Kevin Coleman Jr.

#3 · WR · Sr. · Missouri5′11″ · 180 lb · St. Louis, MO · St. Mary's

Kevin Coleman Jr.: WR · Missouri · #3.

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Kevin Coleman Jr.

WR · Missouri · Sr · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for three head coaches at three programs in three seasons: Jeff Brohm, Jeff Lebby and Eli Drinkwitz. A game that shows it: 126 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Kansas — Week 2, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Missouri in the news

Missouri RB Hardy returns to practiceOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Missouri	66	732	11.1	1	50
2024	Mississippi State	69	844	12.2	5	80
2023	Louisville	24	332	13.8	2	58
Career		159	1,908	12.0	8	80

Season	Team
2025	Missouri	9	76	--	189	1
2024	Mississippi State	4	11	--	36	--
2023	Louisville	6	25	88	117	--
Career		19	112	88	342	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 61-6vs Central Arkansas	6	48	8.0	0	20
Wk 2	W 42-31vs Kansas	10	126	12.6	1	50	Season-high 126 yds
Wk 3	W 52-10vs Louisiana	8	84	10.5	0	20
Wk 4	W 29-20vs South Carolina	3	20	6.7	0	12
Wk 5	W 42-6vs Massachusetts	12	108	9.0	0	17
Wk 7	L 24-27vs No. 8 Alabama	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 8	W 23-17@ Auburn	4	61	15.3	0	20
Wk 9	L 10-17@ No. 10 Vanderbilt	7	109	15.6	0	36
Wk 11	L 17-38vs No. 3 Texas A&M	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 12	W 49-27vs Mississippi State	4	41	10.3	0	17
Wk 13	L 6-17@ No. 8 Oklahoma	7	115	16.4	0	37
Wk 14	W 31-17@ Arkansas	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	L 7-13vs No. 20 Virginia	3	17	5.7	0	11
Total		66	732	11.1	1	50

Signature game

Week 9 · 2025

L 10-17

at Vanderbilt

7 rec · 109 yds · 44 rush yds (2 car)

With C. Weselman — 43 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20 · M. Zollers — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +4.65Zollers to Coleman Jr.: a 36-yard pass.
Week 2 · Kansas · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +4.56Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 50 yds to the KU 2 for a
Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.55Zollers to Coleman Jr.: a 14-yard pass.
Week 2 · Kansas · 4th and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 10 yds to the KU 36 for a
Week 2 · Kansas · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 20 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 2 · Kansas · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 3 yds for a TD (Robert Meyer KICK)

4 more plays

Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84K.Coleman Jr. rush right for 34 yards gain (C.Heard; B.Longwell)
Week 5 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 11 yds to the MASS 34 for a
Week 13 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Pribula to Coleman Jr.: a 37-yard pass.
Week 8 · Auburn · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 15 yds to the MIZ 40 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

66 rec · 732 yds · 1 TD

63 of 66 receptions matched to play-by-play

27 of 79 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

7925% of team targets

Catch rate

80%63 of 79 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

22% of targets (6)

100%catch rate

Air -3.5 · YAC 9.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

26% of targets (7)

86%catch rate

Air 4.1 · YAC 5.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

26% of targets (7)

71%catch rate

Air 15.1 · YAC 4.8 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

26% of targets (7)

29%catch rate

Air 27.6 · YAC 0.0 avg

80% catch rate on 79 targets · 25% of the team's targets · 29% catch rate on 7 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%26 of his 84 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 69 (#82 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

69Quality starter #82 of 485 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (85th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile). Concern: rec tds (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#119 / 798 · 85th pct

78.6%

EPA / target#190 / 798 · 76th pct

0.59

Explosive rate#309 / 798 · 61st pct

11.9%

Yards / catch#435 / 798 · 45th pct

11.2

TD rate#494 / 798 · 38th pct

1.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#32 / 558 · 94th pct

Rush yards#33 / 287 · 89th pct

Rec yards#90 / 558 · 84th pct

732

Long catch#243 / 558 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#396 / 558 · 28th pct

11.1

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

31st → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 61st percentile

Catch rate

38th → 85th percentile

TD rate

20th → 38th percentile

Yards / catch

37th → 45th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	5.6	53.8	7.5	0.1
Road4g	4.5	71.2	15.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	57.9	7.8	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	54.5	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Pass share

39.6%

360 pass / 550 run

Plays / game

70.0

13 games

Team sack rate

6.9%

379 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

66 catches and 9 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

69 · #82 of 485 WRs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #82 at the position.

Kevin Coleman Jr.

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