Lawrence Arnold

#2 · WR · Sr. · Kansas6′3″ · 200 lb · Desoto, TX

Lawrence Arnold: WR · Kansas · #2.

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Lawrence Arnold

WR · Kansas · Sr · #2

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Kansas. On tape: 80 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Houston, Week 8, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Kansas in the news

Baylor fires Dave ArandaKSN.com Oct 25
Kansas beats Baylor ending streakOct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Kansas	26	360	13.8	1	40
2023	Kansas	44	782	17.8	6	80
2022	Kansas	44	716	16.3	4	60
2021	Kansas	27	316	11.7	3	37
2020	Kansas	6	45	7.5	0	13
Career		147	2,219	15.1	14	80

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	2	28
2023	Kansas	1	10
2022	Kansas	--	--
2021	Kansas	--	--
2020	Kansas	--	--
Career		3	38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Lindenwood	2	29	14.5	0	22
Wk 2	L 17-23@ Illinois	4	44	11.0	1	18
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	4	58	14.5	0	29
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	2	46	23.0	0	36
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	3	32	10.7	0	13
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	4	80	20.0	0	40	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 9	L 27-29@ No. 16 Kansas State	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 12	W 17-13@ No. 7 BYU	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 37-21vs No. 16 Colorado	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	1	22	22.0	0	22
Total		26	360	13.8	1	40

Signature game

Week 2 · 2024

L 17-23

at Illinois

4 rec · 44 yds · 1 TD

With J. Daniels — 141 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · QBR 32.4 · 35 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 54.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 58 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Houston · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 40 yds to the HOU 38 for a
Week 4 · West Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 36 yds to the WVU 39 for a
Week 2 · Illinois · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 13 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 14 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Lawrence Arnold run for 14 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 9 · Kansas State · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 12 yds to the KU 43 for a
Week 3 · UNLV · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.14Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 11 yds to the KU 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 23 yds to the KU 48 for a
Week 14 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 22 yds to the KU 47 for a
Week 1 · Lindenwood · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.92Cole Ballard pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for a
Week 2 · Illinois · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.53Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 18 yds to the ILL 33 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 39 (#296 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

39Below cohort / limited sample #296 of 466 · 2024?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: rec tds (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#142 / 610 · 77th pct

1.13

Explosive rate#187 / 610 · 69th pct

18.5%

Yards / catch#203 / 610 · 67th pct

13.2

Catch rate#226 / 610 · 63rd pct

92.6%

TD rate#418 / 610 · 31st pct

3.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Rush yards#80 / 299 · 73rd pct

Yards / catch#224 / 541 · 58th pct

13.8

Rec yards#305 / 541 · 44th pct

360

Receptions#313 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#376 / 541 · 29th pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

88th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 69th percentile

Catch rate

37th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

39th → 31st percentile

Yards / catch

92nd → 67th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Road6g	2.0	25.2	13.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	35.7	13.1	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	29.2	14.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Pass share

40.7%

306 pass / 446 run

Plays / game

62.7

12 games

Team sack rate

2.5%

317 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

26 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

39 · #296 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #296 at the position.

Lawrence Arnold

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Style of play

Fans

Kansas in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

26 catches and 2 carries in 11 games

Five seasons at Kansas

2020 3 games