Senior wide receiver for Penn State. 2025: 23 catches, 288 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Duarte, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
23 catches · 2 TD · 12.5 per catch
Best game: 6 rec, 89 yds, 1 TD, vs Nevada
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Penn State. 2025: 23 catches, 288 receiving yards, 2 TD.
His career, year by yearKyron Ware-Hudson
Moves the chains on third down. Kyron Ware-Hudson has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 89 rec yds, 6 receptions against Nevada — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Concern: catch rate (19th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 32.5 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 43.6 | 11.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #50 of 61 Big Ten WRs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 23 | 288 | 12.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | USC | 38 | 462 | 12.2 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | USC | 17 | 189 | 11.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | USC | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 80 | 943 | 11.8 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | USC | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | USC | -- | -- | -- | 13 | -- |
| 2021 | USC | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | -- | 13 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-11vs Nevada | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 1 | 31 | Season-high 89 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 34-0vs Florida International | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-6vs Villanova | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-42@ UCLA | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-22vs Northwestern | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Ohio State | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs Indiana | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-10vs Nebraska | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-36@ Rutgers | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 23 | 288 | 13.9 | 2 | 31 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Penn State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Penn State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Penn State · Last season: 7-6 (AP #7) · Talent rank #26 · 2026 recruiting class #65
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dillon Bell’s 2025 season.
Matches Dillon on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hunter Long’s path through Boston College.
Taylor Grimes
Jalen McDonald
Matches Hunter on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dillon Bell's senior season at Georgia (2025).
Matches Dillon on
Player DNA