#11

Luke Grimm

Former wide receiver at Kansas. 2024: 51 catches, 690 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Kansas · Sr. · #11

6′0″ · 195 lb · Raymore, MO

CFB Index 67 · #94 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceKansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1941 nationally · Signed with Kansas

Statement game4 rec · 160 yds · 3 TDvs UNLV (FBS) · W 49-36

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

GRIMMr/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Kansas. 2024: 51 catches, 690 receiving yards, 6 TD.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 2,472 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 167 yds at Arkansas.Arkansas · L 53-552022

20205 games

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Raymore-Peculiar

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1941 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

67Quality starter #94 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#188 / 610 · 69th pct

8.6%

EPA / target#191 / 610 · 69th pct

1.03

Explosive rate#270 / 610 · 56th pct

15.5%

Yards / catch#307 / 610 · 50th pct

11.8

Catch rate#444 / 610 · 27th pct

84.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#10 / 299 · 97th pct

135

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Long catch#81 / 541 · 84th pct

Receptions#110 / 541 · 79th pct

Rec yards#117 / 541 · 78th pct

690

Yards / catch#238 / 541 · 56th pct

13.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

48th → 69th percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 56th percentile

Catch rate

11th → 27th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 69th percentile

Yards / catch

70th → 50th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.7	53.7	15.1	0.5
Road6g	4.8	61.3	14.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	59.0	10.7	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	56.0	19.3	0.3

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

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #94 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	51	690	13.5	6	--
2023	Kansas	33	555	16.8	6	--
2022	Kansas	52	623	12.0	6	--
2021	Kansas	22	349	15.9	3	--
2020	Kansas	19	255	13.4	2	--
Career		177	2,472	14.0	23	--

Season	Team
2024	Kansas	11	135	--	29	--
2023	Kansas	1	-6	--	13	--
2022	Kansas	--	--	--	-3	--
2021	Kansas	--	--	27	--	--
2020	Kansas	3	10	--	--	--
Career		15	139	27	39	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2024

W 17–13

at BYU

-1 rush yds (1 car)

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 11 · Iowa State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.13Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 70 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 1 · Lindenwood · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +5.64Luke Grimm 58 Yd pass from Jalon Daniels (Tabor Allen Kick)
Week 5 · TCU · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 33 yds to the TCU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.34Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 48 yds to the BAY 27 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · West Virginia · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.29Luke Grimm run for 32 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 9 · Kansas State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 10 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 4 · West Virginia · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 7 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)
Week 12 · BYU · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 27 yds to the BYU 6 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · BYU · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 17 yds to the BYU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · TCU · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Jalon Daniels pass complete to Luke Grimm for 15 yds for a TD (Tabor Allen KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Lindenwood	6	111	18.5	1	58	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 2	L 17-23@ Illinois	9	40	4.4	1	10
Wk 3	L 20-23vs UNLV	3	6	2.0	0	10
Wk 4	L 28-32@ West Virginia	6	75	12.5	1	22
Wk 5	L 27-38vs TCU	6	85	14.2	1	33
Wk 6	L 31-35@ Arizona State	3	37	12.3	0	21
Wk 8	W 42-14vs Houston	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 9	L 27-29@ Kansas State	4	66	16.5	1	42
Wk 11	W 45-36vs Iowa State	2	76	38.0	1	70
Wk 12	W 17-13@ BYU	4	77	19.3	0	27
Wk 13	W 37-21vs Colorado	4	35	8.8	0	13
Wk 14	L 17-45@ Baylor	3	73	24.3	0	48
Total		51	690	15.0	6	70

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

Luke Grimm

20205 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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