#85

Kade Warner

Senior wide receiver for Kansas State. 2022: 46 catches, 456 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Kansas State · Sr. · #85

6′1″ · 204 lb · Scottsdale, AZ

CFB Index 50 · #213 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceKansas State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Kansas State. 2022: 46 catches, 456 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Desert Mountain in 2017.
Transferred from Nebraska to Kansas State in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 4117 nationally · Signed with Desert Mountain

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas State, 852 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Oklahoma State.Oklahoma State · W 48-02022

2017

Recruited2-star out of Desert Mountain

20217 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#4117 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

2019–2022

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

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

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

2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #213 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#229 / 636 · 64th pct

8.1%

Catch rate#438 / 636 · 31st pct

72.6%

Explosive rate#439 / 636 · 31st pct

9.7%

EPA / target#490 / 636 · 23rd pct

0.44

Yards / catch#501 / 636 · 21st pct

9.9

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Receptions#146 / 550 · 73rd pct

Rush yards#83 / 275 · 69th pct

Rec yards#246 / 550 · 55th pct

456

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Long catch#363 / 550 · 33rd pct

Yards / catch#480 / 550 · 12th pct

9.9

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.5	40.8	10.6	0.5
Road5g	3.6	26.0	8.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	30.2	8.8	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.9	39.3	10.8	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #213 of 488 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #213 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	46	456	9.9	5	--
2021	Kansas State	14	166	11.9	0	--
2020	Nebraska	4	34	8.5	0	--
2019	Nebraska	8	101	12.6	0	--
2018	Nebraska	17	95	5.6	0	--
Career		89	852	9.6	5	--

Season	Team
2022	Kansas State	3	21	--	--	--
2021	Kansas State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Nebraska	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Nebraska	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Nebraska	1	4	--	--	--
Career		4	25	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2022

W 31–28

at TCU

5 rec · 22 yds

Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.

With T. Zentner — 31 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS · M. Knowles — 48 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 4&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.87Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for 38 yds for a TD, (Ty Zentner KICK)
Week 9 · Oklahoma State · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.90Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for 41 yds for a TD, (Ty Zentner KICK)
Week 10 · Texas · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Adrian Martinez pass complete to Kade Warner for 25 yds for a TD, (Ty Zentner KICK)
Week 8 · TCU · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for 28 yds for a TD, (Chris Tennant KICK)
Week 1 · Alabama · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for 12 yds to the KanSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Adrian Martinez pass complete to Kade Warner for 21 yds for a TD, (Ty Zentner KICK)
Week 8 · TCU · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.18Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for 12 yds to the KanSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +1.99Adrian Martinez pass complete to Kade Warner for 13 yds to the KanSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.79Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for a loss of 3 yards to the KanSt 43
Week 1 · Alabama · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +1.79Will Howard pass complete to Kade Warner for 13 yds to the Alab 31

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs South Dakota	3	10	3.3	0	6
Wk 2	W 40-12vs Missouri	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	L 10-17vs Tulane	4	46	11.5	1	21
Wk 4	W 41-34@ Oklahoma	3	26	8.7	0	16
Wk 5	W 37-28vs Texas Tech	3	47	15.7	0	20
Wk 8	L 28-38@ TCU	2	40	20.0	1	28
Wk 9	W 48-0vs Oklahoma State	5	97	19.4	2	41	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 10	L 27-34vs Texas	5	52	10.4	1	25
Wk 11	W 31-3@ Baylor	4	26	6.5	0	17
Wk 12	W 48-31@ West Virginia	4	16	4.0	0	8
Wk 13	W 47-27vs Kansas	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 14	W 31-28@ TCU	5	22	4.4	0	7
Bowl	L 20-45vs Alabama	5	48	9.6	0	13
Total		46	456	9.9	5	41