Kevin Shaa

#2 · WR · Sr. · Liberty5′11″ · 165 lb · San Francisco, CA

Kevin Shaa: WR · Liberty · #2.

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Kevin Shaa

WR · Liberty · Sr · #2

Beats you over the top. The four seasons at Liberty span two head coaches: Turner Gill and Hugh Freeze. A game that shows it: 76 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Army — Week 13, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Liberty	28	516	18.4	6	64
2020	Liberty	25	450	18.0	4	83
2019	Liberty	26	346	13.3	2	40
2018	Liberty	3	52	17.3	0	48
Career		82	1,364	16.6	12	83

Season	Team
2021	Liberty	--	--	--
2020	Liberty	--	--	--
2019	Liberty	--	--	--
2018	Liberty	1	−12	28
Career		1	−12	28

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 21-13@ Troy	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 3	W 45-17vs Old Dominion	3	51	17.0	2	38	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 36-12@ UAB	2	45	22.5	0	31
Wk 6	W 41-13vs Middle Tennessee	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 7	L 28-31@ UL Monroe	2	2	1.0	0	3
Wk 8	W 35-26@ North Texas	2	55	27.5	1	28
Wk 9	W 62-17vs Massachusetts	3	68	22.7	0	43
Wk 10	L 14-27@ No. 15 Ole Miss	3	30	10.0	0	12
Wk 12	L 14-42vs No. 22 Louisiana	3	72	24.0	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 16-31vs Army	4	76	19.0	0	41	Season-high 76 yds
Total		25	422	16.9	5	43

Signature game

Week 12 · 2021

L 14-42

vs Louisiana

3 rec · 72 yds · 2 TD

With S. Louis — 3 rec · 69 yds · 16 rush yds (5 car) · M. Willis — 162 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 19.8 · 28 rush yds (20 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.15Bennett to Shaa: a 64-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Louisiana · 3rd and 18 · Q2 · EPA +4.94Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 29 yds for a TD (Brayden Beck KICK)
Week 13 · Army · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 41 yds to the Army 47 for a
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 38 yds for a TD, (Alex Barbir KICK)
Week 8 · North Texas · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Willis to Shaa: a 27-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 30 yds for a TD (Brayden Beck KICK)

4 more plays

Week 13 · Army · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 24 yds to the Liber 46 for a
Week 9 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 43 yds to the Liber 44 for a
Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 4th and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 12 yds to the EMich 20 for a
Week 8 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.30Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 28 yds to the Liber 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Liberty6-6HC: Turner Gill · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 49 (#201 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

49Rotational starter #201 of 468 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Strength: td rate (89th percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#42 / 655 · 94th pct

18.4

TD rate#68 / 655 · 89th pct

13.0%

Explosive rate#77 / 655 · 88th pct

21.7%

EPA / target#221 / 655 · 66th pct

0.78

Catch rate#577 / 655 · 12th pct

60.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#41 / 557 · 93rd pct

18.4

Rec TDs#71 / 557 · 84th pct

Long catch#130 / 557 · 76th pct

Rec yards#194 / 557 · 65th pct

516

Receptions#283 / 557 · 49th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	55.8	17.7	0.8
Road5g	2.0	28.6	14.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	24.2	11.5	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	60.2	20.6	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

43.1%

381 pass / 504 run

Plays / game

73.8

12 games

Team sack rate

12.2%

444 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

28 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-9% yards per catch, top-3% TD rate.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

49 · #201 of 468 WRs · 2021

Kevin Shaa

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Signature plays

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Awards

28 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Liberty