2023 SEASON: Played in 15 games with six starts and ranked No. 3 on the team with 39 receptions for 581 yards (14.9 avg.) and four TDs...Ranked No. 2 in the league in yards per reception among rookies…Posted a team-high 18 explosive receptions (16-plus yards), the most by a Packers rookie dating back to 2000 and tied for No. 4 among NFL rookies on the season…Of his 39 receptions, 18 went for 16-plus yards, a 46.2 percentage that ranked No. 4 in the NFL among players with two-plus catches a game…Dating back to 2000, his 46.2 mark was the top percentage posted by any Packer with 30-plus receptions…Of his 39 catches, 29 went for first downs (team-high 74.4 pct.), No. 1 among rookies and No. 9 in the NFL among all players (min. two catches per game)…Was inactive for two contests due to injury…Started both postseason games and posted two receptions for 25 yards (12.5 avg.) and a TD…At Atlanta (Sept. 17): Made his first NFL start, finishing with a pair of receptions for 40 yards (20.0 avg.) and a TD. Posted his first career TD reception with 10:31 remaining in the third quarter when he caught a pass from QB Jordan Love over the middle near the Atlanta 15 and then took it the rest of the way for the 32-yard score…At Denver (Oct. 22): Hauled in a 17-yard reception and also completed his first pass in the NFL when he found RB Aaron Jones for a 14-yard gain to the Denver 17 early in the third quarter, becoming the first Green Bay WR to complete a pass since Randall Cobb connected on a 10-yard pass to QB Brett Hundley at Detroit on Dec. 31, 2017. Became the first non-quarterback to complete a pass for the Packers as a rookie since RB Willard Harrell vs. Chicago on Nov. 30, 1975…Vs. L.A. Chargers (Nov. 19): Led the team with 91 receiving yards on just three catches (30.3 avg.), becoming the first Green Bay rookie in the last 45 seasons to post three receptions of 25-plus yards (35, 29, 27). The career-long 35-yarder over the middle came on the Packers' game-winning TD drive late in the fourth quarter, giving Green Bay the ball at the Chargers' 26…Vs. Kansas City (Dec. 3): Caught three passes for 43 yards (14.3 avg.), highlighted by a 27-yard grab to the Kansas City 27 early in the second quarter. It marked his third straight game with a reception of 25-plus yards, the first Green Bay rookie to do so since Marquez Valdes-Scantling in 2018…Vs. Tampa Bay (Dec. 17): Tied for the team lead with a career-high six catches for a career-best 97 yards (16.2 avg.). Posted four explosive catches (16-plus yards) with receptions of 22, 21, 20 and 19 yards as he became the only Green Bay rookie to register four explosive catches in a game since 2000…Vs. Chicago (Jan. 7): Matched his career high with a team-high six catches for 61 yards (10.2 avg.) and a career-high two TDs. Posted a 10-yard TD reception midway through the second quarter and added a 12-yard scoring grab with 9:47 remaining in the third quarter…At Dallas (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 14): Started and played 31 snaps, posting two catches for 25 yards (12.5 avg.). With 3:23 remaining in the first half, caught a 20-yard TD pass over the middle from Love to give the Packers a 20-0 lead…2023 Draft: Selected by the Packers with the second of two choices in the fifth round (No. 159 overall).
COLLEGE: Appeared in 30 games with 19 starts in three seasons (2019, 2021-22) with the Cavaliers, finishing his career with 90 receptions for 1,694 yards (18.8 avg.) and 12 TDs…Posted 34 career receptions of 20-plus yards, the most by a Cavalier since 2000, and had six TD catches of 40-plus yards…Earned his degree in American studies…2022: Started the first eight games of the season before missing the final two with an injury, finishing No. 2 on the team with 30 receptions for 430 yards (14.3 avg.) and two TDs…Was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List and was one of 14 receivers on the preseason Maxwell Award Watch List…Hauled in four passes for 85 yards (21.3 avg.) vs. Old Dominion (Sept. 17)…Caught four passes for 69 yards (17.3 avg.) vs. Louisville (Oct. 8), highlighted by a 40-yard TD grab in the first quarter…Registered a season-high 99 yards receiving on four catches (24.8 avg.), including a 37-yard grab and a 44-yard TD reception at Georgia Tech (Oct. 30)…2021: Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts and set the single-season school record for receiving yards with 1,203 yards on 57 catches (21.1 avg.), surpassing Moore's mark of 1,190 yards in 1990…Led the team with a career-high nine receiving TDs…Earned first-team All-ACC honors and honorable mention All-America recognition from Pro Football Network…Was named the Offensive End of the Year by the Richmond Touchdown Club…His average of 21.1 yards per reception led the ACC and ranked No. 5 in the country…Registered six 100-yard receiving games on the season, tying Germane Crowell (1997) for the most in a season in school history…Became just the fifth Cavalier to register 1,000-plus yards in a season and matched Moore as the fastest to 1,000 receiving yards in school history (10 games)…Posted 27 receptions of 20-plus yards, the most in a single season by a Cavalier since 2000…Hauled in three passes for 69 yards (23.0 avg.) and a career-high two TDs vs. Illinois (Sept. 11), posting a 28-yard TD grab in the first quarter and a 6-yarder late in the second quarter…Registered a career-high 183 yards and a TD on seven catches (26.1 avg.) at North Carolina (Sept. 18), the sixth-most receiving yards in a game in school history…Hauled in seven passes for 125 yards (17.9 avg.) and a TD vs. Duke (Oct. 16), earning ACC Wide Receiver of the Week honors for his performance…Took home the ACC Wide Receiver of the Week award for the second straight week after posting six receptions for 168 yards (28.0 avg.) vs. Georgia Tech (Oct. 23), matching his career high with two TD catches, including a career-long 77-yarder in the second quarter that was the longest play from scrimmage for Virginia on the season…Registered his third consecutive 100-yard receiving game, finishing with four receptions for 125 yards (31.3 avg.) and a TD at BYU (Oct. 30), joining Crowell (1997) as the only players in school history with three straight 100-yard receiving outings…Caught a 70-yard TD pass in the second quarter, his second straight game with a TD reception of 70-plus yards…Posted a career-high 10 receptions for 144 yards (14.4 avg.) at Pittsburgh (Nov. 20)…2020: Was sidelined for the entire season after sustaining an injury in preseason camp…2019: Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman and posted three receptions for 61 yards (20.3 avg.) and a TD…Registered two catches for 49 yards (24.5 avg.) vs. Liberty (Nov. 23), highlighted by a 44-yard TD grab in the fourth quarter.
PERSONAL: Given name Dontayvion Jaquain Wicks…Nickname is "Tay"…First name is pronounced don-TAY-vee-in…High school: Earned second-team all-district honors as a senior at Plaquemine (La.) High School, where he played WR and QB…As a junior in 2017, posted 12 receptions for 212 yards (17.7 avg.) to help lead the team to a district championship…Also played basketball…Community involvement: Participated in a toy drive for Toys for Tots and a shopping event for children from Big Brothers Big Sisters in November 2023.
