Nick Kurtz

Wide receiver for BYU. 2016: 49 catches, 541 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · BYU · #5

6′6″ · El Cajon, CA

BYU 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 41 nationally · Joined BYU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for BYU. 2016: 49 catches, 541 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at BYU, 1,119 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 123 yds at Nebraska.Nebraska · W 33-282015

2014

Signed with BYU3-star out of Grossmont College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#41 national

CFB

College

BYU

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2016

2 coaches

2015

Bronco Mendenhall

BYU

2016

Kalani Sitake

BYU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Kalani Sitake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015BYU9-4HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2016BYU9-4HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (82nd percentile). Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 216 · 82nd pct

Receptions#118 / 524 · 77th pct

Rec yards#185 / 524 · 65th pct

541

Rec TDs#266 / 524 · 41st pct

Long catch#367 / 524 · 29th pct

Yards / catch#414 / 524 · 21st pct

11.0

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.4	56.8	10.5	0.4
Road7g	3.1	36.7	11.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	50.4	11.7	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	37.6	9.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	BYU	49	541	11.0	2	--
2015	BYU	39	578	14.8	3	--
Career		88	1,119	12.7	5	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 18-16@ Arizona	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 2	L 19-20@ Utah	3	35	11.7	0	19
Wk 3	L 14-17vs UCLA	8	83	10.4	1	23	Season-high 83 yds
Wk 4	L 32-35@ West Virginia	6	78	13.0	0	29
Wk 6	W 31-14@ Michigan State	3	27	9.0	0	18
Wk 7	W 28-21vs Mississippi State	7	62	8.9	0	18
Wk 8	L 27-28@ Boise State	2	16	8.0	0	11
Wk 10	W 20-3@ Cincinnati	4	33	8.3	0	11
Wk 11	W 37-7vs Southern Utah	5	69	13.8	1	31
Wk 12	W 51-9vs Massachusetts	3	20	6.7	0	8
Wk 13	W 28-10vs Utah State	4	50	12.5	0	35
Bowl	W 24-21@ Wyoming	3	59	19.7	0	39
Total		49	541	10.9	2	39

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