Keelan Marion

Senior wide receiver for Miami. 2025: 57 catches, 746 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Miami · Sr.

6′0″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 69 · #83 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Miami for 2026

The numbers

rushing yards · 2025

6.3 per carry · 57 catches

Swing playSwung Miami from 54% to 80% to win.Miami at Ole Miss · 31-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Miami. 2025: 57 catches, 746 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Grayson in 2019.
Transferred from BYU to Miami in 2025.
Named All-America (WCFF) in 2024.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 73rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Keelan Marion

WR · Miami · Sr

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Across five seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Lou Spanos, Jim Mora, Kalani Sitake and Mario Cristobal. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-America (CBS). One game to point at: 116 rec yds, 3 receptions against Syracuse — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UConn1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced

2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #83 of 485?

High confidenceAscending12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (85th percentile). Strength: rec yards (85th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#214 / 798 · 73rd pct

0.56

Catch rate#314 / 798 · 61st pct

70.5%

Explosive rate#385 / 798 · 52nd pct

10.3%

Yards / catch#391 / 798 · 51st pct

11.5

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#78 / 558 · 85th pct

Rec yards#85 / 558 · 85th pct

746

Long catch#149 / 558 · 73rd pct

Rush yards#95 / 287 · 67th pct

Yards / catch#268 / 558 · 51st pct

13.1

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

20th → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 52nd percentile

Catch rate

1st → 61st percentile

TD rate

24th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 51st 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%24 of his 78 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 16 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.5	48.5	13.3	0.1
Road8g	3.6	44.8	10.8	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	3.0	34.9	9.8	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	61.7	14.7	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #83 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #83 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #12 of 64 ACC WRs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Miami	57	746	13.1	2	--
2024	BYU	24	346	14.4	1	--
2023	BYU	20	216	10.8	0	--
2022	UConn	4	89	22.2	1	--
2021	UConn	28	474	16.9	5	--
Career		133	1,871	14.1	9	--

Season	Team
2025	Miami	4	25	293	--	--
2024	BYU	21	96	472	--	--
2023	BYU	9	40	393	--	--
2022	UConn	--	--	--	--	--
2021	UConn	--	--	16	124	--
Career		34	161	1,174	124	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 24–14

at Ohio State

5 rec · 36 yds

With D. Joyce — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Beck — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 23 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Syracuse · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +5.71Keelan Marion 61 Yd pass from Carson Beck (Carter Davis Kick)
Week 1 · Ole Miss · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.53(02:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete deep middle to #0 K.Marion caught at OM 13, for 52 yards to the OM 00 QB hurried by #4 S.Perkins TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:18, 1ST DOWN #38 C.Davis kick attempt good (H: #94 D.Joyce, LS: #46 A.Booker)
Week 12 · NC State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.18(09:54) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete deep left to #0 K.Marion caught at NCS19, for 35 yards to the NCS18 (#21 J.Johnson), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · SMU · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.13(03:22) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short middle to #0 K.Marion caught at MIA48, for 16 yards to the MIA48 (#0 W.Nettles), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · SMU · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.03(04:18) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short middle to #0 K.Marion caught at SMU49, for 16 yards to the SMU47 (#23 I.Nwokobia), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · SMU · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.00(07:28) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short middle to #0 K.Marion caught at MIA40, for 21 yards to the MIA48 (#0 W.Nettles; #23 I.Nwokobia), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Louisville · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Carson Beck pass complete to Keelan Marion for 15 yds to the LOU 41 for a 1ST down Louisville Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Wesley Bailey) to the LOU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · NC State · 2&16 · Q3 · EPA +2.65(12:40) Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short left to #0 K.Marion caught at UM40, for 20 yards to the UM43 (#22 J.Vick), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Carson Beck pass complete to Keelan Marion for 36 yds to the USF 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ole Miss · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.37(03:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #11 C.Beck pass complete short left to #0 K.Marion caught at MIA41, for 14 yards to the MIA44 (#32 C.Graves Jr.), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 16 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	3	29	9.7	0	14
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	6	81	13.5	0	36
Wk 4	W 26-7vs Florida	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	5	33	6.6	0	15
Wk 9	W 42-7vs Stanford	2	18	9.0	0	11
Wk 10	L 20-26@ SMU	5	77	15.4	0	21
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Syracuse	3	116	38.7	1	61	Season-high 116 yds
Wk 12	W 41-7vs NC State	7	96	13.7	0	35
Wk 13	W 34-17@ Virginia Tech	6	79	13.2	0	32
Wk 14	W 38-7@ Pittsburgh	2	13	6.5	0	8
Bowl	W 10-3@ Texas A&M	3	33	11.0	0	20
Bowl	W 24-14@ Ohio State	5	36	7.2	0	14
Bowl	W 31-27@ Ole Miss	7	114	16.3	1	52
Bowl	L 21-27@ Indiana	1	6	6.0	0	6
Total		57	746	12.1	2	61

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Miami

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Miami

Returning around him

37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
9 Miami players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -8 net (12 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #9

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Josh Meredith’s 2025 season.

Josh Meredith

89%match

Washington State · 2025

Jared Brown

Coastal Carolina · 2023

All-Sun Belt

84%

Trell Harris

Virginia · 2025

All-ACC

80%

Zakhari Franklin

Illinois · 2024

78%

Kyri Shoels

San José State · 2025

All-Mountain West

78%

Matches Josh on

EPA / play (adj)

Weight

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Josh on

Recruiting rating (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Cade McDonald's graduate season at Miami (OH) (2024).

Cade McDonald

82%match

Miami (OH) · 2024

All-MAC

Keagan Johnson

New Mexico · 2025

All-Mountain West

80%

Montorie Foster

Michigan State · 2024

79%

Jimmy Holiday

Louisiana Tech · 2024

All-Conference USA

78%

Courtney Jackson

Arkansas State · 2024

All-Sun Belt

73%

Matches Cade on

Total EPA (college ability)

Reception volume

EPA / play (adj)

Player DNA

Players who play like Keelan Marion

Josh Meredith

Washington State · 2025

89%

Micah Davis

Utah State · 2023

89%

Jeff Foreman

Arkansas State · 2023

80%

Trell Harris

Virginia · 2025

80%

Jamari Person

Liberty · 2025

80%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #193

Final rank

#193

Avg #268.3

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #193 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Keelan Marion

2019

2020

202312 games

202413 games

202516 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

Players who play like Keelan Marion

Heisman trajectory

Peak #193