Senior wide receiver for Boston College. 2023: 23 catches, 235 receiving yards, 1 TD.
5′10″ · 174 lb · Round Rock, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 wide receiver for Boston College. 2023: 23 catches, 235 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Ryan O'Keefe
Moves the chains on third down. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Josh Heupel, Gus Malzahn and Jeff Hafley. Two straight seasons of it now: All-AAC again in 2022. The receipt on tape: 86 rec yds, 13 rush yds against Louisville, Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Boston College, 2,239 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: catch rate (92nd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (82nd percentile). Concern: yards / catch (28th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.5 | 37.2 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 5.0 | 86.0 | 17.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.6 | 47.0 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boston College | 23 | 235 | 10.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | UCF | 73 | 725 | 9.9 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | UCF | 84 | 812 | 9.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2020 | UCF | 20 | 393 | 19.6 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | UCF | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 207 | 2,239 | 10.8 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boston College | 5 | 40 | 140 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | UCF | 23 | 222 | 425 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | UCF | 16 | 274 | 181 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | UCF | -- | -- | 240 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | UCF | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 536 | 986 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 31–28
vs Holy Cross
14 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Holy Cross at home in a shootout.
With T. Castellanos — 201 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.4 · 69 rush yds (16 car) · J. Williams — 2 rec · 70 yds
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-27vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-28vs Holy Cross | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | L 29-31vs Florida State | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-56@ Louisville | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 1 | 38 | Season-high 86 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24vs Virginia | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 23 | 235 | 9.8 | 1 | 38 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ashtyn Hawkins’s 2021 season.
Matches Ashtyn on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Chris Durr Jr.’s path through Wyoming.
Matches Chris on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Peyton Higgins's graduate season at Troy (2025).
Matches Peyton on
Differs from Peyton on
Player DNA