Boise State’s leading receiver Cam Camper declares for NFL Draft – Sports Illustrated

Boise State will have two new starters for the 2025 football season.

Saturday night, Broncos wide receiver Cam Camper announced to X that he is declaring for the NFL Draft.

Kemper was Maddux Madsen’s favorite target last season, catching 58 passes for 903 yards and four touchdowns. He recorded three catches for 66 yards in Boise State’s College Football Playoff Fiesta Bowl loss to Penn State.

A graduate of Lancaster High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Kemper played two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College before transferring to Indiana. In two years with the Hoosiers, Kemper had 63 catches for 881 yards and three touchdowns.

After a coaching change at Indiana, Kemper entered the portal a second time and landed at Boise State. He was instrumental in leading the Broncos to a 12-2 overall record and a second straight Mountain West Conference title.

Kemper started at Z receiver in a run-heavy Boise State offense that featured Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Janty. Jeanty, who rushed for 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns as a junior, declared for the NFL Draft earlier this month.

The Broncos also lost starting X receiver Prince Strachan to the transfer portal. Strachan, now at USC, had 25 catches for 304 yards and one touchdown last year.

Boise State returns slot receiver Latrell Caples (38 catches, 473 yards, five touchdowns), tight end Matt Lauter (47 catches, 619 yards, seven touchdowns), No. 4 receiver Austin Bolt (16 catches, 196 yards, four touchdowns), strong touted prospect Chris Marshall and others.

Kemper, a fifth-year senior in 2024, potentially had the option to return for one more season due to an NCAA exemption granting additional eligibility for former junior college players. Starting cornerback A’Marion McCoy took advantage of the waiver to play for the Broncos in 2025. as a fifth grader.

When asked about Kemper and McCoy during a January news conference, Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson indicated that Kemper’s return was up in the air.

“Cam Kemper is in a different situation (than McCoy) because last year was his fifth year in college and next year would be his sixth year,” Danielson said. “So we’re still working on that with Cam. I talk to Cam a lot, and he’s working (declaring for the NFL Draft) or coming back, but for him to come back, we’re still working on some things with the NCAA. It’s not as simple as A’Marion’s situation.