Keith Gavin

#89 · WR · Sr. · Florida State6′3″ · 212 lb · Crawfordville, FL · Wakulla

Keith Gavin: WR · Florida State · #89.

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Keith Gavin

WR · Florida State · Sr · #89

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at Florida State: Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins and Willie Taggart. On tape: 51 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Arizona State, Bowl, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Florida State in the news

FSU coach buyout figure disclosedNov 1
Dabo criticizes misspelled plane bannerThe New York Times Nov 1
3* WR Majay Thompson decommits from FSUNov 1
FSU president updates AD searchSaturday Down South Oct 28

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Florida State	18	208	11.6	0	49
2018	Florida State	26	415	16.0	1	49
2017	Florida State	27	278	10.3	0	43
2016	Florida State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		71	901	12.7	1	49

Season	Team
2019	Florida State	--	--	--
2018	Florida State	--	--	--
2017	Florida State	1	6	178
2016	Florida State	--	--	66
Career		1	6	244

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Wk 1	L 31-36vs Boise State	4	39	9.8	14
Wk 2	W 45-44vs UL Monroe	2	16	8.0	11
Wk 5	W 31-13vs NC State	2	16	8.0	11
Wk 8	L 20-22@ Wake Forest	1	15	15.0	15
Wk 9	W 35-17vs Syracuse	2	12	6.0	7
Wk 10	L 10-27vs Miami	2	19	9.5	13
Wk 12	W 49-12vs Alabama State	2	24	12.0	15
Wk 14	L 17-40@ No. 8 Florida	1	16	16.0	16
Bowl	L 14-20vs Arizona State	2	51	25.5	49
Total		18	208	11.6	49

Signature game

Week 1 · 2019

L 31-36

vs Boise State

4 rec · 39 yds

With L. Tyler — 44 yards per punt · 7 punts · 53 long · J. Blackman — 327 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Arizona State · 3rd and 19 · Q4 · EPA +4.18James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 49 yds to the ArzSt 40 for a
Week 12 · Alabama State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.16James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 15 yds to the AlbSt 45 for a
Week 8 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.51James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 14 · Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.49James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 16 yds to the Fla 45 for a
Week 12 · Alabama State · 1st and 9 · Q2 · EPA +1.95James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 9 yds to the FlaSt 31 for a ALABAMA ST Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (Irshaad Davis) to the FlaSt 46 for a
Week 1 · Boise State · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +1.67James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 12 yds to the FlaSt 35 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · Miami · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.46James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 13 yds to the FlaSt 31 for a
Week 2 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −1.16James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 11 yds Keith Gavin fumbled, forced by Caleb Evans, recovered by LaMon Jordan Oliver , return for 9 yds to the FLORIDAST 42 FLORIDA ST Penalty, illegal shift (Jordan Oliver) declined
Week 1 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.93James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 11 yds to the FlaSt 36 for a
Week 1 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.69James Blackman pass complete to Keith Gavin for 14 yds to the FlaSt 25 for a

Teams and coaches

2016Florida State10-3HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2017Florida State7-6HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart and Odell Haggins · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (90th percentile). Concern: td rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#72 / 728 · 90th pct

81.8%

EPA / target#165 / 728 · 77th pct

0.73

Yards / catch#408 / 728 · 44th pct

11.8

Explosive rate#629 / 728 · 13th pct

4.5%

TD rate#612 / 728 · 8th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#272 / 556 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#370 / 556 · 33rd pct

11.6

Receptions#444 / 556 · 19th pct

Rec yards#477 / 556 · 14th pct

208

Rec TDs#481 / 556 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

36th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

69th → 13th percentile

Catch rate

28th → 90th percentile

TD rate

9th → 8th percentile

Yards / catch

81st → 44th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	21.0	8.9	0.0
Road2g	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	30.5	12.8	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	17.2	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Willie Taggart

Pass share

48.0%

432 pass / 468 run

Plays / game

69.2

13 games

Team sack rate

9.8%

481 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

18 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Keith Gavin

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Style of play

Fans

Florida State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

18 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Florida State

2016