Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
#24
Kyler Pearson
Senior wide receiver on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
5′8″ · 168 lb · Tulsa, OK · Union
Returning to East Carolina for 2026
Recruiting
3★
WR recruit
No. 2739 nationally · Signed with Kansas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2020.
Kyler Pearson
Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Les Miles, Lance Leipold, Mike Gundy and Blake Harrell.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
20203 games
- Signed with Kansas3-star out of Union
2022
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coaches2020–2021
East Carolina
2024
East Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning
2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning
2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | East Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 3 | 32 | 59 | 83 | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | -- | -- | 294 | 56 | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas | -- | -- | 50 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas | -- | -- | 83 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 32 | 486 | 141 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
East Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · East Carolina
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 East Carolina player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (24 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #94
Background
Played in 32 career games where he has earned three varsity letters (1/Kansas, 1/Oklahoma State, 1 East Carolina) … Tallied 671 all-purpose yards (32 rush, 7 receiving, 146 punt return, 486 kickoff return) averaging 21.0 yards per contest … Rushed one time for a 32-yard touchdown on a fake punt a...
The receiver room · East Carolina
- #10Brock Spalding554 receiving yards · 2025
- #7Landon Sides449 receiving yards · 2025
- #2Tyler Johnson72 receiving yards · 2025
- #11Jeremiah Melvin39 receiving yards · 2025
- Kyler Pearson2 games · 2026
12 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology