Derius Davis

HISTORY

CAREER HONORS
- 2023 Senior Bowl 
- 2022 Jet Award Recipient 
- 2022 First-Team All-American (PR), FWAA
- 2022 First-Team All-American (PR), Phil Steele
- 2022 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year
- 2022 First-Team All-Big 12 (KR/PR)
- 2022 Associated Press Second-Team All-Big 12 (All-Purpose)
- 2022 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 (WR)
- 2022 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, vs. Texas Tech
- 2022 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, vs. Colorado
- 2022 Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll, vs. Colorado
- 2020 Fourth-Team All-American, PR, Phil Steele
- 2020 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12, KR/PR
- 2020 Honorable-Mention Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year
- 2020 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Oklahoma State
- 2020 Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Week, vs. Texas Tech
- 2018 Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week, vs. Southern

2022: Won the Jet Award as the nation's top return specialist ... also placed second on TCU with a career-best 42 receptions ... one of just five players nationally with two punt returns for touchdowns ... provided TCU's first score of the season with a 60-yard punt return in the opener at Colorado while later adding a 27-yard rushing touchdown in the game ... his 82-yard punt return touchdown versus Texas Tech made him TCU's career leader in that category with five while tying him with KaVontae Turpin (2015-18) for the top mark in special teams touchdowns with six ... the five punt returns for touchdowns were on just 44 attempts ... ranked fourth in the nation with his average of 14.9 yards per punt return ... was the FBS leader among active players with five career punt return scores ... had a 31-yard punt return on his lone attempt in the College Football Playoff Semifinal to set up a TCU field goal in the win over Michigan ... had a season-best kickoff return of 57 yards and a career-long 80-yard touchdown reception as part of three catches in the win at SMU ... scored eight touchdowns on the season via three different ways (5 receiving, 2 punt returns, 1 rushing) ... had a career-high seven receptions in the 55-24 rout of Oklahoma ... recorded a season-best 101 yards receiving on five catches in the CFP National Championship against Georgia ... also had five receptions in the 43-40 double-overtime win over No. 8 Oklahoma State ... his 65-yard touchdown catch provided the first points of the game in a 38-28 victory over Kansas State ... had a 51-yard scoring grab in the win at Kansas.
 

2021: Topped TCU with 36 receptions while his 518 receiving yards placed second ... posted his second career 100-yard receiving game with 103 yards on six catches in a 31-28 win over Kansas ... the six grabs equaled a career-high set on two previous occasions ... added a 43-yard touchdown run against the Jayhawks for his first career rushing score and ninth career touchdown via four different ways ... also has four receiving scores, three on punt returns and one kickoff return ... had a career-best 52 yards rushing on three carries in the Kansas game ... totaled five catches for 81 yards in the 30-28 victory over No. 12 Baylor ... had a 13-yard touchdown grab versus SMU ... tied a career-high with six receptions against Texas ... had four grabs at Kansas State and Iowa State ... his lone reception in the 52-31 win at Texas Tech went for 42 yards ... returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown versus West Virginia for his fourth career special teams touchdown ... averaged 29.6 yards on 16 kickoff returns and 10.2 yards on nine punt returns.

2020: Led the Big 12 and ranked fifth nationally in punt return average at 14.5 yards ... one of three players in the country with two punt return touchdowns ... reached the end zone on a 67-yard return at Baylor and 37 yards at Kansas ... moved into a tie for second place in TCU history with three career punt returns for touchdowns on just 17 attempts ... also tied for third on the team with three special teams tackles ... after returning a punt 67 yards for a touchdown at Baylor, he made a tackle on a kickoff return ... had a 50-yard punt return, as part of four attempts for 103 yards, the following week in the 34-18 win over Texas Tech ... placed fourth on TCU with 15 receptions ... had a career game in the 29-22 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State with six receptions for 139 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown ... set a new career high in the first half alone with five catches ... the 139 yards receiving were the most by a Horned Frog since Jalen Reagor had 150 at West Virginia in 2018 ... the 71-yard touchdown reception provided the game's go-ahead score with 7:56 to play ... added 20 yards rushing on three carries versus the Cowboys ... had at least one reception in eight of the nine games he played ... led all TCU wide receivers in rushing on the year with 65 yards on seven carries, including a season long 24-yard gain against Kansas State.
 

2019: Played in all 12 games with two starts ... totaled 11 receptions for 151 yards ... recorded a career-high four receptions in the season-opening win over UAPB ... had two catches for a career-best 85 yards, including a career-long 52-yard grab, in the 51-14 victory over Kansas ... also had two receptions in a 33-31 win at Texas Tech ... had a career-long 19-yard carry against SMU.
 

2018: His 73-yard punt return for a touchdown in the season opener against Southern was the first by a TCU true freshman in his collegiate debut since Deanté Gray in 2012 versus Grambling State ... also became the first TCU freshman with a punt return for a score since 2015 ... his first collegiate touchdown was also in the Southern game on a 12-yard first-quarter reception ... had a season-best three catches for 49 yards, including a season-long 27-yard grab, against Southern ... named the Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week for his performance in the game ... had a 24-yard touchdown as part of two catches for 45 yards in a 31-24 win over Oklahoma State ... played in 11 games ... totaled eight receptions and 290 all-purpose yards on the year ... had a season-long 23-yard kickoff return at Kansas.

High school: Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com ... ranked as the No. 3 cornerback in Louisiana and No. 48 in the country ... rated the No. 25 overall player in Louisiana ... rushed for 408 yards and eight touchdowns on a 7.0 per carry mark his senior year ... added 12 receptions for 485 yards (40.4 yards per catch) and seven touchdowns ... had two touchdowns on special teams returns ... totaled 40 tackles, including 13 for loss, with three sacks, four quarterback hurries, seven pass breakups and two interceptions with one returned for a touchdown ... helped lead West Feliciana to a 16-1 record and state championship his senior year ... the school was 15-1 his junior season ... the Louisiana state champion in the 200m ... clocked at 4.36 in the 40 ... also 48.44 in the 400m for the fourth-best time in the nation ... chose TCU over Kansas State and Tennessee.