Kevin Shaa

Senior wide receiver for Liberty. 2021: 28 catches, 516 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Liberty · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 165 lb · San Francisco, CA

CFB Index 49 · #201 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceLiberty 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Liberty. 2021: 28 catches, 516 receiving yards, 6 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Liberty, 1,364 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 137 yds vs Western Carolina.Western Carolina · W 58-142020

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Liberty

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018

Turner Gill

Liberty

2019–2021

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Turner Gill → Hugh Freeze. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #201 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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).

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

our read 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 Index Score

49 · #201 of 468 WRs

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 36–12

at UAB

2 rec · 45 yds

Dominant 24-point win on the road against UAB.

With M. Willis — 287 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.7 · 144 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · M. Morgan — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.15Kevin Shaa 64 Yd pass from Johnathan Bennett (Brayden Beck Kick)
Week 12 · Louisiana · 3&18 · Q2 · EPA +4.94Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 29 yds for a TD (Brayden Beck KICK)
Week 13 · Army · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 41 yds to the Army 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Old Dominion · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 38 yds for a TD, (Alex Barbir KICK)
Week 8 · North Texas · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Kevin Shaa 27 Yd pass from Malik Willis (Brayden Beck Kick)
Week 12 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.81Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 30 yds for a TD (Brayden Beck KICK)
Week 13 · Army · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 24 yds to the Liber 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 43 yds to the Liber 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Eastern Michigan · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 12 yds to the EMich 20 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.30Malik Willis pass complete to Kevin Shaa for 28 yds to the Liber 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Ole Miss	3	30	10.0	0	12
Wk 12	L 14-42vs 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	16.1	5	43

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

Kevin Shaa

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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