Receiver, Utah, to 2014

Kaelin Clay

Number
No. 8
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Long Beach, CA
Born
Jan 2, 1992

Kaelin Clay played receiver at Utah (to 2014). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Clay in round 6, No. 184 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
First-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 184
Round 6, 2015 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Career highs

10catches, best game on fileat Colorado, 2014152receiving yards, best game on filevs. Oregon, 20142receiving touchdowns, best game on fileat Colorado, 2014

Honors

All-America: Sporting News 2014; CBS Sports 2014; Fox Sports 2014

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Utah4352312.2478

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2014Utah225481233463

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Utah8WR5′10″

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
2014Utah690.2614th (n=496)0.5217.78%

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

2014 Utah 13 games, 43 catches, 523 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 28vs.Idaho StateW 56–⁠14213011003
Sep 6vs.Fresno StateW 59–⁠27–––––1
Sep 20atMichiganW 26–⁠1011301332
Sep 27vs.Washington StateL 27–⁠2856502382
Oct 4atUCLAW 30–⁠2853801132
Oct 16atOregon StateW 29–⁠23–––1102
Oct 25vs.USCW 24–⁠2132312411
Nov 1atArizona StateL 16–⁠192−203711
Nov 8vs.OregonL 27–⁠51515207179–
Nov 15atStanfordW 20–⁠1723112293
Nov 22vs.ArizonaL 10–⁠4243901202
Nov 29atColoradoW 38–⁠3410882––2
Dec 20 ✦vs.Colorado StateW 45–⁠1046301142

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height5′9⅝″
Weight195 lb
Arm length30⅞″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.51 s
10-yard split1.64 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press10 reps
3-cone drill6.97 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 s

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

In the NFL

3 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Baltimore Ravens7000
2017Carolina Panthers136850
2018New York Giants2000
NFL career226850

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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