Kris Hutson

Senior wide receiver for Arizona. 2025: 60 catches, 764 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Arizona · Sr. · #4

5′11″ · 174 lb · Compton, CA

CFB Index 70 · #80 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Arizona for 2026

The numbers

764

receiving yards · 2025

60 catches · 4 TD · 12.7 per catch

Backed by 9 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game.

Swing playSwung Arizona from 40% to 62% to win.Baylor at Arizona · 41-17

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Arizona. 2025: 60 catches, 764 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon in 2020.
Transferred from Washington State to Arizona in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 76th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kris Hutson

WR · Arizona · Sr · #4

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Kris Hutson has played for five head coaches across six seasons and three programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-Big 12. The receipt on tape: 133 rec yds, 9 receptions against Baylor, Week 13, 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

2020Oregon4-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2024Washington State8-5HC: Pete Kaligis · Run-leaning

2025Arizona9-4HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #80 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (89th percentile). Strength: rec yards (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#191 / 798 · 76th pct

0.59

Yards / catch#266 / 798 · 67th pct

13.0

Explosive rate#359 / 798 · 55th pct

11.0%

TD rate#434 / 798 · 46th pct

2.2%

Catch rate#521 / 798 · 35th pct

63.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#61 / 558 · 89th pct

Rec yards#79 / 558 · 86th pct

764

Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct

Rush yards#139 / 287 · 51st pct

Yards / catch#291 / 558 · 47th pct

12.7

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Long catch#378 / 558 · 31st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

57th → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

34th → 55th percentile

Catch rate

49th → 35th percentile

TD rate

27th → 46th percentile

Yards / catch

61st → 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

23%21 of his 91 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.4	72.4	14.7	0.4
Road6g	5.5	67.0	11.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.6	57.2	13.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	79.7	12.3	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #80 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #80 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #10 of 55 Big 12 WRs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arizona	60	764	12.7	4	--
2024	Washington State	55	691	12.6	2	--
2023	Oregon	1	8	8.0	0	--
2022	Oregon	44	473	10.8	0	--
2021	Oregon	31	419	13.5	2	--
2020	Oregon	4	37	9.2	0	--
Career		195	2,392	12.3	8	--

Season	Team
2025	Arizona	2	14	--	--	--
2024	Washington State	4	28	--	--	--
2023	Oregon	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Oregon	--	--	238	42	--
2021	Oregon	1	-9	313	--	--
2020	Oregon	--	--	107	--	--
Career		7	33	658	42	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Baylor · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.60(13:33) Shotgun #1 N.Fifita pass complete deep right to #4 K.Hutson caught at BAY33, for 36 yards to the BAY33 (#25 L.Thornton Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Cincinnati · 3&19 · Q2 · EPA +3.60(03:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 N.Fifita pass complete short middle to #4 K.Hutson caught at ARZ45, for 25 yards to the CIN48 (#11 J.Golday), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Arizona State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.44(12:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 N.Fifita pass complete short right to #4 K.Hutson caught at UA 41, for 24 yards to the ASU44 (#6 A.Wilson), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Iowa State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Noah Fifita pass complete to Kris Hutson for 31 yds to the ISU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Weber State · 1&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Noah Fifita pass complete to Kris Hutson for 40 yds to the WEB 25 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · BYU · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.11Noah Fifita pass complete to Kris Hutson for 14 yds to the BYU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Houston · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Noah Fifita pass complete to Kris Hutson for 15 yds to the HOU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Baylor · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.85(09:04) Shotgun #1 N.Fifita pass complete short left to #4 K.Hutson caught at BAY00, for 2 yards to the BAY00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:59 PENALTY ARIZ UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (#4 K.Hutson) 15 yards from BAY00 to BAY03 #19 M.Salgado-Medina kick attempt good (H: #31 I.Wagner, LS: #41 A.Salerno)
Week 7 · BYU · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Noah Fifita pass complete to Kris Hutson for 10 yds to the BYU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Colorado · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.72(09:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 N.Fifita pass complete short right to #4 K.Hutson caught at COLO37, for 8 yards to the COLO36 (#13 J.Slaughter), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 48-3vs Weber State	2	51	25.5	0	40
Wk 5	L 14-39@ Iowa State	6	67	11.2	1	31
Wk 6	W 41-13vs Oklahoma State	3	38	12.7	0	25
Wk 7	L 27-33vs BYU	9	106	11.8	1	19
Wk 8	L 28-31@ Houston	4	56	14.0	0	18
Wk 10	W 52-17@ Colorado	5	37	7.4	1	12
Wk 11	W 24-20vs Kansas	4	34	8.5	0	13
Wk 12	W 30-24@ Cincinnati	8	123	15.4	0	29
Wk 13	W 41-17vs Baylor	9	133	14.8	1	36	Season-high 133 yds
Wk 14	W 23-7@ Arizona State	7	95	13.6	0	24
Bowl	L 19-24@ SMU	3	24	8.0	0	12
Total		60	764	13.0	4	40

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

Kris Hutson

20203 games

202412 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

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Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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