KeSean Carter

Senior wide receiver for Houston. 2022: 39 catches, 611 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Houston · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 180 lb · The Woodlands, TX

CFB Index 58 · #146 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceHouston 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 843 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

Statement game11 rec · 150 yds · 1 TDat Texas (FBS) · L 24-49

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Houston. 2022: 39 catches, 611 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2018.
Transferred from Texas Tech to Houston in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Houston, 1,793 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 150 yds at Texas.Texas · L 24-492019

20188 games

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of The Woodlands

20219 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#843 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Major Applewhite

Houston

2019–2022

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #146 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	53.8	19.4	0.3
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #146 of 488 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 37–35

at UTSA

3 rec · 10 yds

Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.

With C. Tune — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.3 · 51 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · L. Wilkins — 46 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · SMU · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +5.44Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 37 yds for a TD, (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 1 · Louisiana · 1&30 · Q4 · EPA +4.17Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 41 yds to the LaLaf 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Louisiana · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.44Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 33 yds for a TD (Kyle Ramsey PAT MISSED)
Week 1 · Louisiana · 1&20 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 30 yds to the LaLaf 34 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Tulane · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 41 yds to the Tulan 14 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 28 yds for a TD, (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 8 · Navy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 40 yds to the Navy 28 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Rice · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 17 yds to the Rice 36 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 13 yds for a TD, (Kyle Ramsey KICK)
Week 10 · SMU · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Clayton Tune pass complete to KeSean Carter for 19 yds to the SMU 25 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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

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