Player Dossier

2022-2024

Mississippi State

Kelly Akharaiyi

WR • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Irving, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Kelly Akharaiyi reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

34

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UTEP • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Kelly Akharaiyi built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Irving, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Mississippi State and UTEP. The clearest part of Kelly Akharaiyi's career was his...

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Kelly Akharaiyi, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UTEP. Kelly Akharaiyi reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,699
Receptions
94
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Kelly Akharaiyi quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,699
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 30 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
Florida International
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
391 receiving yards · WR 278th (top 26%) · SEC 39th (top 15%) · National 321st (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP921275146.4
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP11481,033787.7
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State1025391259.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024UTEP to Mississippi StateG5/FCS to P480.5Nov 30, 2023

Kelly Akharaiyi played WR for UTEP and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kelly Akharaiyi recorded 1 rushing yards, 1,699 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

UTEP paired 1,033 primary output with 84.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 88.7 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UTEP, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

39.1

Efficiency

88.7

Usage

12.8

Consistency

68.6

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 18. Toledo: 32. Florida: 56. Texas: 18. Georgia: 72. Texas A&M: 45. Arkansas: 15. Massachusetts: 17. Missouri: 64. Ole Miss: 54

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. Arizona State: 1 by 100. Toledo: 4 by 53.3. Florida: 3 by 100. Texas: 1 by 100. Georgia: 3 by 100. Texas A&M: 3 by 100. Arkansas: 3 by 33.3. Massachusetts: 1 by 100. Missouri: 3 by 100. Ole Miss: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins17 · Games = 1 · -24.6 vs Losses
Losses41.6 · Games = 9 · +24.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Missouri

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ole Miss

Result
Fri 11/29@ Ole MissL 14-263541818036
Sat 11/23vs MissouriL 20-3936421.321.30049
Sat 11/2vs MassachusettsW 45-201171717017
Sat 10/26vs ArkansasL 25-583155508
Sat 10/19vs Texas A&ML 24-343451515022
Sat 10/12@ Georgia2+ TDL 31-413722424235
Sat 9/28@ TexasL 13-351181818018
Sat 9/21vs FloridaL 28-4535618.718.70028
Sat 9/14vs ToledoL 17-4143288016
Sun 9/8@ Arizona StateL 23-301181818018

Player Story

Kelly Akharaiyi story

Kelly Akharaiyi built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Irving, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Mississippi State and UTEP. The clearest part of Kelly Akharaiyi's career was his receiving role: 94 catches, 1,699 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 1 rushing yard across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 rushing yard and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kelly Akharaiyi's 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

    UTEP

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP27570.413.3
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP1,03384.831758
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State39188.712.8-642

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 7 · W 27-14 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

223 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 12 · W 40-6 · Conference game

99

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

99 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Western Kentucky

Week 10 · L 13-21 · Conference game

141

Receiving Yards

87.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

141 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Sam Houston

Week 9 · W 37-34 · Conference game

126

Receiving Yards

85.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

126 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Missouri

Week 13 · L 20-39 · Conference game

64

Receiving Yards

83.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · UTEP

1,033 primary output · 84.8 efficiency · 31 usage

87.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

59.5

391 primary · 88.7 efficiency · 12.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · UTEP

46.4

275 primary · 70.4 efficiency · 13.3 usage

Milestones

6

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games