New Mexico State · W 42-18
No catches.
San José State · W 21-16
2 catches, 30 yards, 1 TD
The other 6 games average 44 yards. This one was 14 below.
Keith has catches in 7 of New Mexico’s 8 games: none against New Mexico State.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 receiving yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Cade Keith
Cade Keith takes over from Dorian Thomas at New Mexico.
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04
Play style
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KOB 4 Oct 15Against San José State on Oct. 31: 2 catches for 30 yards. In the 7 games drawn here: 22 catches for 295 yards. New Mexico has thrown to him 26 times in 125 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 3 | 42 |
| 2025 | New Mexico | 20 | 253 | 12.7 | 3 | 45 |
| Career | 42 | 548 | 13.0 | 6 | 45 |
Last game (Wk 9): 30 receiving yards, 2 catches, 1 receiving TD.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-7vs Central Michigan | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-7vs Mercyhurst | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-14@ No. 24 Oklahoma | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | 40 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 61-7vs UTEP | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-10@ Hawai'i | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-16vs North Dakota State | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-16@ San José State | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 3 | 42 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 70-7
vs Mercyhurst
2 rec · 63 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 63-point win at home against Mercyhurst.
With C. Steinkamp — 59 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20 · M. Kern — 38.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 3 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
262nd in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +10 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
2821% of team targetsCatch rate
79%22 of 28 targetsShort · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
79% catch rate on 28 targets · 21% of the team's targets.
2 seasons under Jason Eck — 16-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 44.5 | 15.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 39.0 | 13.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 42.4 | 14.8 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 41.5 | 12.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
28.9%
142 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
61.4
8 games
Team sack rate
10.6%
180 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
22 catches in 7 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #8 of 11 Mountain West TEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
2026 is in progress.
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Sonny Dykes and Jason Eck.
