Lawrence Arnold

Former wide receiver at Kansas. 2024: 26 catches, 360 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Kansas · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 200 lb · Desoto, TX

CFB Index 39 · #296 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 693 nationally · Signed with DeSoto

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Kansas. 2024: 26 catches, 360 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to DeSoto in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 2,219 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 132 yds at UNLV.UNLV · W 49-362023

20203 games

Recruited3-star out of DeSoto

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#693 national

CFB

College

Kansas

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Les Miles

Kansas

2021–2024

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #296 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	41.8	13.9	0.0
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #296 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

1 rec · 10 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With J. Daniels — 169 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.0 · 15 rush yds (10 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 47 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Houston · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 40 yds to the HOU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 36 yds to the WVU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Illinois · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 13 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 14 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Lawrence Arnold run for 14 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 9 · Kansas State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 12 yds to the KU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UNLV · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.14Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 11 yds to the KU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Houston · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 23 yds to the KU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.98Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 22 yds to the KU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Lindenwood · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.92Cole Ballard pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Illinois · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.53Jalon Daniels pass complete to Lawrence Arnold for 18 yds to the ILL 33 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Kansas State	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 37-21vs Colorado	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	1	22	22.0	0	22
Total		26	360	13.5	1	40

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

Lawrence Arnold

20203 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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