#10

Kaylon Geiger

Senior wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2021: 43 catches, 533 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Texas Tech · Sr. · #10

5′10″ · 170 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 50 · #196 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceTexas Tech 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2118 nationally · Signed with Paschal

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2021: 43 catches, 533 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Paschal in 2017.
Transferred from Troy to Texas Tech in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas Tech, 2,158 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Recruited3-star out of Paschal

201912 games

Signed with Hudson Valley2-star out of Navarro College

202011 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202112 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2118 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

Played his entire career under Matt Wells.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #196 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

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
Road6g	3.5	48.8	13.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #196 of 468 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 41–38

vs Iowa State

3 rec · 14 yds

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 322 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.9 · 50 rush yds (14 car) · M. Price — 9 rec · 175 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Texas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 75 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Garibay KICK)
Week 5 · West Virginia · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.55Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 42 yds to the WVirg 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -3.46Kaylon Geiger pass intercepted Sean Mahone return for 1 yd to the WVirg 9
Week 3 · Florida International · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Tyler Shough pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 15 yds to the FlaIn 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Tyler Shough pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 52 yds to the FlaIn 18 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · TCU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 55 yds to the TCU 3 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Kansas · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 21 yds to the Kans 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Houston · 1&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 · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Donovan Smith pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 31 yds to the Bayl 9 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kansas State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.37Henry Colombi pass complete to Kaylon Geiger for 3 yds to the KanSt 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week