Davaughn Patterson

Height:
6-0
Weight:
217
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Jacksonville, FL
High School:
Edward H White

Career Accolades

2025 All-ACC Honorable Mention
2025 Athlon Preseason All-ACC

2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in all 12 games… Made 78 total tackles, four TFLs, nine pass breakups and forced a fumble… Finished sixth in the ACC and first on the team with nine passes defended… Allowed just two touchdowns all season… Named ACC defensive back of the week and awarded to PFF’s Team of the Week following a standout performance in the win over SMU (10/25) … Only five ACC defensive backs played more snaps (753) and none played more snaps as a slot corner … Also spent time at strong safety and on special teams.

2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Started every game during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Finished the season with 74 tackles, with 28 solo tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss, as well as forced fumble, and interception, and three pass deflections... Recorded nine tackles with 0.5 tackles-for-loss against Ole Miss... Recorded a career-high 12 tackles with five solo tackles, a tackle-for-loss, and a forced fumble against Clemson... Added five tackles with one solo tackle and a tackle for loss and his first career interception in the win against Stanford... Added eight tackles with four solo tackles and a pass breakup against California... Totaled 11 tackles with five solo tackles against Miami... Recored eight tackles with four solo tackles and a pass deflection against Duke.

2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in four games and started against Syracuse during the 2023 season for the Deacs… Finished the season with nine tackles including three solo tackles… Recorded his first career tackle in the win against Elon… Recorded a career-high five tackles with two solo tackles against Syracuse.

High School
All Conference Junior and Senior Year. Posted 64 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, two interceptions, five pass deflections, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in nine games played on defense as a senior … Also played on offense, recording 13 rushing touchdowns on 587 rushing yards … As a junior, he was a two-way player, running for 351 yards and six touchdowns while making 88 tackles on defense. Also had three interceptions and three forced fumbles .… Started on varsity since freshman year … Also ran track and was a district qualifier in the 400m-dash (52.28) and the long jump (18’11.75”) as a junior.

Personal
Son of Nandi Patterson and Dashawn Patterson...Born in Miami on Nov. 11, 2004.