Player Dossier

2011-2014

Georgia Tech

Darren Waller

WR • 6'5" • Acworth, GA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Darren Waller reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Georgia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Darren Waller built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Acworth, GA wearing No. 88, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Darren Waller's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8425

North Cobb · Kennesaw, GA

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2015
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 28
Overall
No. 204
NFL Team
Baltimore Ravens

Darren Waller, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Georgia Tech. Darren Waller reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
971
Receptions
51
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Darren Waller quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Tech · WR
Career Receiving Yards
971
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Georgia Tech
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · North Cobb · Georgia Tech
High school pipeline
North Cobb · 39 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2015 · Round 6 · Pick 28 · Baltimore Ravens
Latest roster
No. 88 · Class 2014
2014 Receiving yards rank
442 receiving yards · WR 243rd (top 26%) · ACC 28th (top 14%) · National 269th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech58162053.9
2013 PostseasonGeorgia Tech9279182.4
2013 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech915288282.4
2014 PostseasonGeorgia Tech105114180.3
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech1021328580.3

Related Context

Darren Waller played WR for Georgia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Darren Waller recorded 971 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Georgia Tech paired 367 primary output with 89.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 81.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

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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2014 Postseason · Georgia Tech

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

44.2

Efficiency

81.4

Usage

32.5

Consistency

39.6

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 114. Georgia Southern: 30. Duke: 96. North Carolina: 55. Pittsburgh: 24. Virginia: 17. NC State: 16. Clemson: 10. Georgia: 7. Florida State: 73

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: 5 by 100. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. Duke: 5 by 100. North Carolina: 1 by 100. Pittsburgh: 2 by 80. Virginia: 2 by 56.7. NC State: 1 by 100. Clemson: 2 by 33.3. Georgia: 1 by 46.7. Florida State: 5 by 97.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins31.1 · Games = 7 · -43.5 vs Losses
Losses74.7 · Games = 3 · +43.5 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

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Mississippi State

Result
Thu 1/1vs Mississippi State100 receiving yardsW 49-34511422.822.80141
Sun 12/7vs Florida StateL 35-3757314.614.60125
Sat 11/29@ GeorgiaW 30-24177717
Sat 11/15vs ClemsonW 28-621055015
Sat 11/8@ NC StateW 56-231161616016
Sat 11/1vs VirginiaW 35-102178.58.50111
Sat 10/25@ PittsburghW 56-282241212013
Sat 10/18@ North CarolinaL 43-481555555155
Sat 10/11vs DukeL 25-3159619.219.20030
Sat 9/13vs Georgia SouthernW 42-382301515126

Player Story

Darren Waller story

Darren Waller built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Acworth, GA wearing No. 88, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Darren Waller's career was his receiving role: 51 catches, 971 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Darren Waller's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Georgia Tech

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech0
2012 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech1627219.5162
2013 PostseasonGeorgia Tech36789.127.3205
2013 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech36789.127.30
2014 PostseasonGeorgia Tech44281.432.575
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech44281.432.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ole Miss

Week 1 · L 17-25 · Postseason

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

79

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Mississippi State

Week 1 · W 49-34 · Postseason

114

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

114 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Florida State

Week 14 · L 15-21 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

97.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Duke

Week 7 · L 25-31 · Conference game

96

Receiving Yards

94.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Florida State

Week 15 · L 35-37 · Conference game

73

Receiving Yards

87.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

73 receiving yards with a 97.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Georgia Tech

367 primary output · 89.1 efficiency · 27.3 usage

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#2

2013 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

82.4

367 primary · 89.1 efficiency · 27.3 usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Georgia Tech

80.3

442 primary · 81.4 efficiency · 32.5 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games