#11

Steven Sims Jr.

Senior wide receiver for Kansas. 2018: 53 catches, 535 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Kansas · Sr. · #11

5′10″ · 176 lb · Houston, TX

Kansas 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Kansas. 2018: 53 catches, 535 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kansas, 2,582 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 233 yds vs Kansas State.Kansas State · L 20-302017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

David Beaty

Kansas

Played his entire career under David Beaty.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Beaty — 6-42 over that span.

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

2016Kansas2-10HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2017Kansas1-11HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: yards / catch (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#102 / 550 · 81st pct

Long catch#132 / 550 · 75th pct

Rush yards#82 / 277 · 71st pct

Rec TDs#169 / 550 · 65th pct

Rec yards#194 / 550 · 65th pct

535

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#464 / 550 · 15th pct

10.1

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.0	41.8	8.9	0.3
Road6g	3.8	47.3	12.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	37.3	8.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	51.8	12.7	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 · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Kansas	53	535	10.1	4	--
2017	Kansas	59	839	14.2	6	--
2016	Kansas	72	859	11.9	7	--
2015	Kansas	30	349	11.6	2	--
Career		214	2,582	12.1	19	--

Season	Team
2018	Kansas	2	29	155	-5	--
2017	Kansas	5	5	355	61	--
2016	Kansas	2	-9	5	--	--
2015	Kansas	1	-9	49	--	--
Career		10	16	564	56	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 27–26

vs TCU

2 rec · 27 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With P. Williams Jr. — 33 rush yds (11 car) · P. Bender — 249 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 23-26vs Nicholls	4	29	7.3	1	10
Wk 2	W 31-7@ Central Michigan	4	30	7.5	0	11
Wk 3	W 55-14vs Rutgers	2	22	11.0	0	11
Wk 4	L 7-26@ Baylor	3	47	15.7	0	37
Wk 5	L 28-48vs Oklahoma State	10	89	8.9	1	31
Wk 6	L 22-38@ West Virginia	3	7	2.3	0	12
Wk 8	L 16-48@ Texas Tech	2	38	19.0	1	30
Wk 9	W 27-26vs TCU	2	27	13.5	0	20
Wk 10	L 3-27vs Iowa State	7	71	10.1	0	20
Wk 11	L 17-21@ Kansas State	5	113	22.6	1	65	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 12	L 40-55@ Oklahoma	6	49	8.2	0	13
Wk 13	L 17-24vs Texas	5	13	2.6	0	6
Total		53	535	10.7	4	65

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