Player Dossier

2014-2017

Iowa State

Allen Lazard

WR • 6'5" • 222 lbs • Urbandale, IA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Allen Lazard reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

79

High-end production for a receiver

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Reliability

83

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

Allen Lazard built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Urbandale, IA wearing No. 5, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Allen Lazard's career was his receiving role: 241...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.9641

Urbandale · Urbandale, IA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Allen Lazard, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Iowa State. Allen Lazard reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
3,360
Receptions
241
Touchdowns
26
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2017 · Iowa State · Player Highlight

Allen Lazard college highlights at Iowa State.

Season
2017
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Allen Lazard quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
3,360
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 48 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · Urbandale · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Fordson · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
941 receiving yards · WR 40th (top 5%) · Big 12 10th (top 7%) · National 41st (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonIowa State1245593366.7
2015 Regular SeasonIowa State1156808681.3
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State12691,018788.1
2017 PostseasonIowa State1310142178.2
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State1361799978.2

Related Context

Allen Lazard played WR for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Allen Lazard recorded 3,360 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 26 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 1,018 primary output with 82.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 83.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

73.5

Efficiency

83.1

Usage

25.8

Consistency

77

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 43. Iowa: 71. Toledo: 36. Kansas: 75. Texas Tech: 34. TCU: 147. Texas: 66. Oklahoma: 101. Oklahoma State: 74. Kansas State: 87. West Virginia: 74

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Iowa: 4 by 71.7. Iowa: 7 by 67.6. Toledo: 4 by 60. Kansas: 6 by 83.3. Texas Tech: 3 by 75.6. TCU: 5 by 100. Texas: 6 by 73.3. Oklahoma: 8 by 84.2. Oklahoma State: 3 by 100. Kansas State: 5 by 100. West Virginia: 5 by 98.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins61.3 · Games = 3 · -16.7 vs Losses
Losses78 · Games = 8 · +16.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

100 vs Kansas State

Result
Sat 11/28@ West VirginiaL 6-3057414.814.80023
Sat 11/21@ Kansas State2+ TDL 35-3858717.417.40230
Sat 11/14vs Oklahoma StateL 31-3537424.724.70140
Sun 11/8@ Oklahoma100 receiving yards · High volumeL 16-52810112.612.60029
Sat 10/31vs TexasW 24-06661111022
Sat 10/17vs TCU100 receiving yardsL 21-45514729.429.40174
Sat 10/10@ Texas TechL 31-6633411.311.30022
Sat 10/3vs KansasW 38-1367512.512.50120
Sun 9/20@ ToledoL 23-3043699016
Sat 9/12vs IowaL 17-3177110.110.10020
Sun 9/6vs Northern IowaW 31-744310.810.80115

Player Story

Allen Lazard story

Allen Lazard built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Urbandale, IA wearing No. 5, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Allen Lazard's career was his receiving role: 241 catches, 3,360 receiving yards, and 26 touchdowns across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Iowa State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 3 tackles and 213 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa State.

The arc is straightforward: Allen Lazard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonIowa State5938615.3
2015 Regular SeasonIowa State80883.125.8215
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State1,01882.730.2210
2017 PostseasonIowa State94180.923-77
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State94180.9230

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Texas Tech

Week 12 · W 66-10 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

137

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

137 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Kansas State

Week 9 · L 26-31 · Conference game

134

Receiving Yards

99.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

134 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Memphis

Week 1 · W 21-20 · Postseason

142

Receiving Yards

98.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

142 receiving yards with a 94.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Northern Iowa

Week 1 · L 20-25

129

Receiving Yards

98.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

129 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Oklahoma State

Week 11 · L 42-49 · Conference game

126

Receiving Yards

94 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

126 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Iowa State

1,018 primary output · 82.7 efficiency · 30.2 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Iowa State

81.3

808 primary · 83.1 efficiency · 25.8 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Iowa State

78.2

941 primary · 80.9 efficiency · 23 usage

Milestones

12

100+ receiving yards

8

8+ catch outings

4

2+ TD games