2025

Wake Forest

Davaughn Patterson

DB • 6'0" • 217 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Davaughn Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Davaughn Patterson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Davaughn Patterson's career was his...

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Davaughn Patterson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest. Davaughn Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
163
TFL
7.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Davaughn Patterson quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · DB
Career Tackles
163
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
Top game
Stanford
High school pipeline
Ed White · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
80 tackles · DB 18th (top 2%) · ACC 18th (top 3%) · National 146th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest39-0--043.6
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest12743.50-3046
2025 PostseasonWake Forest132-01-055.4
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest13784039055.4

Related Context

Davaughn Patterson played DB for Wake Forest. Across 3 tracked seasons, Davaughn Patterson recorded 163 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 17 primary output with 38.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 38.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

38.7

Usage

6

Consistency

33.2

Best Game by takeover score

Western Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 1. Kennesaw State: 0. Western Carolina: 4.5. NC State: 1. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 1. Oregon State: 0. SMU: 3.5. Florida State: 1. Virginia: 1. North Carolina: 1. Delaware: 0. Duke: 2.5

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. Mississippi State: 2 by 18.3. Kennesaw State: 4 by 16.7. Western Carolina: 7 by 74.2. NC State: 5 by 30.8. Georgia Tech: 9 by 42.5. Virginia Tech: 8 by 43.3. Oregon State: 5 by 20.8. SMU: 7 by 64.2. Florida State: 5 by 30.8. Virginia: 8 by 43.3. North Carolina: 7 by 39.2. Delaware: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 10 by 66.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Carolina

Best efficiency game

74.2 vs Western Carolina

Result
Sat 1/3@ Mississippi StateW 43-2921000
Sat 11/29@ Duke10+ tackles · Splash gameL 32-491030.5000
Sat 11/22vs DelawareW 52-1430000
Sat 11/15vs North CarolinaW 28-1274001
Sun 11/9@ VirginiaW 16-983001
Sat 11/1@ Florida StateL 7-4253100
Sat 10/25vs SMUSplash gameW 13-12740.5003
Sat 10/11@ Oregon StateW 39-1453000
Sat 10/4@ Virginia TechW 30-2383100
Sat 9/27vs Georgia TechL 29-30950.5000
Thu 9/11vs NC StateL 24-3452001
Sat 9/6vs Western CarolinaSplash gameW 42-10730.5003
Fri 8/29vs Kennesaw StateW 10-941000

Player Story

Davaughn Patterson story

Davaughn Patterson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Davaughn Patterson's career was his defensive production: 163 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 12 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Wake Forest. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Davaughn Patterson's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.

The arc is straightforward: Davaughn Patterson 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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    Wake Forest

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest012.52.2
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest7.531.96.87.5
2025 PostseasonWake Forest1738.769.5
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest1738.760

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Stanford

Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Carolina

Week 2 · W 42-10

4.5

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 44 Duke

Week 14 · L 32-49 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

74.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Clemson

Week 7 · L 14-49 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 23 SMU

Week 9 · W 13-12 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

3.5

Havoc Plays

65.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

17 primary output · 38.7 efficiency · 6 usage

55.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest

55.4

17 primary · 38.7 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

46

7.5 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games