#45

Keith Rucker

Tight end for Georgia State. 2016: 32 catches, 362 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Georgia State · #45

6′3″ · Cincinnati, OH

Georgia State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 3140 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

Statement game10 rec · 154 ydsvs Troy (FBS) · W 31-21

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 tight end for Georgia State. 2016: 32 catches, 362 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia State, 916 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2013

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of Archbishop Moeller

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3140 national

CFB

College

Georgia State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Trent Miles

Georgia State

Played his entire career under Trent Miles.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Trent Miles — 10-27 over that span.

2014Georgia State1-11HC: Trent Miles · Balanced

2015Georgia State6-7HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning

2016Georgia State3-9HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#28 / 96 · 71st pct

Rec yards#29 / 96 · 70th pct

362

Long catch#38 / 96 · 61st pct

Rec TDs#51 / 96 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#63 / 96 · 35th pct

11.3

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	52.0	12.8	0.4
Road5g	2.8	20.4	8.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	25.6	8.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	46.8	13.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Georgia State	32	362	11.3	2	--
2015	Georgia State	39	522	13.4	6	--
2014	Georgia State	5	32	6.4	1	--
Career		76	916	12.1	9	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-31vs Ball State	2	22	11.0	0	15
Wk 2	L 14-48@ Air Force	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 17-23@ Wisconsin	6	38	6.3	0	15
Wk 5	L 3-17@ App State	4	27	6.8	0	9
Wk 6	W 41-21vs Texas State	3	36	12.0	1	21
Wk 9	L 10-13@ South Alabama	2	15	7.5	0	14
Wk 10	L 16-31vs Arkansas State	3	34	11.3	1	17
Wk 11	L 23-37vs UL Monroe	2	23	11.5	0	19
Wk 12	W 30-24vs Georgia Southern	8	145	18.1	0	44	Season-high 145 yds
Wk 14	L 12-37@ Idaho	1	17	17.0	0	17
Total		32	362	10.7	2	44

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