Keith Kirkwood

WR · Temple 2017 · #5

Last confirmed: Temple, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · 220 lb · Neptune, NJ

Keith Kirkwood: WR · Temple · #5.

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Keith Kirkwood

WR · Temple · #5

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Keith Kirkwood has been at Temple through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 96 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Florida International — Bowl, 2017.

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

News and fans

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

Temple in the news

Charlotte snaps FBS-high 15-game losing streakOct 19
Temple ends South Florida's unbeaten streakPA Football News Oct 4

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Temple	45	671	14.9	7
2016	Temple	42	648	15.4	4
2014	Temple	4	69	17.2	1
Career		91	1,388	15.3	12

Season	Team
2017	Temple	--	--	4	--
2016	Temple	2	20	--	5
2014	Temple	--	--	--	--
Career		2	20	4	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-49@ Notre Dame	4	60	15.0	1	17
Wk 2	W 16-13vs Villanova	4	61	15.3	0	26
Wk 3	W 29-21vs Massachusetts	4	64	16.0	1	30
Wk 5	L 13-20vs Houston	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 6	W 34-10@ East Carolina	4	79	19.8	0	37
Wk 7	L 24-28vs UConn	4	46	11.5	0	16
Wk 8	L 28-31@ Army	2	20	10.0	0	17
Wk 10	W 34-26vs Navy	7	87	12.4	1	24
Wk 11	W 35-24@ Cincinnati	2	40	20.0	1	34
Wk 12	L 19-45vs No. 14 UCF	3	32	10.7	1	17
Wk 13	W 43-22@ Tulsa	4	71	17.8	2	51	2 TD catches
Bowl	W 28-3@ Florida International	6	96	16.0	0	23
Total		45	671	14.9	7	51

Signature game

Week 1 · 2017

L 16-49

at Notre Dame

4 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD

With A. Starzyk — 37.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 46 long · L. Marchi — 245 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.9

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · East Carolina · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +3.66Logan Marchi pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 37 yds to the ECaro 33 for a
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Logan Marchi pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 19 yds to the UMass 41 for a
Week 6 · East Carolina · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.28Logan Marchi pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 29 yds to the ECaro 44 for a
Week 13 · Tulsa · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Frank Nutile pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 51 yds to the Tulsa 12 for a
Week 13 · Tulsa · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.98Frank Nutile pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 6 yds for a TD, (Aaron Boumerhi PAT BLOCKED), (Aaron Boumerhi PAT BLOCKED) (Aaron Boumerhi PAT BLOCKED) TEMPLE Penalty, personal foul ( Yards) declined
Week 8 · Army · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Frank Nutile pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 17 yds to the 50 yard line for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Frank Nutile pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 34 yds for a TD, (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.73Logan Marchi pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 11 yds for a TD, (Austin Jones PAT MISSED)
Week 12 · UCF · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Frank Nutile pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 8 yds for a TD, (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 3 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Logan Marchi pass complete to Keith Kirkwood for 30 yds to the UMass 46 for a

Teams and coaches

2014Temple6-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / target (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#50 / 709 · 93rd pct

10.8%

EPA / target#72 / 709 · 90th pct

0.87

Yards / catch#173 / 709 · 76th pct

14.9

Explosive rate#252 / 709 · 64th pct

13.8%

Catch rate#310 / 709 · 56th pct

69.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#52 / 539 · 88th pct

Rec yards#118 / 539 · 78th pct

671

Receptions#128 / 539 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#169 / 539 · 68th pct

14.9

Long catch#235 / 539 · 56th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 64th percentile

Catch rate

36th → 56th percentile

TD rate

34th → 93rd percentile

Yards / catch

82nd → 76th percentile

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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	50.8	13.5	0.5
Road5g	3.2	54.0	16.5	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	60.1	15.5	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	50.0	14.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Geoff Collins

Pass share

49.6%

450 pass / 458 run

Plays / game

69.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.1%

484 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

45 catches in 12 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Keith Kirkwood

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Temple in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

45 catches in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

His moves

2013