Kayshon Boutte

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2022: 48 catches, 538 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · LSU · Jr. · #7

6′0″ · 205 lb · New Iberia, LA

CFB Index 52 · #189 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNew England — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 10, #187 overall

Recruiting

5★

WR recruit

No. 24 nationally · Signed with LSU

Career night14 rec · 308 yds · 3 TDvs Ole Miss (FBS) · W 53-48

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Boutte is a true freshmanr/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2022: 48 catches, 538 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to LSU in 2020.
Drafted round 6 by the New England in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at LSU, 1,735 receiving yards — drafted at #187 overall by New England.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 308 yds vs Ole Miss.Ole Miss · W 53-482020

20209 games

Signed with LSU5-star out of Westgate

20216 games

All-SEC

202211 games

All-SEC

2023

Drafted by New Englandround 6, pick 187

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#24 national

CFB

College

LSU

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #187

New England · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020–2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

2022

Brian Kelly

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 4th NFL season

#187Rd 6 · Pick 10

New EnglandEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020LSU5-5HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced, fast tempo

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #189 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (82nd percentile). Concern: epa / target (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#360 / 636 · 43rd pct

11.9%

Yards / catch#398 / 636 · 38th pct

11.2

Catch rate#463 / 636 · 27th pct

71.6%

TD rate#503 / 636 · 21st pct

3.0%

EPA / target#525 / 636 · 18th pct

0.38

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#50 / 275 · 82nd pct

Receptions#135 / 550 · 75th pct

Rec yards#193 / 550 · 65th pct

538

Long catch#229 / 550 · 57th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#401 / 550 · 27th pct

11.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

79th → 18th percentile

Explosive rate

50th → 43rd percentile

Catch rate

78th → 27th percentile

TD rate

99th → 21st percentile

Yards / catch

61st → 38th percentile

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.0	40.0	8.5	0.2
Road6g	3.8	56.3	12.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	40.8	9.6	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	58.6	11.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #189 of 488 WRs

Former five-star. Now #189 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	LSU	48	538	11.2	2	--
2021	LSU	38	509	13.4	9	--
2020	LSU	42	688	16.4	5	--
Career		128	1,735	13.6	16	--

Season	Team
2022	LSU	1	41	--	--	--
2021	LSU	--	--	20	--	--
2020	LSU	--	--	60	--	--
Career		1	41	80	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 32–31

vs Alabama

7 rec · 51 yds

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With J. Daniels — 182 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.4 · 95 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · J. Bramblett — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Florida · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.11Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 40 yds to the Fla 33 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.10Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 53 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 6 · Tennessee · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA -3.69Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 3 yds to the Tenn 11
Week 2 · Southern · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Kayshon Boutte run for 41 yds to the Sthrn 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.49Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 7 yds to the FlaSt 32 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Tennessee · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Kayshon Boutte 5 Yd pass from Jayden Daniels (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)
Week 3 · Mississippi State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.25Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 18 yds to the LSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 26 yds to the Ark 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Florida · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.77Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 19 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ole Miss · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.68Jayden Daniels pass complete to Kayshon Boutte for 20 yds to the Miss 3 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week