Usage / Role
27%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Iowa State
La'Michael Pettway
WR • 6'2" • 223 lbs • Nashville, AR, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
La'Michael Pettway reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arkansas • Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Player Story
La'Michael Pettway built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Nashville, AR wearing No. 7, spending time with Arkansas and Iowa State. The clearest part of La'Michael Pettway's career was...
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- Committed To
- UT Martin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
La'Michael Pettway, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa State. La'Michael Pettway reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,281
- Receptions
- 92
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
La'Michael Pettway quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,281
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Iowa State
- Top game
- Eastern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Marshall County · UT Martin
- High school pipeline
- Marshall County · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 676 receiving yards · WR 122nd (top 12%) · Big 12 13th (top 8%) · National 128th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 48.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas | 7 | 6 | 92 | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 11 | 30 | 503 | 4 | 66.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 12 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 78.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 51 | 622 | 6 | 78.3 |
Related Context
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La'Michael Pettway played WR for Arkansas and Iowa State. Across 5 tracked seasons, La'Michael Pettway recorded 1,281 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Iowa State paired 676 primary output with 79.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 79.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, Iowa State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Postseason · Iowa State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
56.3
Efficiency
79.4
Usage
19.1
Consistency
70
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 54. Northern Iowa: 26. Iowa: 83. UL Monroe: 50. Baylor: 14. West Virginia: 81. Texas Tech: 41. Oklahoma State: 63. Oklahoma: 46. Texas: 100. Kansas: 96. Kansas State: 22
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. Notre Dame: 4 by 90. Northern Iowa: 3 by 57.8. Iowa: 5 by 100. UL Monroe: 4 by 83.3. Baylor: 1 by 93.3. West Virginia: 8 by 67.5. Texas Tech: 4 by 68.3. Oklahoma State: 7 by 60. Oklahoma: 2 by 100. Texas: 8 by 83.3. Kansas: 6 by 100. Kansas State: 3 by 48.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins65.7 · Games = 6 · +18.7 vs Losses
Losses47 · Games = 6 · -18.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs Notre Dame | L 9-33 | — | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 12/1 | @ Kansas State | L 17-27 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Kansas2+ TD | W 41-31 | — | 6 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Texas100 receiving yards · High volume | W 23-21 | — | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Oklahoma | L 41-42 | — | 2 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Oklahoma State | L 27-34 | — | 7 | 63 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Texas Tech | W 34-24 | — | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ West VirginiaHigh volume | W 38-14 | — | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Baylor | L 21-23 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs UL Monroe | W 72-20 | — | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Iowa | L 17-18 | — | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 16.60 | 1 | 51 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Northern Iowa2+ TD | W 29-26 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 2 | 10 |
Player Story
La'Michael Pettway story
La'Michael Pettway built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Nashville, AR wearing No. 7, spending time with Arkansas and Iowa State. The clearest part of La'Michael Pettway's career was his receiving role: 92 catches, 1,281 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 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 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas and Iowa State.
The arc is straightforward: La'Michael Pettway 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Arkansas
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Iowa State
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arkansas | 10 | 66.7 | 7.7 | 10 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arkansas | 92 | 68.9 | 5.4 | 82 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 503 | 86.4 | 16 | 411 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 676 | 79.4 | 19.1 | 173 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 676 | 79.4 | 19.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 1 · W 55-20
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
93
Receiving Yards
93.1 takeover
93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Texas
Week 12 · W 23-21 · Conference game
100
Receiving Yards
90.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
100 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs Kansas
Week 13 · W 41-31 · Conference game
96
Receiving Yards
88.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Mississippi State
Week 12 · L 6-52 · Conference game
83
Receiving Yards
85.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
83 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Ole Miss
Week 7 · L 33-37 · Conference game
77
Receiving Yards
83.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Iowa State
676 primary output · 79.4 efficiency · 19.1 usage
78.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
78.3
676 primary · 79.4 efficiency · 19.1 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Arkansas
66.9
503 primary · 86.4 efficiency · 16 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
2
8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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