Trevor Davis, WR California

Height: 6′ 1”
Weight: 188 lbs
Hands: 10’’
Arm: 31’’
40 yard dash: 4.42(combine)
NFL Comparisons: Jacoby Jones, Keshawn Martin, Andre Roberts

Scouting Notes: Davis is a prototypical return specialist and he plays receiver that way too, building up speed as he goes down the field — he was ranked 2nd nationally with a 32.6 return-yard average, which was also a school record. It’s unfortunate that his speed isn’t so evident coming out of breaks, or on routes though. Davis is an evasive player in the open field, largely avoiding tackles altogether. He’s not a very physical player though, and he can get jammed up by decent corners. He also had Jared Goff throwing him the ball, so his somewhat impressive receiving numbers might be an artifact of that. Davis finished tied for 8th place (a very respectable feat) in the 2016 RosterWatch on-field performance scores at the NFL combine.

Fantasy Outlook: Davis was a beast at the combine, placing in the top 5 for WRs in the 40, 3-cone, 60 yd shuttle, and vertical — which will help him get noticed by teams who otherwise see him exclusively as a kick returner. He isn’t a complete receiver though, at least not yet, so I don’t see Davis being selected before the 5th round. His special teams skills will get him on the field for whichever team he’s drafted, and Davis has enough raw athleticism to be a 3rd or 4th WR with upside.

From the Cal Athletic Department

Played in 23 games with 11 starts during the final two seasons of his three campaigns with the program after sitting out a 2013 redshirt campaign due to NCAA transfer rules following two seasons at Hawai’i in 2011-12

Finished his career with 2,300 all-purpose yards, registering 1,071 yards receiving and seven touchdown catches on 64 receptions, 1,110 yards on 45 kick returns including two for touchdowns, 115 yards on 14 punt returns and four yards on three rushes to accumulate his all-purpose yards total

Ranked second nationally and led the Pac-12 with a single-season school-record 32.6 yards per kick return average that also tied for second both nationally and in the Pac-12 with a school-record two kick returns for touchdowns among his 13 kick returns for 424 yards

Had one of the most memorable games by an individual in the history of Cal football in a wild 60-59 win at Washington State as a junior when he equaled NCAA and Pac-12 single-game records by becoming the 20th player in FBS history and the third in the Pac-12 to bring back two kick returns for touchdowns in a single game on consecutive kick returns of 100 and 98 yards while adding three receptions for 82 yards and a career-high two scoring catches including the game-winner on a 51-yarder from Jared Goff in the fourth quarter for a career-high four touchdowns that were the most by a Cal player in 2014 for a career-high 280 all-purpose yards

Other marks set and record books entries established during his performance in the contest at Washington State as a junior included kick returns that tied for the third and tied for the seventh longest in school history, and single-game school records for kick return touchdowns (2), kick returns yards (198) and kick return average (99.0 ypr)
Had a career-high and team season-high 138 yards receiving on three catches including a 75-yard touchdown from Goff as a 2015 senior against San Diego State

Had a career-high seven receptions for 80 yards as a senior at Stanford

Had a career-long 76-yard touchdown reception from Goff in the first game of his Cal career at Northwestern
Had a career-high and career-long 16 yards rushing on a single rush in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl win over Air Force as a senior

Had career highs of three punt returns and 31 punt return yards vs. Sacramento State with the longest punt return of his career a 24-yarder at Arizona, all as a junior

Had at least one catch in each of his final 15 collegiate games and 22 of the 23 he played in at Cal
Added four tackles

Wore No. 9 during his final two seasons at Cal after he wore No. 82 in his first campaign with the Golden Bears in 2013
Totaled 109 receptions, 1,711 yards receiving and 12 touchdown receptions in four seasons of collegiate action including his two seasons at Hawai’i