Kelvontay Dixon

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2024: 21 catches, 386 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · SMU · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 189 lb · Carthage, TX

CFB Index 38 · #307 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSMU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 371 nationally · Signed with Carthage

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at SMU. 2024: 21 catches, 386 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Carthage in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at SMU, 1,323 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 125 yds vs Navy.Navy · W 59-142023

2020

Recruited4-star out of Carthage

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#371 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022–2024

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #307 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (95th percentile). Concern: rush yards (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#19 / 610 · 97th pct

1.57

Yards / catch#28 / 610 · 95th pct

18.4

Explosive rate#229 / 610 · 62nd pct

16.7%

Catch rate#374 / 610 · 38th pct

87.5%

TD rate#398 / 610 · 35th pct

4.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#8 / 541 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#46 / 541 · 91st pct

18.4

Rec yards#281 / 541 · 48th pct

386

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Receptions#383 / 541 · 29th pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Rush yards#237 / 299 · 19th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 97th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 62nd percentile

Catch rate

79th → 38th percentile

TD rate

97th → 35th percentile

Yards / catch

94th → 95th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	29.2	14.2	0.0
Road5g	1.6	42.2	32.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.2	14.4	12.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	52.3	27.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #307 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #307 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	SMU	21	386	18.4	1	--
2023	SMU	25	441	17.6	4	--
2022	SMU	22	320	14.5	2	--
2021	Texas	9	100	11.1	0	--
2020	Texas	3	76	25.3	1	--
Career		80	1,323	16.5	8	--

Season	Team
2024	SMU	1	2	--	--	--
2023	SMU	1	-1	80	--	--
2022	SMU	--	--	--	39	--
2021	Texas	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	1	80	39	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 34–27

at Louisville

2 rec · 27 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.70Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 87 yds for a TD (Collin Rogers KICK)
Week 13 · Virginia · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +4.14Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 52 yds to the UVA 15 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Boston College · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.55Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 17 yds to the BC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 3&18 · Q1 · EPA +3.18Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 23 yds to the PITT 3 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Florida State · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.69Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 19 yds to the FSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Virginia · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.28Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 19 yds to the SMU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · TCU · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.17Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 13 yds to the SMU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.12Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 12 yds to the SMU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Virginia · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.11Kevin Jennings pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 10 yds to the UVA 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · California · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.81Preston Stone pass complete to Moochie Dixon for 23 yds to the CAL 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-24@ Nevada	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	W 66-42vs TCU	2	18	9.0	0	13
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Florida State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 6	W 34-27@ Louisville	2	27	13.5	0	17
Wk 8	W 40-10@ Stanford	1	87	87.0	1	87
Wk 10	W 48-25vs Pittsburgh	2	35	17.5	0	23
Wk 12	W 38-28vs Boston College	4	46	11.5	0	17
Wk 13	W 33-7@ Virginia	4	89	22.3	0	52	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 14	W 38-6vs California	2	30	15.0	0	23
Wk 15	L 31-34vs Clemson	2	27	13.5	0	15
Bowl	L 10-38@ Penn State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Total		21	386	21.6	1	87

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

Kelvontay Dixon

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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