Allen Lazard in the NFL, 2022
In the NFL, 2022. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Iowa State, 2014–⁠17

Allen Lazard

Number
No. 5
Height
6′5″
Weight
222 lb
Hometown
Urbandale, IA
Born
Dec 11, 1995, in Urbandale, Iowa

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Allen Lazard played receiver at Iowa State (2014–⁠17).

Career highs

10catches, career hightwice; last at Memphis, 2017147receiving yards, career highvs. TCU, 20152receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Oklahoma State, 2017

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014*Iowa State4559313.2348
2015Iowa State5680814.4674
2016Iowa State691,01814.8767
2017Iowa State7194113.31036
Career2413,36013.92674

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2015Iowa State112140
2016Iowa State8−10
2017Iowa State200
Career212130

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2014Iowa State5WR
2015Iowa State5WR
2016Iowa State5WR
2017Iowa State5WR6′5″222

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Iowa State800.3930th (n=496)0.5231.39%
2015Iowa State880.7684th (n=465)0.5367.011%
2016Iowa State1110.8287th (n=489)0.5290.813%
2017Iowa State1230.5455th (n=507)0.5266.613%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Iowa State 13 games, 71 catches, 941 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2vs.Northern IowaW 42–⁠248108024
Sep 9vs.IowaL 41–⁠44623210
Sep 16atAkronW 41–⁠14547117
Sep 28vs.TexasL 7–⁠17563017
Oct 7atOklahomaW 38–⁠31369135
Oct 14vs.KansasW 45–⁠0340020
Oct 21atTexas TechW 31–⁠13321113
Oct 28vs.TCUW 14–⁠76106030
Nov 4atWest VirginiaL 16–⁠20549123
Nov 11vs.Oklahoma StateL 42–⁠499126230
Nov 18atBaylorW 23–⁠13252136
Nov 25atKansas StateL 19–⁠20695032
Dec 30 ✦atMemphisW 21–⁠2010142122
2016 Iowa State 12 games, 69 catches, 1,018 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.Northern IowaL 20–⁠256129142
Sep 10atIowaL 3–⁠427111036
Sep 17atTCUL 20–⁠411808
Sep 24vs.San José StateW 44–⁠10447117
Oct 1vs.BaylorL 42–⁠45333014
Oct 8atOklahoma StateL 31–⁠38655218
Oct 15atTexasL 6–⁠27765030
Oct 29vs.Kansas StateL 26–⁠318134048
Nov 3vs.OklahomaL 24–⁠34676131
Nov 12atKansasW 31–⁠2410120132
Nov 19vs.Texas TechW 66–⁠107137138
Nov 26vs.West VirginiaL 19–⁠494103067
2015 Iowa State 11 games, 56 catches, 808 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.Northern IowaW 31–⁠7443115
Sep 12vs.IowaL 17–⁠31771020
Sep 19atToledoL 23–⁠30436016
Oct 3vs.KansasW 38–⁠13675120
Oct 10atTexas TechL 31–⁠66334022
Oct 17vs.TCUL 21–⁠455147174
Oct 31vs.TexasW 24–⁠0666022
Nov 7atOklahomaL 16–⁠528101029
Nov 14vs.Oklahoma StateL 31–⁠35374140
Nov 21atKansas StateL 35–⁠38587230
Nov 28atWest VirginiaL 6–⁠30574023
2014 Iowa State 12 games, 45 catches, 593 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.North Dakota StateL 14–⁠34148048
Sep 6vs.Kansas StateL 28–⁠32342129
Sep 13atIowaW 20–⁠17553019
Sep 27vs.BaylorL 28–⁠49347027
Oct 4atOklahoma StateL 20–⁠37118018
Oct 11vs.ToledoW 37–⁠30896122
Oct 18atTexasL 45–⁠48888134
Nov 1vs.OklahomaL 14–⁠59551024
Nov 8atKansasL 14–⁠34570032
Nov 22vs.Texas TechL 31–⁠34234018
Nov 29vs.West VirginiaL 24–⁠37230029
Dec 6atTCUL 3–⁠55216012

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2018 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠45).

DrillCombine 2018Combine or pro day 2018
Height6′4⅝″
Weight227 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.11 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 87 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2018Green Bay Packers1170
2019Green Bay Packers12354773
2020Green Bay Packers10334513
2021Green Bay Packers14405138
2022Green Bay Packers15607886
2023New York Jets14233111
2024New York Jets12375306
2025New York Jets910701
NFL career872393,14728

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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