Kendrick Law

Former wide receiver at Kentucky. 2025: 53 catches, 540 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Kentucky · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 205 lb · Shreveport, LA

CFB Index 56 · #166 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceDrafted by Detroit — Rd 5, Pick 28, #168 overall

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

540

receiving yards · 2025

53 catches · 3 TD · 10.2 per catch

Backed by 11 rec · 124 yds -- top 1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Kentucky from 57% to 83% to win.Kentucky at Auburn · 10-3

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Kentucky. 2025: 53 catches, 540 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2022.
Transferred from Alabama to Kentucky in 2025.
Drafted round 5 by the Detroit in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kentucky, 883 receiving yards — drafted at #168 overall by Detroit.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 124 yds vs Tennessee Tech.Tennessee Tech · W 42-102025

20225 games

Signed with Alabama4-star out of Captain Shreve

202512 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2026

Drafted by Detroitround 5, pick 168

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#86 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #168

Detroit · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach

2022–2025

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Detroit2026 NFL rookie season

#168Rd 5 · Pick 28

Detroit2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning

2025Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #166 of 485?

High confidenceAscending12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (94th percentile). Strength: long catch (85th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#48 / 798 · 94th pct

85.2%

EPA / target#328 / 798 · 59th pct

0.47

Explosive rate#332 / 798 · 58th pct

11.5%

Yards / catch#458 / 798 · 43rd pct

10.9

TD rate#475 / 798 · 40th pct

1.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#83 / 558 · 85th pct

Rush yards#50 / 287 · 83rd pct

Receptions#101 / 558 · 81st pct

Rec yards#185 / 558 · 67th pct

540

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#457 / 558 · 18th pct

10.2

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

18%11 of his 61 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	52.1	16.4	0.1
Road5g	4.6	35.0	6.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	34.8	9.7	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.9	52.3	13.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #166 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #166 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kentucky	53	540	10.2	3	--
2024	Alabama	10	105	10.5	1	--
2023	Alabama	15	135	9.0	0	--
2022	Alabama	8	103	12.9	0	--
Career		86	883	10.3	4	--

Season	Team
2025	Kentucky	8	53	174	8	--
2024	Alabama	8	30	131	--	--
2023	Alabama	--	--	405	--	--
2022	Alabama	--	--	--	-2	--
Career		16	83	710	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 10–3

at Auburn

10 rush yds (1 car)

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

With A. Laros — 44 AVG · 6 IN 20 · 57 LONG · C. Boley — 161 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.5 · 7 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Tennessee · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.19(06:31) Shotgun #8 C.Boley pass complete short right to #1 K.Law caught at UK25, for 71 yards to the UT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:19, 1ST DOWN #91 J.Kauwe kick attempt good (H: #93 W.Berry, LS: #42 A.McLaughlin)
Week 9 · Tennessee · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.70(13:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 C.Boley pass complete short right to #1 K.Law caught at UK43, for 32 yards to the UT39 (#0 W.Wright), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Georgia · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Cutter Boley pass complete to Kendrick Law for 38 yds to the UGA 32 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ole Miss · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Zach Calzada pass complete to Kendrick Law for 18 yds to the MISS 21 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Texas · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Cutter Boley pass complete to Kendrick Law for 11 yds to the TEX 44 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Auburn · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.52(09:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 C.Boley pass complete short right to #1 K.Law caught at AUB15, for 13 yards to the AUB00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:27, 1ST DOWN #91 J.Kauwe kick attempt good (H: #93 W.Berry, LS: #42 A.McLaughlin)
Week 12 · Tennessee Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.08(08:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 C.Boley pass complete deep right to #1 K.Law caught at TT06, for 43 yards to the TT03 (#6 J.Shephard), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Auburn · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.00(04:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 C.Boley pass complete short middle to #1 K.Law caught at UKY30, for 18 yards to the UKY35 (#8 K.Harris), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Georgia · 1&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Cutter Boley pass complete to Kendrick Law for 5 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 5 · South Carolina · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.56Cutter Boley pass complete to Kendrick Law for 11 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week