Senior wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Houston, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2026
14 catches · 2 TD · 17.1 per catch
3 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 10 rec · 178 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game. -- Best game: 7 rec, 78 yds, 1 TD, at Florida State
The play that turned itSwung New Mexico State from 34% to 95% to win.New Mexico State at UTEP · 34-31
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Tyler King
Beats you over the top. Tyler King has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. 2024 brought the first one: All-Mountain West. The receipt on tape: 94 rec yds, 3 receptions against Mercyhurst, Week 1, 2026.
239 REC YDS · 14 REC · 2 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jerry Kill → Tony Sanchez. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (87th percentile). Strength: rec yards (84th percentile). Concern: catch rate (13th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 94.0 | 31.3 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 5.5 | 72.5 | 13.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.7 | 79.7 | 19.7 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #13 of 52 Conference USA WRs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State | 14 | 239 | 17.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | New Mexico State | 41 | 588 | 14.3 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Wyoming | 17 | 236 | 13.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 72 | 1,063 | 14.8 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State | 1 | 2 | 44 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | New Mexico State | 8 | 18 | 195 | 60 | -- |
| 2024 | Wyoming | 13 | 100 | 422 | -1 | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 23 | 124 | 661 | 60 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 51–14
vs Mercyhurst
3 rec · 94 yds
Dominant 37-point win at home against Mercyhurst.
With T. Washington Jr. — 43 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · T. Hedden — 253 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 36.8 · -7 rush yds (3 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Florida State | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 1 | 34 | Season-high 94 yds |
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs Mercyhurst | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | 46 | Season-high 94 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 19-29@ Hawai'i | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | 33 | |
| Total | 14 | 239 | 19.7 | 2 | 46 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
New Mexico State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · New Mexico State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #135 · 2026 recruiting class #134
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Devin Lauderdale’s 2015 season.
Matches Devin on
Differs from Devin on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Grahm Goering’s path through South Dakota State.
Matches Grahm on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to DJ Stubbs's senior season at Liberty (2021).
Matches DJ on
Differs from DJ on
Player DNA
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