Kaylon Geiger

#10 · WR · Sr. · Texas Tech5′10″ · 170 lb · Fort Worth, TX · Paschal

Kaylon Geiger: WR · Texas Tech · #10.

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Kaylon Geiger

WR · Texas Tech · Sr · #10

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Chip Lindsey and Matt Wells. All-Sun Belt in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 121 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Florida International — Week 3, 2021.

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.

Texas Tech in the news

West Virginia reveals depth chartYahoo Sports Nov 3
Big 12 commissioner resignsOct 30
Booster dismisses McGuire hot seatOn3 Oct 28
Booster criticizes Texas Tech after lossHeartland College Sports Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Texas Tech	43	533	12.4	1	75
2020	Troy	64	752	11.8	3	51
2019	Troy	77	873	11.3	5	57
Career		184	2,158	11.7	9	75

Season	Team
2021	Texas Tech	12	98	95	--
2020	Troy	4	16	346	11
2019	Troy	4	36	199	15
Career		20	150	640	26

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21vs Houston	3	11	3.7	0	5
Wk 2	W 28-22vs Stephen F. Austin	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	W 54-21vs Florida International	6	121	20.2	0	52	Season-high 121 yds
Wk 4	L 35-70@ Texas	5	100	20.0	1	75
Wk 5	W 23-20@ West Virginia	6	79	13.2	0	42
Wk 6	L 31-52vs TCU	5	85	17.0	0	55
Wk 7	W 41-14@ Kansas	3	37	12.3	0	21
Wk 8	L 24-25vs Kansas State	2	0	0.0	0	3
Wk 9	L 21-52@ No. 4 Oklahoma	2	22	11.0	0	17
Wk 11	W 41-38vs Iowa State	3	14	4.7	0	6
Wk 12	L 0-23vs No. 9 Oklahoma State	2	11	5.5	0	14
Wk 13	L 24-27@ No. 9 Baylor	2	44	22.0	0	31
Total		39	524	13.4	1	75

Signature game

Week 4 · 2021

L 35-70

at Texas

5 rec · 100 yds · 1 TD

With H. Colombi — 324 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 88.8 · L. Fouonji — 2 rec · 81 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 75 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Garibay KICK)
Week 5 · West Virginia · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.55Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 42 yds to the WVirg 38 for a
Week 5 · West Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −3.46Kaylon Geiger pass intercepted Sean Mahone return for 1 yd to the WVirg 9
Week 3 · Florida International · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Tyler Shough pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 15 yds to the FlaIn 48 for a
Week 3 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Tyler Shough pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 52 yds to the FlaIn 18 for a
Week 6 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 55 yds to the TCU 3 for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Kansas · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 21 yds to the Kans 37 for a
Week 1 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −2.63Tyler Shough pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 1 yd to the Houst 36 TEXAS TECH Penalty, Offensive Holding (Mason Tharp) to the Houst 46
Week 13 · Baylor · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Donovan Smith pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 31 yds to the Bayl 9 for a
Week 8 · Kansas State · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.37Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 3 yds to the KanSt 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2020Troy5-6HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells and Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#196 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

50Rotational starter #196 of 468 · 2021?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rush yards (92nd percentile). Strength: long catch (90th percentile). Concern: td rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#301 / 655 · 54th pct

76.8%

Yards / catch#356 / 655 · 46th pct

12.2

Explosive rate#352 / 655 · 45th pct

12.5%

EPA / target#466 / 655 · 29th pct

0.48

TD rate#556 / 655 · 15th pct

1.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#21 / 273 · 92nd pct

Long catch#41 / 557 · 90th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Receptions#148 / 557 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#179 / 557 · 68th pct

533

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#349 / 557 · 37th pct

12.4

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	38.5	9.5	0.0
Road5g	3.6	56.4	15.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	61.9	14.4	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	18.2	8.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Matt Wells

Pass share

47.1%

384 pass / 432 run

Plays / game

68.0

12 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

402 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

43 catches, 12 carries and 2 pass attempts in 12 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #196 of 468 WRs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #196 at the position.

Kaylon Geiger

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Style of play

Fans

Texas Tech in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

43 catches, 12 carries and 2 pass attempts in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2017

2019 12 games

2020 11 games

2021 12 games