K.J. Brent

#80 · WR · Wake Forest6′4″ · Waxhaw, NC

K.J. Brent: WR · Wake Forest · #80.

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K.J. Brent

WR · Wake Forest · #80

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 96 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Syracuse — Week 2, 2015.

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.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Wake Forest	42	583	13.9	1	52
2014	South Carolina	9	111	12.3	1	20
Career		51	694	13.6	2	52

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-3vs Elon	4	46	11.5	0	17
Wk 2	L 17-30@ Syracuse	7	96	13.7	1	40	Season-high 96 yds
Wk 3	W 17-14@ Army	4	72	18.0	0	51
Wk 4	L 24-31vs Indiana	5	65	13.0	0	17
Wk 5	L 16-24vs No. 11 Florida State	4	43	10.8	0	23
Wk 6	W 3-0@ Boston College	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 7	L 14-50@ North Carolina	2	26	13.0	0	19
Wk 8	L 17-35vs NC State	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 9	L 19-20vs Louisville	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 11	L 7-28@ No. 6 Notre Dame	5	82	16.4	0	52
Wk 12	L 13-33@ No. 1 Clemson	4	60	15.0	0	20
Wk 13	L 21-27vs Duke	2	33	16.5	0	19
Total		42	583	13.9	1	52

Signature game

Week 11 · 2015

L 7-28

at Notre Dame

5 rec · 82 yds

With J. Wolford — 219 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 15.3 · A. Kinal — 50 yards per punt · 3 punts · 58 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Duke · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.30John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 19 yds to the WAKEFOREST 38 for a DUKE Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined for a
Week 2 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 40 yds for a TD, (Mike Weaver KICK)
Week 3 · Army · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.78Kendall Hinton pass complete to K.J. Brent for 51 yds to the Army 15 for a
Week 6 · Boston College · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +2.77John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 20 yds to the BC 21 for a
Week 11 · Notre Dame · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.70John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 52 yds to the NDame 13 for a
Week 7 · North Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.57John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 19 yds to the WFrst 43 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Clemson · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.56John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 20 yds to the Clem 47 for a
Week 4 · Indiana · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Kendall Hinton pass complete to K.J. Brent for 12 yds to the Ind 47 for a
Week 12 · Clemson · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.45John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 14 yds to the WFrst 48 for a
Week 3 · Army · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.44John Wolford pass complete to K.J. Brent for 5 yds to the WFrst 32 for a ARMY Penalty, personal foul (Chris Carnegie) to the WFrst 47 for a

Teams and coaches

2014South Carolina7-6HC: Steve Spurrier · Balanced

2015Wake Forest3-9HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#196 / 684 · 71st pct

13.9

EPA / target#420 / 684 · 39th pct

0.41

Explosive rate#484 / 684 · 29th pct

8.0%

TD rate#550 / 684 · 20th pct

1.3%

Catch rate#595 / 684 · 13th pct

56.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#167 / 521 · 68th pct

583

Receptions#169 / 521 · 67th pct

Yards / catch#197 / 521 · 62nd pct

13.9

Long catch#212 / 521 · 58th pct

Rec TDs#364 / 521 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	37.8	12.6	0.0
Road6g	3.8	59.3	16.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	52.6	14.3	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	43.0	14.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Dave Clawson

Pass share

50.1%

416 pass / 414 run

Plays / game

69.2

12 games

Team sack rate

8.7%

462 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

42 catches and 1 pass attempt in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

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K.J. Brent

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Awards

42 catches and 1 pass attempt in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools