KeSean Carter

#8 · WR · Sr. · Houston5′11″ · 180 lb · The Woodlands, TX

KeSean Carter: WR · Houston · #8.

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KeSean Carter

WR · Houston · Sr · #8

Moves the chains on third down. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Kliff Kingsbury, Matt Wells and Dana Holgorsen. A game that shows it: 136 receiving yards and 8 receptions against SMU — Week 10, 2022.

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.

Houston in the news

Nebraska coach blasts fanHouston Chronicle Nov 2
Yormark leaving Big XIIOct 30

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Houston	39	611	15.7	5	41
2021	Houston	26	331	12.7	1	29
2020	Texas Tech	30	310	10.3	4	30
2019	Texas Tech	27	303	11.2	2	52
2018	Texas Tech	26	238	9.2	1	25
Career		148	1,793	12.1	13	52

Season	Team
2022	Houston	--	--	--
2021	Houston	1	6	--
2020	Texas Tech	1	10	26
2019	Texas Tech	--	--	241
2018	Texas Tech	3	28	--
Career		5	44	267

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-35@ UTSA	3	10	3.3	0	4
Wk 2	L 30-33@ Texas Tech	2	13	6.5	0	10
Wk 3	L 30-48vs Kansas	2	26	13.0	0	14
Wk 4	W 34-27vs Rice	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 5	L 24-27vs Tulane	2	41	20.5	0	41
Wk 6	W 33-32@ Memphis	4	36	9.0	2	15	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 38-20@ Navy	3	62	20.7	0	40
Wk 9	W 42-27vs South Florida	7	102	14.6	1	28
Wk 10	L 63-77@ SMU	8	136	17.0	1	37	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 12	W 42-3@ East Carolina	2	31	15.5	0	18
Wk 13	L 30-37vs Tulsa	2	33	16.5	0	18
Bowl	W 23-16vs Louisiana	3	104	34.7	1	41
Total		39	611	15.7	5	41

Signature game

Week 10 · 2022

L 63-77

at SMU

8 rec · 136 yds · 1 TD

With C. Tune — 527 yds · 7 TD · 3 INT · QBR 89.3 · 111 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · J. Rogers — 3 tackles · 2 solo tackles

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · SMU · 4th and 7 · Q2 · EPA +5.44Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 37 yds for a TD, (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 1 · Louisiana · 1st and 30 · Q4 · EPA +4.17Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 41 yds to the LaLaf 38 for a
Week 1 · Louisiana · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 33 yds for a TD (Kyle Ramsey PAT MISSED)
Week 1 · Louisiana · 1st and 20 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 30 yds to the LaLaf 34 for a
Week 5 · Tulane · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 41 yds to the Tulan 14 for a
Week 9 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 28 yds for a TD, (Kyle Ramsey KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 40 yds to the Navy 28 for a
Week 4 · Rice · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 17 yds to the Rice 36 for a
Week 6 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 13 yds for a TD, (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 10 · SMU · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 19 yds to the SMU 25 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Houston12-2HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2022Houston8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 58 (#146 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

58Quality starter #146 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#20 / 636 · 97th pct

1.23

Yards / catch#72 / 636 · 89th pct

16.3

TD rate#95 / 636 · 85th pct

11.6%

Explosive rate#101 / 636 · 84th pct

20.9%

Catch rate#158 / 636 · 75th pct

86.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#121 / 550 · 77th pct

15.7

Rec TDs#111 / 550 · 76th pct

Rec yards#150 / 550 · 73rd pct

611

Receptions#196 / 550 · 63rd pct

Long catch#363 / 550 · 33rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 97th percentile

Explosive rate

65th → 84th percentile

Catch rate

71st → 75th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 85th percentile

Yards / catch

55th → 89th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	43.8	16.3	0.2
Road6g	3.7	48.0	12.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	35.3	14.9	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	72.8	16.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Dana Holgorsen

Pass share

56.1%

500 pass / 392 run

Plays / game

68.6

13 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

524 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

39 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

58 · #146 of 488 WRs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #146 at the position.

KeSean Carter

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Houston in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

39 catches in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2018 8 games

2021 9 games