Kyle Sweet

#17 · WR · Sr. · Washington State6′0″ · 190 lb · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Kyle Sweet: WR · Washington State · #17.

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Kyle Sweet

WR · Washington State · Sr · #17

Moves the chains on third down. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at Washington State. A game that shows it: 70 receiving yards and 4 receptions against San José State — Week 2, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Washington State	33	339	10.3	0	27
2017	Washington State	58	533	9.2	2	38
2016	Washington State	27	357	13.2	3	50
2015	Washington State	21	222	10.6	0	36
Career		139	1,451	10.4	5	50

Season	Team
2018	Washington State	--	--	79
2017	Washington State	--	--	--
2016	Washington State	1	5	--
2015	Washington State	--	--	--
Career		1	5	79

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-19@ Wyoming	2	22	11.0	18
Wk 2	W 31-0vs San José State	4	70	17.5	27	Season-high 70 yds
Wk 3	W 59-24vs Eastern Washington	4	44	11.0	16
Wk 4	L 36-39@ USC	2	21	10.5	17
Wk 5	W 28-24vs Utah	6	59	9.8	16
Wk 6	W 56-37@ Oregon State	1	15	15.0	15
Wk 8	W 34-20vs No. 12 Oregon	2	15	7.5	10
Wk 9	W 41-38@ No. 24 Stanford	2	13	6.5	9
Wk 10	W 19-13vs California	2	17	8.5	12
Wk 11	W 31-7@ Colorado	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 12	W 69-28vs Arizona	4	36	9.0	14
Wk 13	L 15-28vs No. 16 Washington	3	19	6.3	8
Total		33	339	10.3	27

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

W 28-24

vs Utah

6 rec · 59 yds

A close one, won by 4 at home.

With G. Minshew — 445 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · O. Draguicevich — 48 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Wyoming · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 18 yds to the Wyom 44 for a
Week 2 · San José State · 4th and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 22 yds to the SJSt 12 for a
Week 6 · Oregon State · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.47Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 15 yds to the WshSt 44 for a
Week 5 · Utah · 4th and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.35Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 6 yds to the Utah 35 for a
Week 3 · Eastern Washington · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.99Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 12 yds to the WshSt 42 for a
Week 3 · Eastern Washington · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.99Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 16 yds to the EWash 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · San José State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.74Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 27 yds to the WshSt 37 for a
Week 9 · Stanford · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.66Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 9 yds to the Stanf 46 for a
Week 2 · San José State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.64Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 19 yds to the SJSt 44 for a
Week 5 · Utah · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.36Gardner Minshew pass complete to Kyle Sweet for 4 yds to the WshSt 37 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Mike Leach — 37-15 over that span.

2015Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2016Washington State8-5HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Washington State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2018Washington State11-2HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#413 / 702 · 41st pct

66.0%

Yards / catch#507 / 702 · 28th pct

10.3

EPA / target#533 / 702 · 24th pct

0.33

Explosive rate#634 / 702 · 9th pct

4.0%

TD rate#580 / 702 · 9th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Receptions#237 / 550 · 56th pct

Rec yards#328 / 550 · 40th pct

339

Yards / catch#444 / 550 · 19th pct

10.3

Long catch#484 / 550 · 11th pct

Rec TDs#476 / 550 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

38th → 24th percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 9th percentile

Catch rate

69th → 41st percentile

TD rate

28th → 9th percentile

Yards / catch

17th → 28th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.6	37.1	9.9	0.0
Road5g	1.6	15.8	10.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	38.5	12.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	18.0	7.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Mike Leach

Pass share

71.6%

677 pass / 268 run

Plays / game

72.7

13 games

Team sack rate

1.9%

697 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

33 catches in 12 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Kyle Sweet

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Signature game

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Awards

33 catches in 12 games

Four seasons at Washington State