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Tom Kennedy Detroit Lions · #85

Wide Receiver · 5' 10", 195 lbs · Farmingdale, NY · Age 30

Tom Kennedy is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 4 passes for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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Detroit Lions · #85 · Wide Receiver

Tom Kennedy

Season avg4 rec · 36 yds · 0 td

Career avg18 rec · 231 yds · 0 td

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

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36yds

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Scouting report

Tom Kennedy — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Tom Kennedy is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 4 passes for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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Receiving

C-

Big-play

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Scoring

C-

Receiving yards

Solid · offense

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Volume

Solid · offense

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Big-play

Solid · offense

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Scoring

Solid · offense

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Target share

Average · offense

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Act II

Where Tom Kennedy stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1311 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

29Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Tom Kennedy — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

Receiving

36 YDS

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Volume

4 REC

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Big-play

9.0 Y/R

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Scoring

0 TD

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The engine

How the model sees Tom Kennedy

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026 modeled

rec

0–6

rec yds

-19–94

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targets

-1–10

games

4–7

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.

What moves the rec line vs last season

Last season 4 → projected 3 rec

Baseline (recency-weighted)

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Age curve

-0.3

Net vs last season-1.0 rec

Everything it reads

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4 seasons of real box production

every game line, verified

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Recency × games weight

recent, healthy years anchor the baseline

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Year-over-year trend

his own trajectory, season to season

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Position aging curve

age 30 — applied to the projection

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Role & usage context

target / carry share and snaps fold in

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Availability signal

games last 3: 7 / 4 / 6

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Tom Kennedy career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	G	Rec	Yds	Tgt	Y/R
2021	12	6	54	10	9.0
2022	7	8	141	15	17.6
2024	4	0	0	1	0.0
2025	6	4	36	4	9.0
Career	29	18	231	30

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Context

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record

91off index

99def index

+56net

95%playoff odds

61roster

Roster delta · what changed

Offense grades A (91), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 86, pass rush 99, coverage 99.

How his role moves

Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Tom Kennedy

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1996-07-29

The beginning

Tom Kennedy is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions, in his 4th NFL season.

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Tom Kennedy is a Detroit Lions wide receiver, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2021–2025) he has caught 18 passes for 231 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 4 passes for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Kennedy goes from here.

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Kennedy's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 195 lbs
Born: Farmingdale, NY
Age: 30
Jersey: #85

Background

Tom Kennedy is from Farmingdale, NY and is 30 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays wide receiver at 5' 10", 195 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2021–2025) he has caught 18 passes for 231 yards and 0 touchdowns. Kennedy is currently on the Detroit Lions roster.

The person

Tom Kennedy is a depth receiver who has caught 18 passes for 231 yards and 0 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2021–2025).

Receiving18 career catches, 231 yards, 0 touchdowns.

Best season8 catches for 141 yards in 2022.

Yards per catch12.8 yards per reception over his career.

UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Tom Kennedy — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Tom Kennedy, answered.

What position does Tom Kennedy play?

Tom Kennedy is a Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions.

When was Tom Kennedy drafted?

Tom Kennedy entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Tom Kennedy played?

4 (2021–2025).

What are Tom Kennedy's career stats?

He has caught 18 passes for 231 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Tom Kennedy career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Tom Kennedy Detroit Lions · #85

Tom Kennedy — the report card

Where Tom Kennedy stands

Tom Kennedy — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

The Ballad of Tom Kennedy

The beginning

true

Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Tom Kennedy — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

Weekly matchups

Injury history

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Tom Kennedy head-to-head

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