Kenny Lawler

#4 · WR · California6′3″ · Pomona, CA · Upland

Kenny Lawler: WR · California · #4.

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Kenny Lawler

WR · California · #4

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Two seasons in the California receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2015: All-Pac-12. On tape: 112 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Washington, Week 4, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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

California in the news

Cal lists WR, LB, RB injuriesSports Illustrated Oct 29
Cal finalizes Lupoi's $22.6M contractOct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	California	52	658	12.7	13	52
2014	California	54	701	13.0	9	49
Career		106	1,359	12.8	22	52

Season	Team
2015	California	1	5
2014	California	--	--
Career		1	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 73-14vs Grambling	6	69	11.5	3	19	3 TD catches
Wk 2	W 35-7vs San Diego State	2	34	17.0	0	24
Wk 3	W 45-44@ Texas	6	79	13.2	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 30-24@ Washington	7	112	16.0	1	52	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 5	W 34-28vs Washington State	6	105	17.5	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 6	L 24-30@ No. 5 Utah	7	66	9.4	0	13
Wk 8	L 24-40@ UCLA	5	32	6.4	1	15
Wk 9	L 21-27vs USC	3	30	10.0	0	13
Wk 10	L 28-44@ Oregon	2	31	15.5	0	21
Wk 11	W 54-24vs Oregon State	2	4	2.0	1	4
Wk 13	W 48-46vs Arizona State	1	21	21.0	0	21
Bowl	W 55-36vs Air Force	5	75	15.0	3	25
Total		52	658	12.7	13	52

Signature game

Bowl · 2015

W 55-36

vs Air Force · neutral site

5 rec · 75 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Air Force at a neutral site in a shootout.

With J. Goff — 467 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.1 · T. Davis — 2 rec · 19 yds · 16 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Air Force · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Goff to Lawler: a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Texas · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 17 yds for a TD, (Matt Anderson KICK)
Week 5 · Washington State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.20Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 40 yds to the CALIFORNIA 40 for a WASHINGTON ST Penalty, Defensive Offside ( Yards) declined for a
Week 1 · Grambling · 2nd and 16 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 16 yds for a TD, (Matt Anderson KICK)
Week 4 · Washington · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.95Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 8 yds for a TD, (Matt Anderson KICK)
Week 1 · Grambling · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 19 yds for a TD, (Matt Anderson KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Goff to Lawler: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Goff to Lawler: a 14-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Washington · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.44Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 52 yds to the Wash 10 for a
Week 5 · Washington State · 2nd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Jared Goff pass complete to Kenny Lawler for 20 yds for a TD, (Jared Goff intercepted )

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Sonny Dykes, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 13-12 over that span.

2014California5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015California8-5HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#33 / 684 · 95th pct

12.0%

EPA / target#292 / 684 · 57th pct

0.52

Explosive rate#307 / 684 · 55th pct

12.0%

Yards / catch#324 / 684 · 53rd pct

12.4

Catch rate#427 / 684 · 38th pct

64.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#7 / 521 · 99th pct

Receptions#106 / 521 · 79th pct

Rec yards#127 / 521 · 76th pct

658

Long catch#212 / 521 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#273 / 521 · 47th pct

12.7

Rush TDs#54 / 247 · 39th pct

Rush yards#165 / 247 · 32nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 55th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 38th percentile

TD rate

86th → 95th percentile

Yards / catch

56th → 53rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	43.8	13.2	1.0
Road5g	5.4	64.0	12.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	77.1	14.2	1.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	23.6	11.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Pass share

55.9%

548 pass / 433 run

Plays / game

75.5

13 games

Team sack rate

4.7%

590 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kenny Lawler

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Style of play

Fans

California in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at California, drafted

2012

2015 12 games

2016