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Davaughn Patterson

Wake Forest · Safety · 2023-25

TKL
163
INT
1
PD
12

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2023 to 2025, Patterson recorded 163 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss. In 2024, Patterson also had 1 interception.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 8th-highest safety rating at Wake Forest since 1990 and No. 31 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Davaughn Patterson season-by-season statistics at Wake Forest
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20239000
2024743.531
202580490
Total1637.5121

Seasons with tracked stats at Wake Forest. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Wake Forest Teammates

  1. 75Nick Andersen2020-25S
  2. 71Langston Hardy2025EDGE
  3. 70Robby Ashford2025QB
  4. 68Demond Claiborne2022-26RB
  5. 68Karon Prunty2025CB
  6. 68Nuer Gatkuoth2025EDGE
  7. 67Carlos Hernandez2025WR
  8. 66Dylan Hazen2021-25LB
  9. 66Chris Barnes2025WR
  10. 66Gabe Kirschke2025EDGE

Full Wake Forest all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.