Player Dossier

2016-2017

Notre Dame

Kevin Stepherson

WR • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Kevin Stepherson reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

65

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Player Story

Kevin Stepherson built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 29, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Kevin Stepherson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8575

Cathedral Catholic · San Diego, CA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Kevin Stepherson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Kevin Stepherson reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
821
Receptions
44
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Kevin Stepherson quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · WR
Career Receiving Yards
821
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
Navy
Recruit profile
3-star · Cathedral Catholic
High school pipeline
Cathedral Catholic · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
359 receiving yards · WR 311th (top 32%) · FBS Independents 10th (top 18%) · National 357th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1025462574.5
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame719359573.6

Related Context

Kevin Stepherson played WR for Notre Dame. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kevin Stepherson recorded 76 rushing yards, 821 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 462 primary output with 85.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 78.4 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: Navy

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

51.3

Efficiency

78.4

Usage

25.1

Consistency

54.5

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): -3. USC: 58. NC State: 24. Wake Forest: 22. Miami: 43. Navy: 103. Stanford: 112

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. Miami (OH): 1 by 0. USC: 3 by 100. NC State: 2 by 80. Wake Forest: 2 by 73.3. Miami: 3 by 95.6. Navy: 5 by 100. Stanford: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins40.8 · Games = 5 · -36.7 vs Losses
Losses77.5 · Games = 2 · +36.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

100 vs Stanford

Result
Sun 11/26@ Stanford100 receiving yardsL 20-38311230.537.30183
Sat 11/18vs Navy100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 24-17510320.620.60230
Sun 11/12@ MiamiL 8-4134314.314.30021
Sat 11/4vs Wake ForestW 48-372221611017
Sat 10/28vs NC StateW 35-142241212113
Sat 10/21vs USCW 49-1435816.419.30123
Sat 9/30vs Miami (OH)W 52-171-3-3-300

Player Story

Kevin Stepherson story

Kevin Stepherson built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 29, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Kevin Stepherson's career was his receiving role: 44 catches, 821 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 76 rushing yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Notre Dame. 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 76 rushing yards and 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Kevin Stepherson 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.

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    Notre Dame

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame46285.812.9
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame35978.425.1-103

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Navy

Week 12 · W 24-17

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

103

Receiving Yards

97.3 takeover

103 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Army

Week 11 · W 44-6 · Conference game

75

Receiving Yards

96.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Stanford

Week 13 · L 20-38

112

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs USC

Week 8 · W 49-14

58

Receiving Yards

83.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Duke

Week 4 · L 35-38

72

Receiving Yards

79.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame

462 primary output · 85.8 efficiency · 12.9 usage

74.5

#2

2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame

73.6

359 primary · 78.4 efficiency · 25.1 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games