Allen Lazard

#5 · WR · Iowa State6′5″ · 222 lb · Urbandale, IA

Allen Lazard: WR · Iowa State · #5.

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Allen Lazard

WR · Iowa State · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at Iowa State: Paul Rhoads and Matt Campbell. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big 12 again in 2017. One game to point at: 142 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Memphis — Bowl, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Iowa State in the news

Jimmy Rogers names starting QBFOX61 Oct 28
Iowa State hires Jared Benko as athletics directorThe Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona players out for Iowa State gameArizona Daily Star Oct 22
Jared Benko named ADWide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Iowa State	71	941	13.3	10	36
2016	Iowa State	69	1,018	14.8	7	67
2015	Iowa State	56	808	14.4	6	74
2014	Iowa State	45	593	13.2	3	48
Career		241	3,360	13.9	26	74

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Northern Iowa	8	108	13.5	0	24	142-yard receiving day
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@ No. 3 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 No. 4 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 No. 12 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@ No. 19 Memphis	10	142	14.2	1	22
Total		71	941	13.3	10	36

Signature game

Week 11 · 2017

L 42-49

vs Oklahoma State

9 rec · 126 yds · 2 TD

With C. Downing — 34 yards per punt · 7 punts · 49 long · Z. Noland — 263 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.9

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.50Kyle Kempt pass complete to Allen Lazard for 25 yds for a TD, (Garrett Owens KICK)
Week 11 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Kyle Kempt pass complete to Allen Lazard for 14 yds for a TD, (Garrett Owens KICK)
Week 12 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Zeb Noland pass complete to Allen Lazard for 36 yds for a TD, (Garrett Owens KICK)
Week 1 · Memphis · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Kyle Kempt pass complete to Allen Lazard for 16 yds to the Memph 41 for a
Week 3 · Akron · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Jacob Park pass complete to Allen Lazard for 7 yds for a TD, (Garrett Owens KICK)
Week 8 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Kyle Kempt pass complete to Allen Lazard for 13 yds for a TD, (Garrett Owens KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Memphis · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Kyle Kempt pass complete to Allen Lazard for 19 yds to the IowSt 48 for a
Week 1 · Northern Iowa · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.82Jacob Park pass complete to Allen Lazard for 24 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 7 · Kansas · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Kyle Kempt pass complete to Allen Lazard for 20 yds to the Kans 31 for a
Week 2 · Iowa · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Park to Lazard: a 3-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#259 / 709 · 64th pct

13.7

TD rate#261 / 709 · 63rd pct

5.8%

Explosive rate#346 / 709 · 51st pct

11.7%

EPA / target#357 / 709 · 50th pct

0.50

Catch rate#620 / 709 · 12th pct

56.7%

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 51st percentile

Catch rate

28th → 12th percentile

TD rate

62nd → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

76th → 64th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2017 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Pass share

53.5%

477 pass / 414 run

Plays / game

68.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

508 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Allen Lazard

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Style of play

Fans

Iowa State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Iowa State

2014 12 games

2016 12 games

2017 13 games