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ARI Arizona Cardinals · WR· #81 · also kick returner

Devin Duvernay

Age
29
Height
5'11"
Weight
202 lbs
College
Texas
Drafted
2020, No. 92 overall (BAL)
Experience
7th NFL season
Compare with another playerPunt returners leaderboard

47

Overall grade

22nd of 34 punt returners

Below typical

about average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Devin grades about average among punt returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Lately he is playing better. EPA per punt fielded is +0.07 over the last 2 games (4 punts), against −0.10 before that. A few plays could easily explain this. Worth watching, not worth believing yet.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punt returners in the league.

  • EPA per punt fielded−0.0225th of 34small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying punt returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punt returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 11th percentileWeek 3: 16th percentileWeek 4: 34th percentileWeek 5: 27th percentile27th

Season rank climbed: 11th to 27th percentile since Wk 2.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per punt fielded game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamepuntsSeason rank after
1vs LAC−0.082–
2vs SEA−0.36111th pct
3vs SF+0.02216th pct
4vs NYG+0.17234th pct
5vs DET−0.04227th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 2 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punt returner with at least 5 punts fielded. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt fielded

Below typical

−0.02

25th of 34 punt returners · bottom 30%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for every punt he fields, fair catches included.

The box score: Return average ignores fair catches and the starting field position.

Does it show up in winning? Across 54 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt fielded from a punt returner has not lined up much with his team winning (61% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Last 2 games: +0.07 (4) vs −0.10 before+9.7grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 9 punts · true level likely −0.46 to +0.42

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punt returners around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Fair catch rate

Style

67%

Fair catches often, and more so than almost any of the punt returners. A typical one is 41%.

How often he fair catches instead of returning, a choice about risk.

Small sample: could move a lot · 9 punts

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Devin Duvernay game by game
GameResultFieldedYdsEPA/punt
Wk 1 vs LACW 26–1420−0.08
Wk 2 vs SEAL 7–3110−0.36
Wk 3 vs SFL 30–36220+0.02
Wk 4 vs NYGL 24–36212+0.17
Wk 5 vs DETL 21–4520−0.04

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among punt returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Devin Duvernay box score totals
StatTotalRank
Punts fielded918th of 34
Return yards3224th of 34

As a kick returner

Points added and yards gained on kickoff returns.

The read

Devin grades about average among kick returners so far, with no number far from the middle.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the kick returners in the league.

  • Yards per return27.2 yds20th of 53small sample
  • EPA per return+0.2728th of 53small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying kick returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among kick returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 37th percentileWeek 2: 57th percentileWeek 3: 62nd percentileWeek 4: 89th percentileWeek 5: 48th percentile48th

Season rank climbed: 37th to 48th percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per return game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamereturnsSeason rank after
1vs LAC+0.08337th pct
2vs SEA+1.10157th pct
3vs SF+0.37162nd pct
4vs NYG+1.10189th pct
5vs DET+0.06648th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 2 returns can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every kick returner with at least 5 returns. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per return

Typical

+0.27

28th of 53 kick returners · bottom 50%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for each kickoff he returns.

The box score: Return average ignores the starting field position the team would have had anyway.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 54% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on EPA per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: +0.21 (7) vs +0.34 before−2.4grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 12 returns · true level likely −0.11 to +0.65

Yards per return

Above typical

27.2 yds

20th of 53 kick returners · top 38%

Average yards per kickoff return.

The box score: This is the box score number.

Does it show up in winning? Across 82 games league-wide, teams won 63% of the time when their kick returner was in the best third on yards per return, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 26.9 yds (7) vs 27.6 yds beforeevenWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 12 returns · true level likely 22.9 yds to 31.4 yds

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Devin Duvernay game by game
GameResultRetYdsEPA/returnYds/return
Wk 1 vs LACW 26–14369+0.0823.0 yds
Wk 2 vs SEAL 7–31140+1.1040.0 yds
Wk 3 vs SFL 30–36129+0.3729.0 yds
Wk 4 vs NYGL 24–36139+1.1039.0 yds
Wk 5 vs DETL 21–456149+0.0624.8 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among kick returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Devin Duvernay box score totals
StatTotalRank
Returns129th of 53
Return yards3269th of 53

Players with a similar profile

The kick returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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