Wan'Dale Robinson

Former wide receiver at Kentucky. 2021: 104 catches, 1,334 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Kentucky · Jr. · #1

5′11″ · 185 lb · Frankfort, KY

CFB Index 91 · #11 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNew York — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 11, #43 overall

Recruiting

4★

APB recruit

No. 87 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

Statement game13 rec · 166 yds · 1 TDvs Tennessee (FBS) · L 42-45

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Kentucky. 2021: 104 catches, 1,334 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2019.
Transferred from Nebraska to Kentucky in 2021.
Drafted round 2 by the New York in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kentucky, 2,248 receiving yards — drafted at #43 overall by New York.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201910 games

Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Western Hills

202112 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

2022

Drafted by New Yorkround 2, pick 43

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#87 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #43

New York · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

#43Rd 2 · Pick 11

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Nebraska5-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-heavy

2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2021Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

91All-America level #11 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#282 / 655 · 56th pct

14.3%

Yards / catch#301 / 655 · 54th pct

12.9

Catch rate#356 / 655 · 45th pct

74.3%

EPA / target#372 / 655 · 43rd pct

0.60

TD rate#367 / 655 · 43rd pct

5.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#3 / 557 · 100th pct

104

Rec yards#11 / 557 · 98th pct

1334

Long catch#27 / 557 · 95th pct

Rush yards#17 / 273 · 94th pct

111

Rec TDs#51 / 557 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#305 / 557 · 44th pct

12.8

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	7.3	116	16.9	0.7
Road5g	8.6	71.0	8.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.0	80.9	13.6	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	9.0	120	13.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #11 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #11 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Kentucky	104	1,334	12.8	7	--
2020	Nebraska	51	461	9.0	1	--
2019	Nebraska	40	453	11.3	2	--
Career		195	2,248	11.5	10	--

Season	Team
2021	Kentucky	7	111	--	20	--
2020	Nebraska	46	240	--	-5	--
2019	Nebraska	88	340	236	--	--
Career		141	691	236	15	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 28–23

vs Chattanooga

8 rec · 111 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With W. Levis — 254 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 46.4 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · C. Goodfellow — 50 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.85Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 79 yds to the NMxSt 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Iowa · 3&26 · Q2 · EPA +4.50Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 34 yds to the Iowa 20 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Iowa · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.31Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 52 yds to the Iowa 1 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Missouri · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +4.05Wan'Dale Robinson run for 64 yds to the Misso 8 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Missouri · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.93Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 33 yds to the Misso 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.79Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 62 yds to the LaMon 18 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Tennessee · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 31 yds to the Tenn 23 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 15 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 5 · Florida · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 41 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Will Levis pass complete to Wan'Dale Robinson for 33 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs UL Monroe	5	125	25.0	2	62	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 35-28vs Missouri	5	101	20.2	0	49
Wk 3	W 28-23vs Chattanooga	8	111	13.9	0	39
Wk 4	W 16-10@ South Carolina	7	65	9.3	0	17
Wk 5	W 20-13vs Florida	4	65	16.3	1	41
Wk 6	W 42-21vs LSU	8	60	7.5	1	16
Wk 7	L 13-30@ Georgia	12	39	3.3	1	14
Wk 9	L 17-31@ Mississippi State	9	79	8.8	0	21
Wk 10	L 42-45vs Tennessee	13	166	12.8	1	31	166-yard receiving day
Wk 11	W 34-17@ Vanderbilt	6	75	12.5	1	39
Wk 12	W 56-16vs New Mexico State	8	181	22.6	0	79	Season-high 181 yds
Wk 13	W 52-21@ Louisville	9	97	10.8	0	27
Total		94	1164	13.6	7	79

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

Wan'Dale Robinson

201910 games

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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