KD Cannon

#9 · WR · Baylor6′0″ · Mount Pleasant, TX

KD Cannon: WR · Baylor · #9.

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KD Cannon

WR · Baylor · #9

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Baylor. A game that shows it: 226 receiving yards and 14 receptions against Boise State — Bowl, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Baylor in the news

Baylor sues ex-player for breachOct 31
Brett Yormark leaves Big 12Oct 30
Baylor sues former player for NIL buyout breachOct 30
Baylor fires head coach Dave ArandaKWTX Oct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Baylor	87	1,215	14.0	13	68
2015	Baylor	50	868	17.4	6	71
2014	Baylor	58	1,030	17.8	8	89
Career		195	3,113	16.0	27	89

Season	Team
2016	Baylor	--	--	--
2015	Baylor	1	2	114
2014	Baylor	2	12	--
Career		3	14	114

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-7vs Northwestern State	5	46	9.2	1	15	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 40-13vs SMU	10	93	9.3	1	32
Wk 3	W 38-10@ Rice	9	213	23.7	2	51	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 35-24vs Oklahoma State	3	18	6.0	0	10
Wk 7	W 49-7vs Kansas	3	75	25.0	1	59
Wk 9	L 34-35@ Texas	5	86	17.2	1	39
Wk 10	L 22-62vs TCU	5	29	5.8	0	9
Wk 11	L 24-45@ No. 9 Oklahoma	7	122	17.4	2	62	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 21-42vs Kansas State	9	91	10.1	0	17
Wk 13	L 35-54vs Texas Tech	12	132	11.0	2	53	2 TD catches
Wk 14	L 21-24@ No. 14 West Virginia	5	84	16.8	1	60
Bowl	W 31-12vs Boise State	14	226	16.1	2	68
Total		87	1215	14.0	13	68

Signature game

Bowl · 2016

W 31-12

vs Boise State · neutral site

14 rec · 226 yds · 2 TD

With Z. Smith — 375 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.9 · D. Galitz — 48 yards per punt · 2 punts · 62 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Boise State · 1st and 20 · Q2 · EPA +6.60Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 68 yds for a TD, (Chris Callahan KICK)
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 4th and 3 · Q1 · EPA +6.32Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 53 yds for a TD, (Chris Callahan KICK)
Week 1 · Boise State · 3rd and 25 · Q1 · EPA +5.80Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 30 yds for a TD, (Chris Callahan KICK)
Week 11 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.95Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 62 yds for a TD, (Chris Callahan KICK)
Week 14 · West Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.76Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 60 yds for a TD, (Chris Callahan KICK)
Week 7 · Kansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.66Russell to Cannon: a 59-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · Rice · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +4.07Seth Russell pass complete to KD Cannon for 46 yds to the Rice 30 for a
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 4th and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.86Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 16 yds to the TexTc 38 for a
Week 9 · Texas · 2nd and 14 · Q4 · EPA +3.80Seth Russell pass complete to KD Cannon for 39 yds to the Texas 43 for a
Week 1 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.57Zach Smith pass complete to KD Cannon for 49 yds to the BoiSt 32 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Baylor11-2HC: Art Briles · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Baylor10-3HC: Art Briles · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Baylor7-6HC: Jim Grobe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#173 / 674 · 74th pct

7.0%

Yards / catch#257 / 674 · 62nd pct

13.3

EPA / target#332 / 674 · 51st pct

0.50

Catch rate#411 / 674 · 39th pct

64.3%

Explosive rate#431 / 674 · 36th pct

9.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#13 / 524 · 97th pct

Receptions#17 / 524 · 97th pct

Rec yards#20 / 524 · 96th pct

1215

Long catch#118 / 524 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#203 / 524 · 61st pct

14.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

64th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

76th → 36th percentile

Catch rate

32nd → 39th percentile

TD rate

48th → 74th percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 62nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.8	58.7	10.9	0.5
Road4g	6.5	126	18.8	1.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	112	14.9	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.2	90.7	13.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Jim Grobe

Pass share

43.4%

479 pass / 625 run

Plays / game

84.9

13 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

506 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

87 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

KD Cannon

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Three seasons at Baylor

2014 13 games