2025 Football Roster
Pearson, Kyler

Jersey Number 0
Kyler Pearson
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tulsa, Okla.
- High School:
- Union
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma State
- Major:
- Sport Management
Bio
Graduate student walk-on with one year of eligibility remaining … Played in 23 career games earning two varsity letters (1/Kansas, 1/Oklahoma State) … Caught one pass for seven yards (2024) … Tallied 497 all-purpose yards (7 rcv, 63 PR, 427 KOR) … Transferred to East Carolina in May of 2025 after spending two seasons at Oklahoma State.
2024 (Oklahoma State): Played in eight games, mainly as a return specialist earning varsity letter ... Ranked fifth on the team with 355 all-purpose yards for the year ... Recorded seven punt returns for 54 yards and 17 kickoff returns for 294 yards ... Also had one catch for seven yards that came in the season finale at Colorado ... Had a career-long 37-yard punt return against Arizona State and a career-long 31-yard kickoff return at Baylor ... Had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that was called back due to a penalty against Arizona State ... Served as a game captain against TCU ... Named the OSU special teams co-practice player of the week against BYU.
2023 (Oklahoma State): Did not see any in-game action ... Named OSU’s offense practice player of the week against UCF.
2022 (UT Martin): Played in four games for the Skyhawks on special teams ... Helped his team to the OVC Championship ... Saw action against Western Illinois, Lindenwood, Murray State and No. 3 Tennessee ... Had a nine-yard punt return against Lindenwood.
2021: (Kansas): Played in the final eight games of the year on the kickoff return unit earning varsity letter … Recorded five total kickoff returns for 50 yards ... Had one return of 18 yards against Oklahoma, one for six yards at TCU and three for 26 yards against West Virginia in the final game of the season ... Also saw some time on offense but did not record any offensive statistics.
2020 (Kansas): Played in three-straight games for the Jayhawks near the end of the season ... Returned five kickoffs for 83 yards, an average of 16.6 yards per return, with a long return of 22 yards ... Made his first appearance in a Kansas uniform against Iowa State and recorded his first-ever kickoff return for 18 yards … Finished the game with a pair of kickoff returns for a total of 25 yards … Tied a season-high with two kick return attempts against Oklahoma and set a new single-game high with 36 return yards … In his third time taking the field for the Jayhawks, he returned one kickoff for 22 yards against TCU.
High School: Played multiple varsity seasons under coach Kirk Fridrich at Tulsa Union ... Earned a three star rating from 247Sports and ESPN … Rated the No. 30 overall prospect in the state of Oklahoma by Rivals … Helped Union to the Oklahoma Class 6A-I state semifinals as a junior … Scored 17 touchdowns and recorded more than 2,500 all-purpose yards in his career at Tulsa Union ... Signed with Kansas out of high school.
Personal: Son of Preston and Lana Pearson ... Has two siblings, Kale and Kaylor ... Brother, Kale, played quarterback at Air Force ... Graduated in spring of 2025 in university studies from Oklahoma State ... Currently pursuing a graduate certificate in sport management.
2024 (Oklahoma State): Played in eight games, mainly as a return specialist earning varsity letter ... Ranked fifth on the team with 355 all-purpose yards for the year ... Recorded seven punt returns for 54 yards and 17 kickoff returns for 294 yards ... Also had one catch for seven yards that came in the season finale at Colorado ... Had a career-long 37-yard punt return against Arizona State and a career-long 31-yard kickoff return at Baylor ... Had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that was called back due to a penalty against Arizona State ... Served as a game captain against TCU ... Named the OSU special teams co-practice player of the week against BYU.
2023 (Oklahoma State): Did not see any in-game action ... Named OSU’s offense practice player of the week against UCF.
2022 (UT Martin): Played in four games for the Skyhawks on special teams ... Helped his team to the OVC Championship ... Saw action against Western Illinois, Lindenwood, Murray State and No. 3 Tennessee ... Had a nine-yard punt return against Lindenwood.
2021: (Kansas): Played in the final eight games of the year on the kickoff return unit earning varsity letter … Recorded five total kickoff returns for 50 yards ... Had one return of 18 yards against Oklahoma, one for six yards at TCU and three for 26 yards against West Virginia in the final game of the season ... Also saw some time on offense but did not record any offensive statistics.
2020 (Kansas): Played in three-straight games for the Jayhawks near the end of the season ... Returned five kickoffs for 83 yards, an average of 16.6 yards per return, with a long return of 22 yards ... Made his first appearance in a Kansas uniform against Iowa State and recorded his first-ever kickoff return for 18 yards … Finished the game with a pair of kickoff returns for a total of 25 yards … Tied a season-high with two kick return attempts against Oklahoma and set a new single-game high with 36 return yards … In his third time taking the field for the Jayhawks, he returned one kickoff for 22 yards against TCU.
High School: Played multiple varsity seasons under coach Kirk Fridrich at Tulsa Union ... Earned a three star rating from 247Sports and ESPN … Rated the No. 30 overall prospect in the state of Oklahoma by Rivals … Helped Union to the Oklahoma Class 6A-I state semifinals as a junior … Scored 17 touchdowns and recorded more than 2,500 all-purpose yards in his career at Tulsa Union ... Signed with Kansas out of high school.
Personal: Son of Preston and Lana Pearson ... Has two siblings, Kale and Kaylor ... Brother, Kale, played quarterback at Air Force ... Graduated in spring of 2025 in university studies from Oklahoma State ... Currently pursuing a graduate certificate in sport management.
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