Taeshaun Lyons

WR · #8 · UNLV · JR · 6'1" · 190 · Hayward, CA

Projected WR-Z starter

241 2025 receiving yards
16 of 25 2025 catches
3 2025 TDs
2 Explosive plays
18 Career games (0 starts)
Anytime TD (MEM @ UNLV)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 UNLV14016-25 241 15.1 3
2024 Utah401-2 4 4.0 0

2025 Percentile vs WRs

Receiving yards per game 17.2 44
Yards per catch 15.1 75
Catch rate 64.0% 62
Receiving TDs 3 68

Around Taeshaun

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Jackson Arnold QB · 1,309 pass yds · 10g · at AUB
RB Jai'Den Thomas RB · 1,036 rush yds · 13g
WR-X Amorion Walker WR · 201 rec yds · 10g · at MTU
WR-SL DeAngelo Irvin Jr. WR · 188 rec yds · 14g
TE Keyan Burnett TE · 11 rec yds · 4g · at ARIZ

The situation

UNLV 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 15.0% 95
Red zone TD rate 75.7% 81
Line yards per carry 2.8 76
Sack rate allowed 5.2% 65

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W2 UCLA 1 1 14
W4 @ M-OH 5 3 25 1 2
W6 @ WYO 2 1
W7 AFA 2 1 18
W8 @ BSU 1 1
W11 @ CSU 2 2 40 1
W12 USU 1 1 15
W13 HAW 3 2 75 1
W15 @ BSU 4 3 35
W18 @ OHIO 4 3 19

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Four-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#227 Malik Elzy WR · Simeon ILL
#228 Joshua Padilla IOL · Wayne OSU
#229 Taeshaun Lyons WR · Tennyson WASH
#230 Jalen Thompson DL · Cass Technical MSU
#231 Tree Babalade OT · DeMatha Catholic SCAR
WRs in the class
#32 Ashton Cozart Flower Mound Marcus ORE
#33 Malik Elzy Simeon ILL
#34 Taeshaun Lyons Tennyson WASH
#35 Jaren Hamilton Buchholz ALA
#36 Adam Hopkins IV Thomas County Central COLO
2025 · 44th pctile of WRs
Recruit · 92th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.