#13

Cameron Batson

Wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2017: 59 catches, 487 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Texas Tech · #13

5′9″ · 170 lb · Oklahoma City, OK

Texas Tech 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 907 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

Statement game9 rec · 148 yds · 1 TDat Arizona State (FBS) · L 55-68

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2017: 59 catches, 487 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas Tech, 1,499 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 71 yds at Baylor.Baylor · L 35-632015

201411 games

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Millwood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#907 national

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

Played his entire career under Kliff Kingsbury.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury — 22-28 over that span.

2014Texas Tech4-8HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015Texas Tech7-6HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (88th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#63 / 539 · 88th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 86th pct

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Rush yards#77 / 283 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#222 / 539 · 59th pct

487

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Long catch#463 / 539 · 13th pct

Yards / catch#521 / 539 · 3rd pct

8.3

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	53.2	8.5	0.2
Road7g	3.1	24.0	7.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	39.7	6.9	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	34.8	8.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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	Texas Tech	59	487	8.3	5	--
2016	Texas Tech	60	644	10.7	8	--
2015	Texas Tech	29	327	11.3	1	--
2014	Texas Tech	9	41	4.6	0	--
Career		157	1,499	9.5	14	--

Season	Team
2017	Texas Tech	6	38	308	91	--
2016	Texas Tech	2	4	93	157	--
2015	Texas Tech	1	2	16	81	--
2014	Texas Tech	--	--	--	64	--
Career		9	44	417	393	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2017

W 27–23

at Texas

-4 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With D. Panazzolo — 44 AVG · 53 LONG · 9 NO · K. Coutee — 9 rec · 168 yds

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 56-10vs Eastern Washington	6	53	8.8	0	18
Wk 3	W 52-45vs Arizona State	6	59	9.8	1	16
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Houston	7	52	7.4	0	18
Wk 5	L 34-41vs Oklahoma State	6	84	14.0	0	26	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 6	W 65-19@ Kansas	2	9	4.5	0	5
Wk 7	L 35-46@ West Virginia	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 8	L 13-31vs Iowa State	10	67	6.7	0	18
Wk 9	L 27-49@ Oklahoma	3	20	6.7	2	9	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 35-42vs Kansas State	7	46	6.6	0	14
Wk 11	W 38-24@ Baylor	4	50	12.5	1	30
Wk 12	L 3-27vs TCU	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 13	W 27-23@ Texas	1	16	16.0	1	16
Bowl	L 34-38@ South Florida	4	23	5.8	0	14
Total		59	487	7.8	5	30

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