Lawrence Cager

#15 · WR · Sr. · Georgia6′5″ · 220 lb · Towson, MD · Calvert Hall College

Lawrence Cager: WR · Georgia · #15.

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Lawrence Cager

WR · Georgia · Sr · #15

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Al Golden, Mark Richt and Kirby Smart. One game to point at: 132 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Florida — Week 10, 2019.

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.

Georgia in the news

Chauncey Bowens out for GeorgiaOct 30
June Jones dies at 73Oct 29
2027 QB Bo Bryan commits to GeorgiaOct 26
Luke Bryan's son commits to GeorgiaSporting News Oct 26

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Georgia	33	476	14.4	4	52
2018	Miami	21	374	17.8	6	36
2017	Miami	16	237	14.8	3	38
2015	Miami	8	70	8.8	1	13
Career		78	1,157	14.8	14	52

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-6@ Vanderbilt	2	41	20.5	0	38
Wk 3	W 55-0vs Arkansas State	3	16	5.3	1	6
Wk 4	W 23-17vs No. 7 Notre Dame	5	82	16.4	1	36
Wk 6	W 43-14@ Tennessee	5	58	11.6	1	21
Wk 7	L 17-20vs South Carolina	4	48	12.0	0	18
Wk 10	W 24-17vs No. 6 Florida	7	132	18.9	1	52	Season-high 132 yds
Wk 11	W 27-0vs Missouri	6	93	15.5	0	32
Wk 12	W 21-14@ No. 13 Auburn	1	6	6.0	0	6
Total		33	476	14.4	4	52

Signature game

Week 10 · 2019

W 24-17

vs Florida · neutral site

7 rec · 132 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 7 at a neutral site.

With J. Fromm — 279 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 12 rush yds (3 car) · D. Swift — 86 rush yds (25 car) · 1 rec · 24 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.01Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 52 yds for a TD, (Jake Fromm pass to Lawrence Cager for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 11 · Missouri · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 32 yds to the Misso 24 for a
Week 10 · Florida · 3rd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 15 yds to the Fla 49 for a
Week 4 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 15 yds for a TD, (Rodrigo Blankenship KICK)
Week 7 · South Carolina · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.93Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 12 yds to the SCaro 49 for a
Week 7 · South Carolina · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 18 yds to the SCaro 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Missouri · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 30 yds to the Misso 30 for a
Week 4 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 36 yds to the NDame 18 for a
Week 3 · Arkansas State · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 5 yds for a TD, (Rodrigo Blankenship KICK)
Week 11 · Missouri · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Jake Fromm pass complete to Lawrence Cager for 16 yds to the Misso 28 for a

Teams and coaches

2015Miami8-5HC: Al Golden · Balanced

2017Miami10-3HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2018Miami7-6HC: Mark Richt · Run-leaning

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (95th percentile). Strength: catch rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#38 / 728 · 95th pct

1.00

Catch rate#67 / 728 · 91st pct

82.5%

TD rate#104 / 728 · 85th pct

10.0%

Explosive rate#160 / 728 · 78th pct

17.5%

Yards / catch#194 / 728 · 73rd pct

14.4

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#164 / 556 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#193 / 556 · 65th pct

14.4

Rec yards#232 / 556 · 58th pct

476

Long catch#244 / 556 · 55th pct

Receptions#247 / 556 · 55th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

88th → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 78th percentile

Catch rate

4th → 91st percentile

TD rate

90th → 85th percentile

Yards / catch

96th → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.5	59.8	12.3	0.5
Road3g	2.7	35.0	12.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	49.0	13.2	0.6
Weeks 8+3g	4.7	77.0	13.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

Pass share

45.0%

414 pass / 505 run

Plays / game

65.6

14 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

444 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

33 catches in 8 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Lawrence Cager

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

33 catches in 8 games

Five seasons, two schools

2015 5 games