#85

Keleki Latu

Former tight end at Washington. 2024: 40 catches, 371 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Washington · Sr. · #85

6′7″ · 244 lb · Sacramento, CA

CFB Index 54 · #36 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceWashington 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1117 nationally · Signed with California

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Washington. 2024: 40 catches, 371 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to California in 2021.
Transferred from Nevada to Washington in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 805 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 65 yds vs Michigan.Michigan · W 27-172024

2021

Signed with California3-star out of Jesuit

20235 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1117 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021

Jimmy Lake

Washington

2022–2023

Kalen DeBoer

Washington

era →

2024

Jedd Fisch

Washington

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimmy Lake, Kalen DeBoer, and Jedd Fisch. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2022California4-8HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning

2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning

2024Washington6-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #36 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (85th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#288 / 610 · 53rd pct

0.90

Yards / catch#490 / 610 · 20th pct

9.3

TD rate#498 / 610 · 18th pct

2.5%

Explosive rate#531 / 610 · 13th pct

5.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#25 / 168 · 85th pct

Rec yards#43 / 168 · 75th pct

371

Long catch#66 / 168 · 59th pct

Rec TDs#110 / 168 · 25th pct

Yards / catch#126 / 168 · 25th pct

9.3

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	36.4	10.3	0.1
Road4g	3.2	29.0	8.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	34.9	9.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	31.8	9.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #36 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Washington	40	371	9.3	1	--
2023	Nevada	14	179	12.8	0	--
2022	California	18	207	11.5	1	--
2021	California	4	48	12.0	1	--
Career		76	805	10.6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 26–21

vs USC

3 rec · 41 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With W. Rogers — 262 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.7 · J. McCallister — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · UCLA · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 8 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 10 · USC · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 15 yds to the USC 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Northwestern · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 3 yds to the NU 44 for a 1ST down Northwestern Penalty, Personal Foul (Mac Uihlein) to the NU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Iowa · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.12Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 9 yds to the WASH 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · USC · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.03Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 8 yds to the USC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Indiana · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +1.79Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 11 yds to the IU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisville · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.79Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Keleki Latu for 8 yds to the WASH 36 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Eastern Michigan · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.73Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 15 yds to the EMU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · USC · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.70Will Rogers pass complete to Keleki Latu for 18 yds to the USC 33 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UCLA · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.67Demond Williams Jr. pass complete to Keleki Latu for 10 yds to the UCLA 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 30-9vs Eastern Michigan	3	31	10.3	0	15
Wk 3	L 19-24vs Washington State	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 4	W 24-5vs Northwestern	5	28	5.6	0	9
Wk 5	L 18-21@ Rutgers	3	24	8.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 27-17vs Michigan	7	65	9.3	0	16	Season-high 65 yds
Wk 7	L 16-40@ Iowa	4	35	8.8	0	14
Wk 9	L 17-31@ Indiana	4	50	12.5	0	36
Wk 10	W 26-21vs USC	3	41	13.7	0	18
Wk 12	W 31-19vs UCLA	3	29	9.7	1	11
Wk 14	L 21-49@ Oregon	2	7	3.5	0	4
Bowl	L 34-35vs Louisville	4	29	7.3	0	12
Total		40	371	9.5	1	36

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

Keleki Latu

2021

20235 games

202411 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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