Ka'Raun White

#2 · WR · West Virginia6′1″ · 199 lb · Macungie, PA

Ka'Raun White: WR · West Virginia · #2.

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Ka'Raun White

WR · West Virginia · #2

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at West Virginia since. One game to point at: 168 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Kansas State — Week 11, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

West Virginia in the news

WVU reveals depth chart for Texas Tech gameSports Illustrated Nov 3
Big 12 commissioner stepping downOct 30
WVU fraternities searched in hazing probeOct 27
WVU updates depth chart for TCU gameOct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	West Virginia	61	1,004	16.5	12	76
2016	West Virginia	48	583	12.1	5	53
2015	West Virginia	15	275	18.3	0	53
Career		124	1,862	15.0	17	76

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	L 24-31vs No. 21 Virginia Tech	4	74	18.5	0	33
Wk 2	W 56-20vs East Carolina	4	49	12.3	1	19
Wk 3	W 59-16vs Delaware State	6	50	8.3	1	28
Wk 4	W 56-34@ Kansas	3	36	12.0	0	20
Wk 6	L 24-31@ No. 8 TCU	6	138	23.0	1	76	138-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 46-35vs No. 24 Texas Tech	8	114	14.3	2	32	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 38-36@ Baylor	4	33	8.3	1	22
Wk 9	L 39-50vs No. 11 Oklahoma State	4	78	19.5	1	36
Wk 10	W 20-16vs No. 14 Iowa State	4	167	41.8	1	63	167-yard receiving day
Wk 11	W 28-23@ Kansas State	8	168	21.0	2	75	Season-high 168 yds
Wk 12	L 14-28vs Texas	6	63	10.5	1	30
Wk 13	L 31-59@ No. 3 Oklahoma	1	8	8.0	0	8
Bowl	L 14-30vs Utah	3	26	8.7	1	18
Total		61	1004	16.5	12	76

Signature game

Week 11 · 2017

W 28-23

at Kansas State

8 rec · 168 yds · 2 TD

A close one, won by 5 on the road.

With W. Grier — 372 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.7 · B. Kinney — 39.9 yards per punt · 8 punts · 46 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · TCU · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +6.75Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 76 yds for a TD, (Mike Molina KICK)
Week 10 · Iowa State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.35Grier to White: a 55-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 75 yds for a TD, (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 4th and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 9 yds for a TD, (Will Grier pass to David Sills V for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 12 · Texas · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Chris Chugunov pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 12 yds for a TD, (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 4 · Kansas · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 13 yds to the WVirg 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Grier to White: a 32-yard pass.
Week 11 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 30 yds for a TD, (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 3 · Delaware State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 28 yds for a TD, (Mike Molina KICK)
Week 2 · East Carolina · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.73Will Grier pass complete to Ka'Raun White for 10 yds to the 50 yard line for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-14 over that span.

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

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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: td rate (86th percentile). Strength: rec tds (98th percentile). Concern: catch rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#98 / 709 · 86th pct

9.4%

Yards / catch#183 / 709 · 74th pct

14.7

EPA / target#208 / 709 · 71st pct

0.63

Explosive rate#267 / 709 · 62nd pct

13.5%

Catch rate#567 / 709 · 20th pct

59.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#8 / 539 · 98th pct

Rec yards#30 / 539 · 95th pct

1004

Receptions#53 / 539 · 90th pct

Long catch#61 / 539 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#97 / 539 · 82nd pct

16.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

53rd → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 62nd percentile

Catch rate

41st → 20th percentile

TD rate

64th → 86th percentile

Yards / catch

37th → 74th 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	5.3	86.8	17.8	1.2
Road5g	4.4	76.6	14.5	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	69.6	13.9	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	86.2	18.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Dana Holgorsen

Pass share

51.4%

480 pass / 454 run

Plays / game

71.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.0%

505 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

61 catches in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ka'Raun White

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Three seasons at West Virginia

Moves

2015 5 games