Kyren Lacy

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2024: 58 catches, 866 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · LSU · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 213 lb · Thibodaux, LA

CFB Index 74 · #50 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLSU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1080 nationally · Signed with Thibodaux

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2024: 58 catches, 866 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Thibodaux in 2020.
Transferred from Louisiana to LSU in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at LSU, 2,360 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 106 yds at Texas A&M.Texas A&M · L 23-382024

202010 games

Recruited3-star out of Thibodaux

202211 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1080 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

2022–2024

Brian Kelly

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #50 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#131 / 610 · 79th pct

14.7

Explosive rate#217 / 610 · 65th pct

17.3%

TD rate#301 / 610 · 51st pct

6.2%

EPA / target#394 / 610 · 35th pct

0.74

Catch rate#601 / 610 · 1st pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#19 / 541 · 95th pct

Rec yards#52 / 541 · 90th pct

866

Receptions#69 / 541 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#162 / 541 · 70th pct

14.9

Long catch#426 / 541 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

99th → 65th percentile

Catch rate

19th → 1st percentile

TD rate

96th → 51st percentile

Yards / catch

97th → 79th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.9	75.6	15.2	1.0
Road4g	4.8	65.2	14.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	77.2	15.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	67.2	14.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #50 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #50 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	LSU	58	866	14.9	9	--
2023	LSU	30	558	18.6	7	--
2022	LSU	24	268	11.2	0	--
2021	Louisiana	22	304	13.8	6	--
2020	Louisiana	28	364	13.0	4	--
Career		162	2,360	14.6	26	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 29–26

vs Ole Miss

5 rec · 111 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With G. Nussmeier — 337 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 73.0 · 16 rush yds (2 car) · P. Todd — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Florida · 3&20 · Q4 · EPA +3.46Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 24 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Ole Miss · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 18 yds to the MISS 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Texas A&M · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 33 yds to the LSU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 18 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 5 · South Alabama · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 25 yds to the USA 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Alabama · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 28 yds to the ALA 39 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Alabama · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 12 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 5 · South Alabama · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 15 yds to the LSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Nicholls · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Kyren Lacy 32 Yd pass from Garrett Nussmeier (Damian Ramos Kick)
Week 9 · Texas A&M · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Garrett Nussmeier pass complete to Kyren Lacy for 21 yds to the TA&M 28 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-27vs USC	7	94	13.4	1	26
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Nicholls	5	65	13.0	3	32	3 TD catches
Wk 3	W 36-33@ South Carolina	5	63	12.6	1	29
Wk 4	W 34-17vs UCLA	3	23	7.7	0	17
Wk 5	W 42-10vs South Alabama	5	107	21.4	0	35
Wk 7	W 29-26vs Ole Miss	5	111	22.2	1	28	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 8	W 34-10@ Arkansas	6	49	8.2	0	11
Wk 9	L 23-38@ Texas A&M	5	106	21.2	0	33
Wk 11	L 13-42vs Alabama	5	79	15.8	1	28
Wk 12	L 16-27@ Florida	3	43	14.3	0	24
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Vanderbilt	6	85	14.2	1	30
Wk 14	W 37-17vs Oklahoma	3	41	13.7	1	18
Total		58	866	14.8	9	35