Lance LeGendre

Former wide receiver at Louisiana. 2024: 49 catches, 826 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Louisiana · Sr. · #9

6′2″ · 218 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 71 · #67 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLouisiana 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 293 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Louisiana. 2024: 49 catches, 826 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Maryland in 2019.
Transferred from Maryland to Louisiana in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisiana, 960 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20193 games

Signed with Maryland4-star out of Warren Easton

2021

Entered the portal

202414 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#293 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

Billy Napier

Louisiana

2022

Michael Desormeaux

Louisiana

era →

2024

Michael Desormeaux

Louisiana

Coaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

71Quality starter #67 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#18 / 610 · 97th pct

32.1%

Yards / catch#60 / 610 · 90th pct

16.7

EPA / target#74 / 610 · 88th pct

1.27

TD rate#99 / 610 · 84th pct

11.3%

Catch rate#289 / 610 · 53rd pct

90.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#65 / 541 · 88th pct

826

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Yards / catch#88 / 541 · 84th pct

16.9

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Receptions#121 / 541 · 77th pct

Long catch#279 / 541 · 48th pct

Rush yards#164 / 299 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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 · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	67.1	15.9	0.1
Road7g	2.7	50.9	18.8	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	47.7	16.5	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	70.3	18.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

71 · #67 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #67 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Louisiana	49	826	16.9	6	--
2022	Louisiana	11	134	12.2	1	--
2020	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
Career		60	960	16.0	7	--

Season	Team
2024	Louisiana	1	10	--	--	--
2022	Louisiana	2	13	11	--	--
2020	Maryland	6	-11	--	--	--
2019	Maryland	13	105	--	--	--
Career		22	117	11	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 23–17

at Texas State

3 rec · 76 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Wooldridge — 252 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.0 · 39 rush yds (8 car) · D. Washington — 94 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Wake Forest · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.76Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 48 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.60Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 26 yds to the CCU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 33 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 13 · Troy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Chandler Fields pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 44 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 15 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.31Chandler Fields pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 47 yds to the MRSH 28 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas State · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 28 yds to the TXST 24 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.98Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 37 yds to the TXST 38 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · UL Monroe · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Chandler Fields pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 6 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 6 · Southern Miss · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 17 yds to the UL 46 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 20 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-10vs Grambling	2	23	11.5	0	19
Wk 2	W 34-10@ Kennesaw State	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 4	L 33-41vs Tulane	3	57	19.0	0	24
Wk 5	W 41-38@ Wake Forest	6	123	20.5	2	48	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 6	W 23-13@ Southern Miss	2	32	16.0	1	17
Wk 7	W 34-24vs App State	4	67	16.8	0	28
Wk 8	W 34-24@ Coastal Carolina	2	59	29.5	1	33
Wk 10	W 23-17@ Texas State	3	76	25.3	0	37
Wk 11	W 55-19vs Arkansas State	4	58	14.5	0	22
Wk 12	L 22-24vs South Alabama	7	75	10.7	0	21
Wk 13	W 51-30vs Troy	6	109	18.2	1	44
Wk 14	W 37-23@ UL Monroe	4	34	8.5	1	15
Wk 15	L 3-31vs Marshall	4	81	20.3	0	47
Bowl	L 3-34@ TCU	1	12	12.0	0	12
Total		49	826	17.3	6	48

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

Lance LeGendre

20193 games

2021

202414 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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