#15

Keyon Lesane

Senior wide receiver for NC State. 2023: 28 catches, 247 receiving yards.

WR · NC State · Sr. · #15

5′11″ · 202 lb · Lumberton, NC

CFB Index 33 · #404 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceNC State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1170 nationally · Signed with Butler

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for NC State. 2023: 28 catches, 247 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Butler in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at NC State, 785 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 — put up 71 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · W 30-212022

20199 games

Recruited3-star out of Butler

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1170 national

CFB

College

NC State

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dave Doeren — 38-24 over that span.

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #404 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#557 / 639 · 13th pct

8.8

Explosive rate#574 / 639 · 10th pct

4.5%

TD rate#532 / 639 · 8th pct

0.0%

Catch rate#595 / 639 · 7th pct

63.6%

EPA / target#613 / 639 · 4th pct

0.17

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Rush yards#65 / 294 · 78th pct

Receptions#299 / 566 · 46th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Long catch#406 / 566 · 27th pct

Rec yards#436 / 566 · 23rd pct

247

Yards / catch#525 / 566 · 7th pct

8.8

Rec TDs#503 / 566 · 6th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

29th → 4th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 10th percentile

Catch rate

8th → 7th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 8th percentile

Yards / catch

35th → 13th percentile

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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.7	21.3	10.7	0.0
Road6g	2.7	16.3	6.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	1.9	13.5	7.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	27.8	10.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #404 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #404 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	NC State	28	247	8.8	0	--
2022	NC State	31	342	11.0	2	--
2021	NC State	8	66	8.2	0	--
2020	NC State	3	37	12.3	0	--
2019	NC State	13	93	7.2	0	--
Career		83	785	9.5	2	--

Season	Team
2023	NC State	4	31	71	--	--
2022	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	NC State	2	10	--	--	--
2020	NC State	--	--	--	--	--
2019	NC State	5	60	278	--	--
Career		11	101	349	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2023

W 24–17

vs Clemson

2 rec · 24 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With C. Noonkester — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 52 LONG · K. Concepcion — 51 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Duke · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.01MJ Morris pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 15 yds to the DUKE 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Notre Dame · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 15 yds to the NCSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Virginia Tech · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.27Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 13 yds to the NCSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Clemson · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.12MJ Morris pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 12 yds to the NCSU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.03Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 38 yds to the ND 21 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Wake Forest · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.77B.Armstrong pass complete to NCST 27. Catch made by K.Lesane at NCST 27. Gain of 8 yards. Tackled by D.Jones at NCST 35.
Week 13 · North Carolina · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.62Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 5 yds to the UNC 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Carolina · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.24Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 16 yds to the NCSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Keyon Lesane for 17 yds to the UNC 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.04Keyon Lesane run for 8 yds to the NCSU 44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-14@ UConn	2	22	11.0	0	12
Wk 2	L 24-45vs Notre Dame	2	53	26.5	0	38
Wk 3	W 45-7vs VMI	2	8	4.0	0	4
Wk 4	W 24-21@ Virginia	2	2	1.0	0	2
Wk 5	L 10-13vs Louisville	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 6	W 48-41vs Marshall	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	L 3-24@ Duke	6	25	4.2	0	15
Wk 9	W 24-17vs Clemson	2	24	12.0	0	12
Wk 10	W 20-6vs Miami	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	W 26-6@ Wake Forest	4	27	6.8	0	9
Wk 12	W 35-28@ Virginia Tech	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 13	W 39-20vs North Carolina	5	66	13.2	0	21	Season-high 66 yds
Bowl	L 19-28@ Kansas State	—	—	—	—	—
Total		28	247	8.8	0	38

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