Keandre Lambert

Former wide receiver at Auburn. 2024: 50 catches, 981 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Auburn · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 182 lb · Norfolk, VA

CFB Index 79 · #38 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceLos Angeles — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 22, #158 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 210 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Auburn. 2024: 50 catches, 981 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2020.
Drafted round 5 by the Los Angeles in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Auburn, 2,696 receiving yards — drafted at #158 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 156 yds vs Arkansas.Arkansas · L 14-242024

20206 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Maury

2025

Drafted by Los Angelesround 5, pick 158

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#210 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #158

Los Angeles · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

4 coaches

2020

Kevin Steele

Auburn

2021

Bryan Harsin

Auburn

era →

2022

Cadillac Williams

Auburn

era →

2023–2024

Hugh Freeze

Auburn

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Kevin Steele, Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

#158Rd 5 · Pick 22

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #38 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#15 / 610 · 98th pct

33.3%

Yards / catch#15 / 610 · 98th pct

19.8

EPA / target#27 / 610 · 96th pct

1.50

TD rate#29 / 610 · 95th pct

14.8%

Catch rate#282 / 610 · 54th pct

90.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#24 / 541 · 95th pct

19.6

Rec yards#30 / 541 · 95th pct

981

Rec TDs#34 / 541 · 93rd pct

Long catch#103 / 541 · 80th pct

Receptions#114 / 541 · 78th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

63rd → 96th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 98th percentile

Catch rate

73rd → 54th percentile

TD rate

58th → 95th percentile

Yards / catch

57th → 98th 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.6	87.6	26.6	0.9
Road4g	5.2	70.0	12.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	85.0	23.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	78.5	20.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #38 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #38 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Auburn	50	981	19.6	8	--
2023	Penn State	53	673	12.7	4	--
2022	Penn State	24	389	16.2	4	--
2021	Penn State	34	521	15.3	3	--
2020	Penn State	14	132	9.4	0	--
Career		175	2,696	15.4	19	--

Season	Team
2024	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Penn State	2	--	--	--	--
2022	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	--	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 43–41

vs Texas A&M

2 rec · 104 yds

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With P. Thorne — 301 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.3 · 38 rush yds (11 car) · O. Chapman — 34 AVG · 46 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Arkansas · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +6.90Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 67 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.43Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 67 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 13 · Texas A&M · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +4.34Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 60 yds to the TA&M 15 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UL Monroe · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.45Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 30 yds to the ULM 23 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 31 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 2 · California · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 15 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)
Week 6 · Georgia · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 13 yds to the UGA 29 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Georgia · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 23 yds to the UGA 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 30 yds for a TD (Ian Vachon KICK)
Week 4 · Arkansas · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Payton Thorne pass complete to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for 10 yds for a TD (Towns McGough KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 73-3vs Alabama A&M	3	80	26.7	2	67	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 14-21vs California	2	30	15.0	1	15
Wk 3	W 45-19vs New Mexico	2	72	36.0	0	50
Wk 4	L 14-24vs Arkansas	5	156	31.2	2	67	Season-high 156 yds
Wk 5	L 21-27vs Oklahoma	5	77	15.4	1	31
Wk 6	L 13-31@ Georgia	7	95	13.6	0	23
Wk 8	L 17-21@ Missouri	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 24-10@ Kentucky	4	53	13.3	1	25
Wk 10	L 7-17vs Vanderbilt	4	78	19.5	0	29
Wk 12	W 48-14vs UL Monroe	6	104	17.3	1	30
Wk 13	W 43-41vs Texas A&M	2	104	52.0	0	60
Wk 14	L 14-28@ Alabama	8	116	14.5	0	25
Total		50	981	21.9	8	67

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Keandre Lambert

20206 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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