Kenny Lawler

Former wide receiver at California. 2015: 52 catches, 658 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · California · #4

6′3″ · Pomona, CA

Seattle — drafted 2016, Rd 7, Pick 22, #243 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 287 nationally · Signed with California

Statement game12 rec · 138 yds · 3 TDvs BYU (FBS) · L 35-42

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at California. 2015: 52 catches, 658 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to California in 2012.
Drafted round 7 by the Seattle in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at California, 1,359 receiving yards — drafted at #243 overall by Seattle.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds vs BYU.BYU · L 35-422014

2012

Signed with California4-star out of Upland

2016

Drafted by Seattleround 7, pick 243

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#287 national

CFB

College

California

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #243

Seattle · 2016

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 11th NFL season

#243Rd 7 · Pick 22

SeattleEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (99th percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

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
Road6g	5.3	65.8	12.6	1.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2015

W 48–46

vs Arizona State

1 rec · 21 yds

Edged out Arizona State at home in a shootout.

With J. Goff — 542 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 31 rush yds (3 car) · B. Treggs — 5 rec · 147 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 55-36@ Air Force	5	75	15.0	3	25
Total		52	658	12.9	13	52

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