Corey Davis

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(04-12-2017, 09:13 AM)Au165 Wrote: What CB did Davis play against this year who will be playing on Sundays, or be drafted for that matter? I'll give you a hint, the answer is none.  Watch the tape, a lot of Davis's biggest plays came out of the slot, so not only was the overall competition weaker he was schooling the 3rd best CB on weak teams. I'm not saying he can't be good, but you have to look at his production with a grain of salt.

That isn't really fair to say. A great example of why that isn't fair to say is Khalil Mack coming out of Buffalo.
Buffalo plays in the same conference as Western Michigan, so he's going up against the same level of OL as Davis is against DBs.
Mack ended up going 5th overall to OAK and has been a monster ever since.

You might say that Davis never played against anyone good whereas Mack showed his ability against "Power 6" schools. And yes, Mack did put good stats against "Power 6" conferences when playing against them (5.5 sacks and 12 TFL in eight games). But Davis has been no slouch either.

Some notable games for Davis against Power 5 schools:
2013 - 96 yds, 1 TD vs Michigan St; 112 yds, 1 TD vs 17th ranked Northwestern
2015 - 154 yds, 1 TD vs 5th ranked Michigan St
2016 - 70 yds vs Northwestern; 97 yds vs Illinois

Sure, there were a few games against Big 10 teams that were not good too (2013 Iowa, 2014 Purdue, 2015 Ohio St), but that can't be blamed fully on the WR as it's up to the QB to throw him the ball. He might have not gotten much separation in these games, or it could be that Western Michigan tried to get others the ball and/or got behind enough that they took Davis out and let backups play.

It should be noted too that if people are going to criticize Davis for not playing much against top competition or not producing well (enough) against Power 5 teams, Mike Williams did terrible against top draft DB prospects too (at least in 2016 that I have a link to).
https://www.profootballfocus.com/draft-prospect-matchups-how-clemson-wr-mike-williams-fared-against-top-db-prospects/