La'Michael Pettway

Senior wide receiver for Iowa State. 2019: 55 catches, 676 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Iowa State · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 223 lb · Nashville, AR

Iowa State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Iowa State. 2019: 55 catches, 676 receiving yards, 6 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa State, 1,281 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 100 yds vs Texas.Texas · W 23-212019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Arkansas7-6HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas4-8HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2018Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (83rd percentile). Strength: receptions (82nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#77 / 556 · 83rd pct

Receptions#97 / 556 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#122 / 556 · 78th pct

676

Long catch#253 / 556 · 54th pct

Yards / catch#329 / 556 · 40th pct

12.3

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.3	67.4	12.7	0.7
Road5g	3.6	40.8	12.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	51.3	12.6	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	61.3	13.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Iowa State	55	676	12.3	6	--
2018	Arkansas	30	503	16.8	4	--
2017	Arkansas	6	92	15.3	0	--
2016	Arkansas	1	10	10.0	1	--
Career		92	1,281	13.9	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 29–26

vs Northern Iowa

3 rec · 26 yds · 2 TD

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

With B. Purdy — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.7 · -11 rush yds (2 car) · J. Rivera — 38 AVG · 41 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-26vs Northern Iowa	3	26	8.7	2	10	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 17-18vs Iowa	5	83	16.6	1	51
Wk 4	W 72-20vs UL Monroe	4	50	12.5	0	21
Wk 5	L 21-23@ Baylor	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 7	W 38-14@ West Virginia	8	81	10.1	0	20
Wk 8	W 34-24@ Texas Tech	4	41	10.3	1	17
Wk 9	L 27-34vs Oklahoma State	7	63	9.0	0	18
Wk 11	L 41-42@ Oklahoma	2	46	23.0	0	24
Wk 12	W 23-21vs Texas	8	100	12.5	0	22	Season-high 100 yds
Wk 13	W 41-31vs Kansas	6	96	16.0	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 14	L 17-27@ Kansas State	3	22	7.3	0	13
Bowl	L 9-33vs Notre Dame	4	54	13.5	0	18
Total		55	676	12.8	6	51

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