Keith Kirkwood

Wide receiver for Temple. 2017: 45 catches, 671 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Temple · #5

6′3″ · 220 lb · Neptune, NJ

Temple 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for Temple. 2017: 45 catches, 671 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Hawai'i in 2013.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2564 nationally · Signed with Hawai'i

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Temple, 1,388 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 98 yds at Navy.Navy · W 34-102016

2013

Signed with Hawai'i2-star out of Neptune

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2564 national

CFB

College

Temple

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Matt Rhule

Temple

2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Temple6-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

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

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (88th percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

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
Road6g	3.7	61.0	16.4	0.7

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

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017

W 16–13

vs Villanova

4 rec · 61 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Marchi — 274 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.6 · -3 rush yds (1 car) · A. Starzyk — 44 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-49@ Notre Dame	4	60	15.0	1	17	Season-high 96 yds
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 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	15.0	7	51

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