Keith Heitzman

TE · Ohio 2015 · #92

Last confirmed: Ohio, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′4″ · Hilliard, OH · Hilliard Davidson

Keith Heitzman: TE · Ohio · #92.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Ari WertsGeorgia State · 2016 · 92% season match
Daniel BarkerIllinois · 2020 · 88% season match
Westlee TongaUtah · 2014 · 87% season match
Jacob HollisterWyoming · 2015 · 85% season match
Kivon CartwrightColorado State · 2015 · 84% season match

Keith Heitzman

TE · Ohio · #92

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He has played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Brady Hoke and Frank Solich. One game to point at: 83 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Buffalo — Week 8, 2015.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Ohio in the news

Norm Niedermeier, Hall of Fame coach, dies at 92Cleveland.com Oct 20
Julian Sayin out indefinitelyThe Columbus Dispatch Oct 20
NCAA sues Ohio governor over eligibility ruleOct 17

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Ohio	22	297	13.5	3
2014	Michigan	2	32	16.0	1
Career		24	329	13.7	4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-28@ Idaho	4	34	8.5	1	18
Wk 2	W 21-10vs Marshall	2	17	8.5	0	11
Wk 3	W 35-14vs SE Louisiana	3	76	25.3	0	35
Wk 4	L 24-27@ Minnesota	2	42	21.0	0	38
Wk 5	W 14-12@ Akron	1	24	24.0	1	24
Wk 7	L 14-49vs Western Michigan	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 8	L 17-41@ Buffalo	6	83	13.8	0	22	Season-high 83 yds
Wk 11	W 27-0vs Kent State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 13	W 26-21@ Northern Illinois	1	5	5.0	1	5
Bowl	L 29-31@ App State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Total		22	297	13.5	3	38

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

W 35-14

vs SE Louisiana

3 rec · 76 yds

Dominant 21-point win at home against SE Louisiana.

With D. Vick — 327 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.4 · M. Bonnstetter — 39 yards per punt · 6 punts · 53 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · SE Louisiana · 3rd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +3.74Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 35 yds to the SELa 10 for a
Week 1 · Idaho · 2nd and 16 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 18 yds to the Idaho 42 for a
Week 8 · Buffalo · 2nd and 23 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 21 yds to the Buff 39
Week 4 · Minnesota · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.93Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 38 yds to the MINNESOTA 49 for a MINNESOTA Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined for a
Week 5 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 24 yds for a TD, (Josiah Yazdani KICK)
Week 1 · Idaho · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Sprague to Heitzman: a 2-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 13 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Greg Windham pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 5 yds for a TD, (Josiah Yazdani KICK)
Week 3 · SE Louisiana · 3rd and 27 · Q2 · EPA +2.36Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 21 yds to the SELa 31
Week 8 · Buffalo · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Derrius Vick pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 22 yds to the Buff 46 for a
Week 2 · Marshall · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.76JD Sprague pass complete to Keith Heitzman for 11 yds to the OHIO 48 for a MARSHALL Penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (15 Yards) to the Marsh 33 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Michigan5-7HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning

2015Ohio8-5HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#24 / 684 · 97th pct

24.2%

EPA / target#211 / 684 · 69th pct

0.60

TD rate#210 / 684 · 69th pct

6.1%

Yards / catch#216 / 684 · 68th pct

13.6

Catch rate#438 / 684 · 36th pct

63.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#36 / 119 · 70th pct

13.5

Rec yards#41 / 119 · 66th pct

297

Receptions#43 / 119 · 64th pct

Rec TDs#32 / 119 · 63rd pct

Long catch#48 / 119 · 58th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.8	24.8	9.9	0.0
Road5g	2.8	37.6	14.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	29.6	14.5	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.7	30.0	6.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Frank Solich

Pass share

42.7%

403 pass / 540 run

Plays / game

72.5

13 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

452 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

22 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

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Keith Heitzman

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Ohio in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches in 10 games

Five seasons, two schools

His moves

2011