Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 21-38vs Missouri | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | Season-high 6 yds |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
#7
Cam Pickett
Senior wide receiver for Kansas. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Chicago, IL · Brooks College Prep
CFB Index 50 · #218 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Kansas for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
6
receiving yards · 2026
2 catches · 3 per catch
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 rec, 6 yds, vs Missouri
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Kansas. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ball State in 2022.
- Transferred from Ball State to Kansas in 2025.
Cam Pickett
Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. 2024 brought the first one: All-MAC. One game to point at: 6 rec yds, 2 receptions against Missouri — Week 2, 2026.
6 REC YDS · 2 REC · 0 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
The week the volume broke through — put up 77 yds vs Fresno State.Fresno State · W 31-72025
2022
- Signed with Ball State3-star out of Brooks College Prep
202412 games
- All-MACthird
202512 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Kansas
Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Ball State3-9HC: Mike Neu · Balanced
2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning
2026Kansas1-1HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 REC/g, 6.0 YDS/g, 3.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #25 of 55 Big 12 WRs
How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Kansas | 45 | 449 | 10.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Ball State | 49 | 528 | 10.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 96 | 983 | 10.2 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Kansas | 2 | 20 | 38 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Ball State | 17 | 170 | 130 | -- | -- |
| Career | 19 | 190 | 168 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kansas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Kansas
Returning around him
- 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Kansas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +5 net (31 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #61
DNA match
Player DNA
Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lemeke Brockington’s 2025 season.
82%match
Matches Lemeke on
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Weight
Differs from Lemeke on
Recruiting rating (lower)
Class year (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Miequle Brock’s path through Nicholls.
Miequle Brock
100%match
#2
Landon Ruggieri
97%
Matches Miequle on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Chase Hendricks's sophomore season at Ohio (2024).
86%match
All-MAC
Matches Chase on
Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Differs from Chase on
Recruiting rating (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Cam Pickett
Background
NAME PRONUNCIATION Get to Know Cam ... At what age did you start playing football and how did you get into football? I started playing when I was five. I come from a big football family. Who is your biggest role model and why? My father. He showed me how to be a man and how to overcome adversity....
The receiver room · Kansas
- #5Nik McMillan975 receiving yards · 2025
- Nahzae Cox473 receiving yards · 2025
- #7Cam Pickett449 receiving yards · 2025
- #3Keaton Kubecka157 receiving yards · 2025
- #11Tate Nagy20 receiving yards · 2025
9 more on the roster · Kansas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology