 Arnold with Kansas in 2022 | |
| Kansas Jayhawks–No. 2 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas) |
Lawrence Arnold is an American college football wide receiver for the Kansas Jayhawks.
Arnold attended DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas. In Arnold's high school career he caught 109 passes for 1,635 yards and 25 touchdowns. [1] A three-star recruit, Arnold committed to play college football at the University of Kansas over other schools such as California, Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri, and Wisconsin. [2] [3]
As a freshman in 2020, Arnold hauled in six receptions for 45 yards. [4] He caught three passes for 33 yards and two touchdown in the 2021 season opener, helping Kansas beat South Dakota 17–14. [5] [6] Arnold finished the season with 27 receptions for 316 yards and three touchdowns. [7] In week four of the 2022 season, he made four receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown in a 35–27 win over Duke. [8] In week seven, Arnold brought in five receptions for 113 yards and two touchdowns as the Jayhawks fell 52–42 against Oklahoma. [9] [10] In the 2022 Liberty Bowl, he made eight catches for 119 yards, but the Jayhawks lost in triple overtime versus Arkansas. [11] Arnold finished the 2022 season with 44 receptions for 716 yards and four touchdowns. [12] Ahead of the 2023 season, Arnold was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list. [13]
| Kansas Jayhawks | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||
| GP | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 27 | 362 | 11.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 44 | 716 | 16.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 13 | 44 | 782 | 17.8 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 26 | 360 | 13.8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 1 | |
| Career | 53 | 147 | 2,219 | 15.1 | 14 | 3 | 38 | 1 | |
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