#82

Shakiem Barbel

Wide receiver for Kansas. 2016: 34 catches, 323 receiving yards.

WR · Kansas · #82

6′3″ · Fresno, CA

Kansas 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 wide receiver for Kansas. 2016: 34 catches, 323 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Kansas, 453 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 94 yds vs TCU.TCU · L 23-242016

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under David Beaty — 2-22 over that span.

2015Kansas0-12HC: David Beaty · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Kansas2-10HC: David Beaty · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (6th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#227 / 524 · 56th pct

Rec yards#335 / 524 · 36th pct

323

Long catch#340 / 524 · 34th pct

Yards / catch#475 / 524 · 9th pct

9.5

Rec TDs#461 / 524 · 6th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.0	39.2	9.1	0.0
Road6g	2.3	21.2	8.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	28.2	8.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	30.3	8.9	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 · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Kansas	34	323	9.5	0	--
2015	Kansas	15	130	8.7	1	--
Career		49	453	9.2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2016

W 24–21

vs Texas

2 rec · 17 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Moos — 39 AVG · 53 LONG · 10 NO · C. Stanley — 220 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 17.5 · 26 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-6vs Rhode Island	2	17	8.5	12
Wk 3	L 7-43@ Memphis	1	4	4.0	4
Wk 5	L 19-55@ Texas Tech	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 6	L 23-24vs TCU	9	94	10.4	32	Season-high 94 yds
Wk 7	L 7-49@ Baylor	2	17	8.5	14
Wk 8	L 20-44vs Oklahoma State	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 9	L 3-56@ Oklahoma	3	21	7.0	12
Wk 10	L 21-48@ West Virginia	5	60	12.0	42
Wk 11	L 24-31vs Iowa State	6	60	10.0	22
Wk 12	W 24-21vs Texas	2	17	8.5	9
Wk 13	L 19-34@ Kansas State	2	16	8.0	9
Total		34	323	8.5	42

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