Usage / Role
34%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Wake 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.
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...
Read the storyDavaughn 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 74 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| 2025 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 55.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 55.4 |
Related Context
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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
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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
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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 State | W 43-29 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Duke10+ tackles · Splash game | L 32-49 | 10 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Delaware | W 52-14 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs North Carolina | W 28-12 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Virginia | W 16-9 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Florida State | L 7-42 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs SMUSplash game | W 13-12 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oregon State | W 39-14 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Virginia Tech | W 30-23 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Georgia Tech | L 29-30 | 9 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/11 | vs NC State | L 24-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Western CarolinaSplash game | W 42-10 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Kennesaw State | W 10-9 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 12.5 | 2.2 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 7.5 | 31.9 | 6.8 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Wake Forest | 17 | 38.7 | 6 | 9.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 17 | 38.7 | 6 | 0 |
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
1
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
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