Nigel King

Wide receiver for Kansas. 2014: 30 catches, 537 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Kansas · #9

6′3″ · Raleigh, NC

Kansas 2014 alumnus

The story

2014 wide receiver for Kansas. 2014: 30 catches, 537 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Kansas, 537 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 128 yds vs TCU.TCU · L 30-342014

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Kansas3-9HC: Charlie Weis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (91st percentile). Strength: long catch (91st percentile). Concern: rec tds (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#49 / 556 · 91st pct

17.9

Long catch#51 / 556 · 91st pct

Rec yards#180 / 556 · 68th pct

537

Receptions#262 / 556 · 51st pct

Rec TDs#381 / 556 · 22nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	56.8	18.9	0.2
Road5g	2.4	39.2	16.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	32.8	16.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	62.2	18.9	0.2

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 · 2014

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	Kansas	30	537	17.9	1	--
Career		30	537	17.9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2014

W 34–28

vs Southeast Missouri State

1 rec · 19 yds

Edged out Southeast Missouri State at home in a shootout.

With M. Cozart — 196 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 68.6 · -6 rush yds (8 car) · T. Pierson — 44 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 34-28vs Southeast Missouri State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 4	W 24-10vs Central Michigan	3	17	5.7	0	7
Wk 5	L 0-23vs Texas	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 6	L 14-33@ West Virginia	4	52	13.0	0	30
Wk 7	L 20-27vs Oklahoma State	3	50	16.7	0	33
Wk 8	L 21-34@ Texas Tech	2	51	25.5	0	35
Wk 10	L 14-60@ Baylor	4	68	17.0	0	33
Wk 11	W 34-14vs Iowa State	5	101	20.2	0	42
Wk 12	L 30-34vs TCU	5	128	25.6	1	78	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 13	L 7-44@ Oklahoma	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 14	L 13-51@ Kansas State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Total		30	537	17.6	1	78

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