Player Dossier

2013-2014

Louisville

Kai De La Cruz

WR • 6'0" • Montvale, NJ, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Kai De La Cruz reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Kai De La Cruz built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Montvale, NJ wearing No. 12, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Kai De La Cruz's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8222

St Joseph Regional · Montvale, NJ

Committed To
Louisville
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Kai De La Cruz, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Louisville. Kai De La Cruz reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
574
Receptions
41
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Kai De La Cruz quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · WR
Career Receiving Yards
574
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Louisville
Top game
Notre Dame
Recruit profile
3-star · St Joseph Regional · Louisville
High school pipeline
St Joseph Regional · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2014
2014 Receiving yards rank
303 receiving yards · WR 359th (top 38%) · ACC 42nd (top 21%) · National 425th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonLouisville615271366.6
2014 PostseasonLouisville1119066.1
2014 Regular SeasonLouisville1125294266.1

Related Context

Kai De La Cruz played WR for Louisville. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kai De La Cruz recorded 574 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Louisville paired 271 primary output with 89.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 61.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

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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2014 Postseason · Louisville

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

27.5

Efficiency

61.2

Usage

13.1

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 9. Miami: 10. Murray State: 53. Virginia: 41. Wake Forest: 28. Clemson: 7. NC State: 3. Florida State: 38. Boston College: 9. Notre Dame: 70. Kentucky: 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. Georgia: 1 by 60. Miami: 2 by 33.3. Murray State: 4 by 88.3. Virginia: 3 by 91.1. Wake Forest: 3 by 62.2. Clemson: 1 by 46.7. NC State: 1 by 20. Florida State: 4 by 63.3. Boston College: 2 by 30. Notre Dame: 2 by 100. Kentucky: 3 by 77.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins29.7 · Games = 7 · +6.0 vs Losses
Losses23.8 · Games = 4 · -6.0 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

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

100 vs Notre Dame

Result
Tue 12/30vs GeorgiaL 14-37199909
Sat 11/29vs KentuckyW 44-4033511.711.70022
Sat 11/22@ Notre DameW 31-282703535052
Sun 11/9@ Boston CollegeW 38-19294.54.5005
Thu 10/30vs Florida StateL 31-424389.59.50012
Sat 10/18vs NC StateW 30-18133313
Sat 10/11@ ClemsonL 17-23177707
Sat 9/27vs Wake ForestW 20-103289.39.30015
Sat 9/13@ VirginiaL 21-2334113.713.70023
Sat 9/6vs Murray StateW 66-2145313.313.30118
Tue 9/2vs MiamiW 31-132105506

Player Story

Kai De La Cruz story

Kai De La Cruz built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Montvale, NJ wearing No. 12, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Kai De La Cruz's career was his receiving role: 41 catches, 574 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 36 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kai De La Cruz'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.

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    Louisville

    2013-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201320142014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonLouisville27189.211
2014 PostseasonLouisville30361.213.132
2014 Regular SeasonLouisville30361.213.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Notre Dame

Week 13 · W 31-28

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

70

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Ohio

Week 1 · W 49-7

116

Receiving Yards

84.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

116 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Murray State

Week 2 · W 66-21

53

Receiving Yards

72.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 88.3 efficiency score.

#4

vs Rutgers

Week 7 · W 24-10 · Conference game

56

Receiving Yards

65.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

56 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Virginia

Week 3 · L 21-23 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

64.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Louisville

271 primary output · 89.2 efficiency · 11 usage

66.6

#2

2014 Postseason · Louisville

66.1

303 primary · 61.2 efficiency · 13.1 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Louisville

66.1

303 primary · 61.2 efficiency · 13.1 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games