Kaleb Fossum

#3 · WR · Sr. · Nevada5′9″ · 190 lb · Lake Forest, CA

Kaleb Fossum: WR · Nevada · #3.

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Kaleb Fossum

WR · Nevada · Sr · #3

Moves the chains on third down. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Leach and Jay Norvell. A game that shows it: 77 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Weber State — Week 3, 2019.

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.

Nevada in the news

Carter Jones, AJ Bianco questionable vs SJSUNevada Sports Net Oct 23
Nevada declines to release jersey patch deal's financial detailsNevada Sports Net Oct 22
Nevada TE DJ Asiasi out for seasonNevada Sports Net Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Nevada	28	292	10.4	0	30
2018	Nevada	69	737	10.7	1	34
2017	Nevada	4	36	9.0	0	12
2016	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Washington State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		101	1,065	10.5	1	34

Season	Team
2019	Nevada	--	--	--	15	--
2018	Nevada	2	13	--	43	--
2017	Nevada	--	--	36	18	--
2016	Washington State	--	--	138	155	1
2015	Washington State	--	--	48	−2	--
Career		2	13	222	229	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Purdue	6	58	9.7	21
Wk 2	L 6-77@ No. 16 Oregon	4	14	3.5	5
Wk 3	W 19-13vs Weber State	5	77	15.4	26	Season-high 77 yds
Wk 4	W 37-21@ UTEP	4	46	11.5	21
Wk 5	L 3-54vs Hawai'i	1	0	0.0	0
Wk 7	W 41-38vs San José State	2	18	9.0	10
Wk 8	L 10-36@ Utah State	3	29	9.7	28
Wk 9	L 3-31@ Wyoming	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 10	W 21-10vs New Mexico	1	11	11.0	11
Wk 11	W 17-13@ No. 24 San Diego State	1	30	30.0	30
Total		28	292	10.4	30

Signature game

Week 3 · 2019

W 19-13

vs Weber State

5 rec · 77 yds

A close one, won by 6 at home.

With C. Strong — 299 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 27.7 · J. Kincaide — 75 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · 5 rec · 51 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · San Diego State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 30 yds to the SANDIEGOST 45 for a SAN DIEGO ST Penalty, personal foul (15 Yards) to the SDSt 30 for a
Week 4 · UTEP · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA −3.71Malik Henry pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 20 yds Kaleb Fossum fumbled, forced by Miles Banks, recovered by UTEP Michael Lewis
Week 9 · Wyoming · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA −2.95Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 12 yds Kaleb Fossum fumbled, forced by Logan Wilson, recovered by Wyom Garrett Crall
Week 1 · Purdue · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 21 yds to the Prdue 18 for a
Week 4 · UTEP · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.36Cristian Solano pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 21 yds to the UTEP 45 for a
Week 1 · Purdue · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.34Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 10 yds to the Nevad 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 3 · Weber State · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.18Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 26 yds to the WebSt 37 for a
Week 8 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.99Malik Henry pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for a loss of 4 yards to the UTAHST 47 NEVADA Penalty, false start ( Yards) declined
Week 3 · Weber State · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 10 yds to the Nevad 40 for a
Week 3 · Weber State · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +1.55Carson Strong pass complete to Kaleb Fossum for 20 yds to the WebSt 14 for a

Teams and coaches

2015Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2016Washington State8-5HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Nevada3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#233 / 728 · 68th pct

15.2%

Yards / catch#516 / 728 · 29th pct

10.6

Catch rate#584 / 728 · 20th pct

60.9%

TD rate#612 / 728 · 8th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#694 / 728 · 5th pct

0.02

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#308 / 556 · 44th pct

Rec yards#378 / 556 · 32nd pct

292

Yards / catch#458 / 556 · 17th pct

10.4

Long catch#476 / 556 · 14th pct

Fumbles lost#190 / 223 · 9th pct

Rec TDs#481 / 556 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

54th → 5th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 68th percentile

Catch rate

75th → 20th percentile

TD rate

18th → 8th percentile

Yards / catch

32nd → 29th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	32.8	9.0	0.0
Road5g	2.6	25.6	12.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	35.5	8.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	19.8	14.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Jay Norvell

Pass share

53.4%

498 pass / 434 run

Plays / game

71.7

13 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

540 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

28 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kaleb Fossum

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Style of play

Fans

Nevada in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

28 catches in 10 games

Seven seasons, two schools