Kwamie Lassiter II

Senior wide receiver for Kansas. 2021: 59 catches, 653 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Kansas · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 175 lb · Chandler, AZ

CFB Index 60 · #114 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceKansas 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Kansas. 2021: 59 catches, 653 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas, 1,550 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 116 yds vs TCU.TCU · L 23-592020

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

David Beaty

Kansas

2019–2020

Les Miles

Kansas

era →

2021

Lance Leipold

Kansas

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Beaty, Les Miles, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Kansas1-11HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2019Kansas3-9HC: Les Miles · Balanced

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #114 of 468?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (80th percentile). Concern: td rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#428 / 655 · 35th pct

11.2

EPA / target#438 / 655 · 33rd pct

0.52

Explosive rate#449 / 655 · 32nd pct

9.6%

Catch rate#459 / 655 · 30th pct

69.9%

TD rate#475 / 655 · 28th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#71 / 557 · 87th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Rec yards#118 / 557 · 79th pct

653

Long catch#155 / 557 · 72nd pct

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Yards / catch#436 / 557 · 21st pct

11.1

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
Home6g	4.5	44.2	8.5	0.2
Road6g	5.3	64.7	11.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	41.0	10.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	6.3	67.8	10.1	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 · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #114 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Kansas	59	653	11.1	3	--
2020	Kansas	43	458	10.7	2	--
2019	Kansas	34	352	10.4	1	--
2018	Kansas	12	87	7.2	1	--
2017	Kansas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		148	1,550	10.5	7	--

Season	Team
2021	Kansas	--	--	--	108	--
2020	Kansas	--	--	19	-5	--
2019	Kansas	--	--	--	18	--
2018	Kansas	--	--	--	79	--
2017	Kansas	1	-6	--	--	--
Career		1	-6	19	200	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 57–56

at Texas

8 rec · 68 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With J. Daniels — 202 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.1 · 45 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · D. Neal — 143 rush yds (24 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Duke · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +6.46Jason Bean pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 61 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 10 · Kansas State · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Jalon Daniels pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 15 yds for a TD, (Jacob Borcila KICK)
Week 2 · Coastal Carolina · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.23Jason Bean pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 19 yds to the CCaro 44 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · TCU · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Jalon Daniels pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 13 · West Virginia · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Jalon Daniels pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 13 yds Kwamie Lassiter II fumbled, forced by Josh Chandler-Semedo, recovered by Kans Luke Grimm for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Jalon Daniels pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 2 yds for a TD, (Jacob Borcila KICK)
Week 8 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Jason Bean pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 28 yds to the Okla 47 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · TCU · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Jalon Daniels pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 28 yds to the TCU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Coastal Carolina · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.04Jalon Daniels pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 18 yds to the Kans 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.01Miles Kendrick pass complete to Kwamie Lassiter II for 17 yds to the Kans 46 for a 1ST down

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 17-14vs South Dakota	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 2	L 22-49@ Coastal Carolina	7	85	12.1	0	22
Wk 3	L 7-45vs Baylor	2	14	7.0	0	15
Wk 4	L 33-52@ Duke	4	99	24.8	1	61
Wk 5	L 7-59@ Iowa State	3	25	8.3	0	14
Wk 7	L 14-41vs Texas Tech	3	11	3.7	0	10
Wk 8	L 23-35vs Oklahoma	7	101	14.4	0	28	Season-high 101 yds
Wk 9	L 3-55@ Oklahoma State	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 10	L 10-35vs Kansas State	6	82	13.7	1	24
Wk 11	W 57-56@ Texas	8	68	8.5	1	29
Wk 12	L 28-31@ TCU	8	101	12.6	0	28
Wk 13	L 28-34vs West Virginia	7	45	6.4	0	13
Total		59	653	10.2	3	61

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

Kwamie Lassiter II

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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