Player Dossier

2009-2012

Kentucky

La'Rod King

WR • 6'4" • Radcliff, KY, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

La'Rod King reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Player Story

La'Rod King built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Radcliff, KY wearing No. 16, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of La'Rod King's career was his receiving role: 134...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.85

North Hardin · Radcliff, KY

Committed To
Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

La'Rod King, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Kentucky. La'Rod King reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,706
Receptions
134
Touchdowns
17

Quick Answers

La'Rod King quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,706
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 40 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Kentucky
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · North Hardin · Kentucky
High school pipeline
North Hardin · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Class 2012
2012 Receiving yards rank
488 receiving yards · WR 196th (top 23%) · SEC 25th (top 13%) · National 219th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonKentucky510142158.8
2010 PostseasonKentucky13342066
2010 Regular SeasonKentucky1333436566
2011 Regular SeasonKentucky1140598783.6
2012 Regular SeasonKentucky1148488471.4

Related Context

La'Rod King played WR for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, La'Rod King recorded 1,706 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 598 primary output with 75.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 60.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 72.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2012 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

44.4

Efficiency

60.9

Usage

22.9

Consistency

66.8

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 77. Kent State: 53. Western Kentucky: 84. Florida: 13. South Carolina: 17. Mississippi State: 46. Arkansas: 61. Georgia: 45. Missouri: 6. Samford: 8. Tennessee: 78

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. Louisville: 8 by 64.2. Kent State: 5 by 70.7. Western Kentucky: 10 by 56. Florida: 3 by 28.9. South Carolina: 2 by 56.7. Mississippi State: 2 by 100. Arkansas: 1 by 100. Georgia: 4 by 75. Missouri: 1 by 40. Samford: 2 by 26.7. Tennessee: 10 by 52

Split Comparison

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

Wins30.5 · Games = 2 · -16.9 vs Losses
Losses47.4 · Games = 9 · +16.9 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

Arkansas

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arkansas

Result
Sat 11/24@ TennesseeHigh volumeL 17-3710787.87.80017
Sun 11/18vs SamfordW 34-3284405
Sat 10/27@ MissouriL 10-33166606
Sat 10/20vs GeorgiaL 24-2944511.311.30024
Sat 10/13@ ArkansasL 7-491616161161
Sat 10/6vs Mississippi StateL 14-272462323132
Sat 9/29vs South CarolinaL 17-382178.58.50013
Sat 9/22@ FloridaL 0-383134.34.3008
Sat 9/15vs Western KentuckyHigh volumeL 31-3210848.48.40018
Sat 9/8vs Kent StateW 47-1455310.610.60123
Sun 9/2@ LouisvilleHigh volumeL 14-328779.69.60119

Player Story

La'Rod King story

La'Rod King built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Radcliff, KY wearing No. 16, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of La'Rod King's career was his receiving role: 134 catches, 1,706 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Kentucky. 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. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: La'Rod King 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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    Kentucky

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonKentucky14284.316.6
2010 PostseasonKentucky47872.312.4336
2010 Regular SeasonKentucky47872.312.40
2011 Regular SeasonKentucky59875.929.5120
2012 Regular SeasonKentucky48860.922.9-110

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Central Michigan

Week 2 · W 27-13

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

100

Receiving Yards

99.3 takeover

100 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Vanderbilt

Week 11 · W 24-13 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Jacksonville State

Week 8 · W 38-14

84

Receiving Yards

94.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

84 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Vanderbilt

Week 11 · L 8-38 · Conference game

82

Receiving Yards

93.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

82 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Arkansas

Week 7 · L 7-49 · Conference game

61

Receiving Yards

85.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

61 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Kentucky

598 primary output · 75.9 efficiency · 29.5 usage

83.6

#2

2012 Regular Season · Kentucky

71.4

488 primary · 60.9 efficiency · 22.9 usage

#3

2010 Postseason · Kentucky

66

478 primary · 72.3 efficiency · 12.4 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games