Allen Lazard

Wide receiver for Iowa State. 2017: 71 catches, 941 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Iowa State · #5

6′5″ · 222 lb · Urbandale, IA

Iowa State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 78 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Iowa State. 2017: 71 catches, 941 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Iowa State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa State, 3,360 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 142 yds at Memphis.Memphis · W 21-202017

201412 games

Signed with Iowa State4-star out of Urbandale

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#78 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Paul Rhoads

Iowa State

2016–2017

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Rhoads → Matt Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Iowa State2-10HC: Paul Rhoads · Pass-leaning

2015Iowa State3-9HC: Paul Rhoads · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile). Concern: long catch (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#14 / 539 · 97th pct

Receptions#29 / 539 · 94th pct

Rec yards#40 / 539 · 93rd pct

941

Yards / catch#276 / 539 · 49th pct

13.3

Long catch#417 / 539 · 22nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	77.7	12.5	0.7
Road7g	4.9	67.9	15.0	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.7	70.3	12.8	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	74.8	15.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Iowa State	71	941	13.3	10	--
2016	Iowa State	69	1,018	14.8	7	--
2015	Iowa State	56	808	14.4	6	--
2014	Iowa State	45	593	13.2	3	--
Career		241	3,360	13.9	26	--

Season	Team
2017	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Iowa State	--	--	--	-1	--
2015	Iowa State	--	--	--	214	--
2014	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	213	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2017

W 38–31

at Oklahoma

3 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With K. Kempt — 343 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · D. Montgomery — 55 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Northern Iowa	8	108	13.5	0	24	Season-high 142 yds
Wk 2	L 41-44vs Iowa	6	23	3.8	2	10	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 41-14@ Akron	5	47	9.4	1	17
Wk 5	L 7-17vs Texas	5	63	12.6	0	17
Wk 6	W 38-31@ Oklahoma	3	69	23.0	1	35
Wk 7	W 45-0vs Kansas	3	40	13.3	0	20
Wk 8	W 31-13@ Texas Tech	3	21	7.0	1	13
Wk 9	W 14-7vs TCU	6	106	17.7	0	30
Wk 10	L 16-20@ West Virginia	5	49	9.8	1	23
Wk 11	L 42-49vs Oklahoma State	9	126	14.0	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 23-13@ Baylor	2	52	26.0	1	36
Wk 13	L 19-20@ Kansas State	6	95	15.8	0	32
Bowl	W 21-20@ Memphis	10	142	14.2	1	22
Total		71	941	13.9	10	36

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology