Player Dossier

2023-2025

UNLV

Taeshaun Lyons

WR • 6'1" • 180 lbs • Hayward, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Taeshaun Lyons reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Washington • Utah • UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Taeshaun Lyons built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Hayward, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with UNLV, Utah, and Washington. The clearest part of Taeshaun Lyons' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9192

Tennyson · Hayward, CA

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Taeshaun Lyons, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV. Taeshaun Lyons reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
238
Receptions
16
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Taeshaun Lyons quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · WR
Career Receiving Yards
238
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · UNLV
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
4-star · Tennyson · Washington
High school pipeline
Tennyson · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
234 receiving yards · WR 428th (top 39%) · Mountain West 51st (top 29%) · National 552nd (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonWashington0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonUtah114037
2025 PostseasonUNLV8319065.3
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV812215365.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Utah to UNLVP4 to G5/FCS79.1Jan 13, 2025
2024Washington to UtahP4 to P485.6Dec 22, 2023

Taeshaun Lyons played WR for Washington, Utah, and UNLV. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taeshaun Lyons recorded 238 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

UNLV paired 234 primary output with 84.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 84.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington, Utah, UNLV.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

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

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · UNLV

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

29.3

Efficiency

84.2

Usage

9.7

Consistency

44.7

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 19. UCLA: 14. Miami (OH): 18. Air Force: 18. Colorado State: 40. Utah State: 15. Hawai'i: 75. Boise State: 35

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. Ohio: 3 by 42.2. UCLA: 1 by 93.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 60. Air Force: 1 by 100. Colorado State: 2 by 100. Utah State: 1 by 100. Hawai'i: 2 by 100. Boise State: 3 by 77.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins30 · Games = 6 · +3 vs Losses
Losses27 · Games = 2 · -3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

100 vs Hawai'i

Result
Wed 12/24@ OhioL 10-173196.36.3009
Sat 12/6@ Boise StateL 21-3833511.711.70016
Sat 11/22vs Hawai'iW 38-1027537.537.50172
Sun 11/16vs Utah StateW 29-261151515015
Sun 11/9@ Colorado StateW 42-102402020139
Sat 10/11vs Air ForceW 51-481181818018
Sat 9/20@ Miami (OH)W 41-382189919
Sun 9/7vs UCLAW 30-231141414014

Player Story

Taeshaun Lyons story

Taeshaun Lyons built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Hayward, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with UNLV, Utah, and Washington. The clearest part of Taeshaun Lyons' career was his receiving role: 16 catches, 238 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Taeshaun Lyons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Washington

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UNLV

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonWashington0
2024 Regular SeasonUtah426.75.94
2025 PostseasonUNLV23484.29.7230
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV23484.29.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 68 Hawai'i

Week 13 · W 38-10 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

75

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 124 Colorado State

Week 11 · W 42-10 · Conference game

40

Receiving Yards

65.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 64 Boise State

Week 15 · L 21-38 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

60.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 77.8 efficiency score.

#4

vs Southern Utah

Week 1 · W 49-0

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Receiving Yards

48.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 80 Air Force

Week 7 · W 51-48 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

46.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · UNLV

234 primary output · 84.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage

65.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · UNLV

65.3

234 primary · 84.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Utah

37

4 primary · 26.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games