#19

Kole Wilson

Senior wide receiver for Baylor. 2025: 44 catches, 591 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Baylor · Sr. · #19

5′9″ · 171 lb · Katy, TX

CFB Index 55 · #178 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Baylor for 2026

The numbers

591

receiving yards · 2025

44 catches · 5 TD · 13.4 per catch

Backed by 10 rec · 68 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Baylor from 51% to 75% to win.Baylor at Oklahoma State · 45-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Baylor. 2025: 44 catches, 591 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Transferred from Texas State to Baylor in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Yards / catch: 67th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kole Wilson

WR · Baylor · Sr · #19

Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. All-Sun Belt in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt on tape: 134 rec yds, 8 receptions against Auburn, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Rotational starter #178 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#265 / 798 · 67th pct

13.0

Explosive rate#410 / 798 · 49th pct

9.7%

TD rate#487 / 798 · 39th pct

1.4%

Catch rate#724 / 798 · 9th pct

54.2%

EPA / target#759 / 798 · 5th pct

0.02

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#96 / 558 · 78th pct

Long catch#124 / 558 · 77th pct

Rec yards#156 / 558 · 72nd pct

591

Receptions#153 / 558 · 72nd pct

Yards / catch#246 / 558 · 56th pct

13.4

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Rush yards#233 / 287 · 18th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

34th → 5th percentile

Explosive rate

60th → 49th percentile

Catch rate

8th → 9th percentile

TD rate

58th → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 67th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

17%12 of his 72 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.6	62.7	13.3	0.4
Road5g	2.4	30.4	10.7	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	54.0	12.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	44.5	12.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #178 of 485 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #20 of 55 Big 12 WRs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Baylor	44	591	13.4	5	--
2024	Texas State	43	630	14.7	4	--
2023	Texas State	66	747	11.3	8	--
Career		153	1,968	12.9	17	--

Season	Team
2025	Baylor	3	--	705	--	--
2024	Texas State	1	3	269	97	--
2023	Texas State	2	-7	367	47	--
Career		6	-4	1,341	144	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 48–45

at SMU

2 rec · 21 yds

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 440 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · J. Cameron — 9 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Auburn · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.94Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kole Wilson for 57 yds to the AUB 8 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UCF · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.83(12:12) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete deep right to #2 K.Wilson caught at UCF35, for 27 yards to the UCF31 (#8 D.Henderson), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Utah · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.77(08:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete deep left to #2 K.Wilson caught at UTAH38, for 64 yards to the UTAH15, out of bounds at UTAH15, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · TCU · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.66Kole Wilson 35 Yd pass from Sawyer Robertson (Connor Hawkins Kick)
Week 10 · UCF · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.01(06:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete short left to #2 K.Wilson caught at UCF00, for 9 yards to the UCF00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:04 #96 C.Hawkins kick attempt good (H: #94 P.Williams, LS: #93 D.Schaub)
Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Kole Wilson 34 Yd pass from Sawyer Robertson (Connor Hawkins Kick)
Week 6 · Kansas State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kole Wilson for 27 yds to the KSU 29 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arizona State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kole Wilson for 8 yds for a TD (Connor Hawkins KICK)
Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.35Sawyer Robertson pass complete to Kole Wilson for 27 yds to the BAY 49 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Houston · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.33(01:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 S.Robertson pass complete short right to #2 K.Wilson caught at UH49, for 8 yards to the UH49 (#24 W.Brown), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-38vs Auburn	8	134	16.8	0	57	Season-high 134 yds
Wk 2	W 48-45@ SMU	2	21	10.5	0	27
Wk 3	W 42-7vs Samford	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Arizona State	2	16	8.0	1	8
Wk 5	W 45-27@ Oklahoma State	6	76	12.7	1	34
Wk 6	W 35-34vs Kansas State	3	50	16.7	0	27
Wk 8	L 36-42@ TCU	3	53	17.7	1	35
Wk 9	L 20-41@ Cincinnati	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	W 30-3vs UCF	5	56	11.2	1	27
Wk 12	L 28-55vs Utah	4	87	21.8	1	64
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Arizona	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Houston	7	69	9.9	0	17
Total		44	591	12.4	5	64