Derius Davis

Career StatsD-

Year	Team	GP	Rec	Yards	TD
Career		43	30	188	2
2025		11	2	10	0
2024		15	13	112	2
2023		17

Season	Team	GP	Rec	Yds	TD	YPR	Grade
2025		11	2	10	0	5.0	F F Bottom 5%
2024		15	13	112	2	8.6	F F Bottom 5%
2023		17	15	66	0	4.4	F F Bottom 5%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

The D+ Contract Value Index on Derius Davis's deal stems from how the cap hit lines up against on-field output. At $1.1M annually on a rookie-scale contract, Davis is carrying minimal financial burden on the Chargers' salary cap, which should ordinarily position him favorably — but his 2025 season performance undermines that advantage entirely. He accumulated just 10 receiving yards across 11 games, a production line that screams depth piece getting sparse opportunity rather than a receiver developing into a roster cornerstone. As a third-year player at 25 years old, Davis sits at the inflection point where rookie deals typically demand either a meaningful role or a clean exit; the fact that the Chargers have quietly added depth at wide receiver and across multiple positions this offseason—including signing Mante' Morrow and Johnny Pascuzzi among others—signals organizational confidence lies elsewhere. Without a defined receiving role, statistical production, or media momentum to drive expectations upward, his contract remains a low-cost lottery ticket that feels increasingly like dead weight rather than a bargain waiting to bloom. The CVI grade reflects a brutal truth: you can structure a deal perfectly on paper, but if the player isn't producing snaps or yards, the value proposition collapses.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the D band — a quick read on where Derius's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Production at wide receiver earns Derius Davis a D- performance grade in the current sample. He ranks firmly in the replacement-level tier of his position — a depth piece operating far below the threshold for meaningful offensive contribution in today's NFL. His 2025 season produced just 10 receiving yards across 11 games, a counting line that reflects sporadic snaps rather than a functional role in the passing game. The core issue isn't injury or opportunity scarcity; it's production output that fails to translate playing time into any measurable impact on the offense, leaving him as a roster-depth option competing against a crowded receiver room. At 25 years old in his third season on a rookie-scale contract, Davis sits at an inflection point — still young enough to develop, but three years in without demonstrating the on-field returns that would justify expanded snaps or organizational investment going forward. The Chargers' offseason moves, including the signing of Mante' Morrow at receiver, underscore that the front office is building around other options, leaving Davis's path to relevance increasingly narrow heading into 2026.

How Derius Compares at the Position

Derius Davis ranks 274th of 295 graded wide receivers by performance. That slots Derius between Anthony Gould (D-) just ahead and Kameron Johnson (D-) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Derius Davis enters the 2026 season with one of the quieter public profiles in the Chargers' receiver room, and a D sentiment grade reflects exactly that — a player who exists at the margins of both the roster conversation and the broader NFL discourse. The media narrative is essentially a vacuum: three seasons into his career as a fourth-round pick out of 2023, Davis has generated virtually no coverage, no breakout moments, and no fantasy relevance, making him one of the more invisible names at the position in the league. That media silence tracks directly with his on-field production, where a performance grade of F tells the honest story — his 2025 season produced just 10 receiving yards across 11 games, a counting line that reflects a depth piece getting occasional snaps rather than a receiver carving out a defined role. The Chargers' recent offseason activity — signing Trey Lance at quarterback and adding multiple contributors across other positions — has done nothing to elevate Davis's standing; if anything, organizational investment elsewhere signals that the front office is building around options other than him. At 25 years old and still on a rookie-scale contract, Davis is not beyond hope as a developmental option, but right now the narrative is bleak — a fringe receiver fighting for a roster spot with no momentum, no press, and no clear path to a meaningful role heading into the regular season.