KJ Hamler

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2019: 56 catches, 904 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Penn State · So. · #1

5′9″ · 176 lb · Pontiac, MI

Denver — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 14, #46 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2019: 56 catches, 904 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Drafted round 2 by the Denver in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Penn State, 1,659 receiving yards — drafted at #46 overall by Denver.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds vs Ohio State.Ohio State · L 26-272018

2020

Drafted by Denverround 2, pick 46

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Penn State

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #46

Denver · 2020

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 7th NFL season

#46Rd 2 · Pick 14

DenverEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under James Franklin, all run-leaning offenses — 20-6 over that span.

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (92nd percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#38 / 556 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#54 / 556 · 90th pct

904

Receptions#90 / 556 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#117 / 556 · 79th pct

16.1

Rush yards#68 / 283 · 75th pct

Long catch#180 / 556 · 67th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.5	64.2	19.7	0.6
Road5g	5.6	78.0	14.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	71.6	19.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	67.2	15.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Penn State	56	904	16.1	8	--
2018	Penn State	43	755	17.6	5	--
Career		99	1,659	16.8	13	--

Season	Team
2019	Penn State	13	43	513	126	--
2018	Penn State	4	44	506	96	--
Career		17	87	1,019	222	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2019

W 28–21

vs Michigan

6 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With B. Gillikin — 44 AVG · 60 LONG · 8 NO · S. Clifford — 182 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.3 · 17 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week