PRONUNCIATION: DAQUAN (DAY-qwan) Patten
Career: Finished his five seasons in Cullowhee with 1,247 career receiving yards on 43 catches with eight touchdowns ... Added a punt return for a TD as a fifth-year senior to give him nine career scores.
2021 (Fifth Year): Played in all 11 of the team's games with one start at wide receiver ... Recorded 323 all-purpose yards on the season including 155 receiving yards on 12 catches with a touchdown at VMI (Nov. 20) ... Added 15 punt returns for 164 yards including a 78 yard punt return for a touchdown at VMI to earn Southern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 22) ... Finished the season second in the SoCon in punt return average at 11.7 yards per return ... Twice a pregame team captain against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 4) and at The Citadel (Oct. 23) ... Named second-team All-Southern Conference as a punt returner by Phil Steele ... Changed his number to No. 86 after the opening weekend of the season to honor the memory of his father, David Patten, who wore No. 86 in the NFL with the New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints ... Daquan had worn No. 6 his first four seasons in Cullowhee.
2020-21 (Redshirt Senior): Played in six of the team’s nine games on the season with five starts at wide receiver … Caught six passes for 92 yards with two kickoff returns for 50 yards, adding four punt returns for 41 yards … Recorded 173 all-purpose yards on the season … Hauled in a season-best two receptions twice including two for 24 yards at Liberty (Nov. 14) and two catches for a season-best 55 yards against VMI (March 6).
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 12 of the team’s games on the season with nine starts at wide receiver … Paced the Catamount wide receivers in 2019 with 46 receptions for 433 yards with two touchdowns and amassed 754 all-purpose yards on the year … Recorded a reception in 11 of WCU’s 12 seasonal games including a career-high 12 catches against North Greenville (Sept. 14) for 82 yards … Finished with 219 all-purpose yards in the win over North Greenville … His 3.8 receptions per game average ranked him eighth in the SoCon … Just missed the 100-yard receiving mark at The Citadel (Oct. 12) catching nine passes for 98 yards … Eclipsed the 100-yard receiving mark for just the second time in his WCU career with five catches for 103 yards and a score in the road win at VMI (Nov. 2) … Added 12 kickoff returns for 232 yards including a long of 33 yards, while also returning seven punts for 84 yards … Also credited with four tackles … Was awarded a full grant-in-aid scholarship at the first full team meeting of the 2019 preseason camp ... Named preseason All-Southern Conference second-team as a wide receiver and punt returner by Phil Steele.
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 11 games of the season at wide receiver … Finished the year with 39 catches for 567 yards and five touchdowns, tallying receptions in 10 of the 11 games … Added two kickoff returns for 20 yards and 14 punt returns for 124 yards to finish the year with 711 all-purpose yards … Nearly hit the 100-yard mark in the season-opener against Newberry (Sept. 1) with four receptions for 92 yards including a career-long catch of 51 yards … Recorded his first career receiving touchdown at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 14) … Tallied a career-high seven catches for 81 yards and a score against VMI (Sept. 22) … Eclipsed the 100 receiving yard mark with a career-high 159 yards and a career-best two TDs at Furman (Sept. 29) … Posted 100+ all-purpose yards three times including against Newberry (126 yards), at Furman (career-high 166 yards), and against The Citadel (Nov. 3, 104 yards) … Injury during spring practice sidelined him during WCU’s annual spring drills.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in three games on the year, making his collegiate debut in the home-opener against Davidson (Sept. 9).
2016 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Redshirted ... Caught three passes for 17 yards in WCU's annual Spring Game ... Named to the 2016-17 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina:Â Was a three-year varsity letter winner at Blythewood HS, playing wide receiver on the football team.
Personal:Â Is the son of former Catamount wide receiver - and former NFL standout - David Patten.
Career-Highs:
Receptions: 7, VMI (9/22/18)
Receiving Yards: 159, at Furman (9/22/18)
Receiving Touchdowns: 2, at Furman (9/29/18)
Long Reception: 51 yards, NEWBERRY (9/1/18)
Kickoff Return Yards: 21, at Mercer (10/20/18)
Punt Returns: 3, twice (MR: THE CITADEL, 11/3/18)
Punt Return Yards: 37 yards, CHATTANOOGA (10/13/18)
