K.D. Hutchinson

Redshirt senior wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2025: 66 catches, 618 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Western Kentucky · R-Sr. · #2

5′8″ · 185 lb · Hamilton, GA · Harris County HS

CFB Index 65 · #103 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Western Kentucky for 2026

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How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Catch rate: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

618

receiving yards · 2025

66 catches · 3 TD · 9.4 per catch

Backed by 9 rec · 58 yds -- top 1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Western Kentucky from 22% to 43% to win.Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State · 37-34

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2025: 66 catches, 618 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2022.

His career, year by year

K.D. Hutchinson

WR · Western Kentucky · Sr · #2

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. He has spent four seasons in the Western Kentucky receiving corps. 2025 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 113 rec yds, 5 receptions against North Alabama, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Tyson Helton — 34-20 over that span.

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2023Western Kentucky8-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Western Kentucky8-6HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #103 of 485?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (95th percentile). Strength: rush tds (96th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (30th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#37 / 798 · 95th pct

86.5%

EPA / target#170 / 798 · 79th pct

0.60

TD rate#225 / 798 · 72nd pct

4.1%

Explosive rate#554 / 798 · 31st pct

6.8%

Yards / catch#563 / 798 · 30th pct

9.9

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#7 / 287 · 96th pct

Long catch#29 / 558 · 94th pct

Receptions#32 / 558 · 94th pct

Rush yards#25 / 287 · 91st pct

Rec yards#142 / 558 · 75th pct

618

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#488 / 558 · 12th pct

9.4

Fumbles lost#196 / 218 · 6th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

69th → 79th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 31st percentile

Catch rate

48th → 95th percentile

TD rate

55th → 72nd percentile

Yards / catch

60th → 30th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

27%20 of his 74 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	54.3	11.5	0.5
Road7g	5.6	41.7	8.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	43.3	10.5	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	52.5	9.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #103 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #103 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #7 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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
2025	Western Kentucky	66	618	9.4	3	--
2024	Western Kentucky	26	392	15.1	3	--
2023	Western Kentucky	18	182	10.1	2	--
2022	Western Kentucky	5	48	9.6	0	--
Career		115	1,240	10.8	8	--

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	13	88	--	-2	--
2024	Western Kentucky	8	51	-3	57	--
2023	Western Kentucky	3	22	--	40	--
2022	Western Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--
Career		24	161	-3	95	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 55–6

vs North Alabama

5 rec · 113 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 49-point win at home against North Alabama.

With M. McIvor — 305 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · 7 rush yds (1 car) · C. Maynard — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · North Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.27Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 78 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 5 · Missouri State · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 16 yds to the MOST 48 for a 1ST down Missouri State Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Dylan Dixson) to the MOST 37 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · New Mexico State · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +2.77(06:53) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete short right to #2 K.Hutchinson caught at WKU49, for 38 yards to the NMSU10 (#23 S.McKelvey), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Delaware · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.71Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 15 yds to the DEL 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 12 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 9 · Louisiana Tech · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.52(05:35) #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete short right to #2 K.Hutchinson caught at WKU30, for 21 yards to the WKU48 (#8 J.Fields), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Louisiana Tech · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.45(05:22) Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete short middle to #2 K.Hutchinson caught at WKU42, for 15 yards to the WKU42, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Sam Houston · 1&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.42Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 9 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 10 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.40(10:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete short left to #2 K.Hutchinson caught at NMSU48, for 7 yards loss to the NMSU48 (#54 T.Tuitama)
Week 6 · Delaware · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 10 yds to the WKU 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs Sam Houston	4	34	8.5	1	12	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 1	W 55-6vs North Alabama	5	113	22.6	2	78	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 2	L 21-45@ Toledo	3	37	12.3	0	23
Wk 4	W 31-16vs Nevada	2	18	9.0	0	13
Wk 5	W 27-22@ Missouri State	3	44	14.7	0	17
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Delaware	9	58	6.4	0	15
Wk 8	L 6-25vs Florida International	4	26	6.5	0	19
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech	6	77	12.8	0	21
Wk 10	W 35-16vs New Mexico State	7	83	11.9	0	38
Wk 12	W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee	5	52	10.4	0	34
Wk 13	L 10-13@ LSU	8	40	5.0	0	9
Wk 14	L 34-37@ Jacksonville State	5	37	7.4	0	11
Bowl	W 27-16@ Southern Miss	5	-1	-0.2	0	6
Total		66	618	9.8	3	78

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

12/203rd-down conversions

0.883rd-down EPA/target

0.50Other-downs EPA/target

16 of 20 caught on third down (80.0%) — EPA/target 0.88 vs 0.50 elsewhere (12 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Western Kentucky

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Western Kentucky

Returning around him

84% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: -4 net (19 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #81

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Billy Kemp’s 2021 season.

Billy Kemp

82%match

Virginia · 2021

All-ACC

Justin Hall

Ball State · 2021

All-MAC

79%

Nykeim Johnson

Kent State · 2021

78%

Smoke Harris

Louisiana Tech · 2021

All-Conference USA

78%

Nate Mccollum

Georgia Tech · 2022

74%

Matches Billy on

Yards / reception

Reception volume

Height

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Treyvhon Saunders’s path through Colgate.

Treyvhon Saunders

99%match

Colgate · 2025

Karim Page

East Tennessee State · 2025

99%

Tray Eafford

Troy · 2020

98%

Tony Poljan

Virginia · 2020

97%

Connor Wedington

Stanford · 2020

97%

Matches Treyvhon on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Wayne Knight's senior season at James Madison (2025).

Wayne Knight

72%match

James Madison · 2025

All-Sun Belt

Smoke Harris

Louisiana Tech · 2023

All-Conference USA

66%

Rayshon Luke

Fresno State · 2025

All-Mountain West

65%

Gavin Freeman

Oklahoma State · 2025

64%

Raleek Brown

Arizona State · 2025

All-Big 12

63%

Matches Wayne on

TD rate

Height

Weight

Differs from Wayne on

Reception volume (higher)

EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like K.D. Hutchinson

Jacob Godfrey

UL Monroe · 2025

87%

Chris Barnes

Wake Forest · 2025

72%

Michael Mathison

Western Kentucky · 2024

66%

NyNy Davis

UL Monroe · 2023

65%

Background

Awards/Honors 2027 Shriners Children's 1000 Watchlist 2026 CUSA Preseason Watch List 2026 Athlon Sports Preseason All Conference USA First Team (WR) 2026 Phil Steele Preseason CUSA All-Conference First Team (WR) 2025 Phil Steele CUSA All-Conference Third Team (WR) 2025 All-Conference USA Honorabl...

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The receiver room · Western Kentucky

#17Matthew HenryWR · Sr.888 receiving yards · 2025
#2K.D. HutchinsonWR · R-Sr.618 receiving yards · 2025
#8Moussa BarryWR · R-Sr.488 receiving yards · 2025
#5Jairus MackWR · Sr.223 receiving yards · 2025
#4Cameron FlowersWR · R-So.204 receiving yards · 2025

14 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page

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

2022

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

Players who play like K.D. Hutchinson

Background

The receiver room · Western Kentucky