Senior wide receiver for TCU. 2018: 24 catches, 348 receiving yards, 2 TD.
5′9″ · 157 lb · Monroe, LA
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 861 nationally · Signed with TCU
Statement game6 rec · 138 yds · 4 TDvs Texas (FBS) · W 50-7
Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for TCU. 2018: 24 catches, 348 receiving yards, 2 TD.
KaVontae Turpin
He has spent four seasons in the TCU receiving corps. One game to point at: 120 rec yds, 6 receptions against Texas Tech — Week 7, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at TCU, 1,686 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gary Patterson.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Gary Patterson — 35-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 43.2 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 66.0 | 19.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 58.0 | 14.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs Southern | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-12@ SMU | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-40vs Ohio State | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Texas | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 39 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs Iowa State | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17vs Texas Tech | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 1 | 35 | Season-high 120 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 27-52vs Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 348 | 12.2 | 2 | 42 |