Kader Diop holds the WR-Z · Depth spot in New Mexico Lobos’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Kader Diop is a 5'10", 178-pound receiver from Minneapolis, Minnesota, who transferred to New Mexico as a redshirt senior. He began his college career at Concordia in 2021 before moving to junior college, where he accumulated 35 receptions and 486 yards at Southwestern College in 2022, then led San Diego Mesa with 38 catches, 641 yards, and seven touchdowns in 2023. At New Mexico, Diop appeared in 10 games during the 2024 season on special teams, logging 82 snaps on kickoff and punt returns. Injuries limited him to one game in 2025, earning a medical redshirt. He earned academic honors in both 2024 and 2024-25 and majors in liberal arts and integrative studies.