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 35.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.1

Efficiency

31.9

Consistency

51.2

Season Value

25.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

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

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Davaughn Patterson, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Davaughn Patterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 31.9 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: Stanford

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

31.9

Usage

8.1

Consistency

51.2

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Virginia: 0.5. Ole Miss: 0.5. Louisiana: 1. NC State: 0. Clemson: 1. UConn: 0.5. Stanford: 2. California: 1. North Carolina: 0. Miami: 0. Duke: 1

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. Unknown: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 4 by 21.7. Ole Miss: 9 by 42.5. Louisiana: 1 by 14.2. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 12 by 60. UConn: 5 by 25.8. Stanford: 5 by 40.8. California: 8 by 43.3. North Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Miami: 11 by 45.8. Duke: 8 by 43.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

60 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 11/30vs DukeL 17-2384001
Sat 11/23@ Miami10+ tacklesL 14-42115000
Sun 11/17@ North CarolinaL 24-3153000
Sat 11/9vs CaliforniaL 36-4684001
Sat 10/26@ StanfordSplash gameW 27-24511010
Sat 10/19@ UConnW 23-20510.5000
Sat 10/12vs Clemson10+ tacklesL 14-49125100
Sat 10/5@ NC StateW 34-3011000
Sat 9/28vs LouisianaL 38-4111001
Sat 9/14vs Ole MissL 6-40900.5000
Sat 9/7vs VirginiaL 30-31410.5000
Thu 8/29vs Unknown52000

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest012.52.2
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest7.531.98.17.5
2025 PostseasonWake Forest1335.65.85.5
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest1335.65.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

SMU

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.3 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

3.5

Primary metric

Game with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.6 takeover score.

#3

Stanford

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.9 takeover score.

#4

Clemson

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.4 takeover score.

#5

California

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage

38.2

#2

2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

27.3

13 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest

27.3

13 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8564

Ed White · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

163

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 28 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
163