Keyshawn Helton

Senior wide receiver for Florida State. 2021: 19 catches, 285 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Florida State · Sr. · #6

5′9″ · 175 lb · Pensacola, FL

CFB Index 35 · #358 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceFlorida State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1309 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Florida State. 2021: 19 catches, 285 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2018.
Transferred from Florida State to Cincinnati in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida State, 819 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20186 games

Signed with Florida State3-star out of West Florida Tech

2023

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1309 national

CFB

College

Florida State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Willie Taggart

Florida State

2020–2021

Mike Norvell

Florida State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Mike Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #358 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (88th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#82 / 655 · 88th pct

1.00

Yards / catch#118 / 655 · 82nd pct

15.4

TD rate#249 / 655 · 62nd pct

7.4%

Explosive rate#264 / 655 · 59th pct

14.8%

Catch rate#502 / 655 · 23rd pct

66.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#156 / 557 · 71st pct

15.0

Rec TDs#278 / 557 · 42nd pct

Long catch#334 / 557 · 39th pct

Rec yards#371 / 557 · 33rd pct

285

Receptions#403 / 557 · 26th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.8	24.7	14.7	0.3
Road4g	2.0	34.2	14.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	27.0	15.5	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	30.8	14.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #358 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #358 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida State	19	285	15.0	2	--
2020	Florida State	14	119	8.5	2	--
2019	Florida State	17	239	14.1	3	--
2018	Florida State	11	176	16.0	1	--
Career		61	819	13.4	8	--

Season	Team
2021	Florida State	--	--	--	32	--
2020	Florida State	1	--	130	26	--
2019	Florida State	2	19	228	--	--
2018	Florida State	1	2	196	--	--
Career		4	21	554	58	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · North Carolina · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.11Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 44 yds to the UNC 30 for a 1ST down NORTH CAROLINA Penalty, Roughing Passer (15 Yards) to the NCaro 15 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · North Carolina · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.46Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 18 yds to the NCaro 37 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Clemson · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.78Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 14 yds to the FlaSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · NC State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68McKenzie Milton pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 8 yds for a TD, (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 9 yds to the NDame 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 14 yds for a TD, (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 8 · Massachusetts · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 20 yds to the FlaSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 17 yds to the FlaSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Syracuse · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.72Jordan Travis pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 12 yds to the Syrac 3 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +1.65McKenzie Milton pass complete to Keyshawn Helton for 15 yds to the NDame 5 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 38-41vs Notre Dame	4	53	13.3	0	17
Wk 2	L 17-20vs Jacksonville State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	L 14-35@ Wake Forest	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 4	L 23-31vs Louisville	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 5	W 33-30vs Syracuse	2	26	13.0	1	14
Wk 6	W 35-25@ North Carolina	3	71	23.7	0	44	Season-high 71 yds
Wk 8	W 59-3vs Massachusetts	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 9	L 20-30@ Clemson	3	45	15.0	0	24
Wk 10	L 14-28vs NC State	4	49	12.3	1	23
Wk 13	L 21-24@ Florida	1	9	9.0	0	9
Total		19	285	14.8	2	44

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

Keyshawn Helton

20186 games

2023

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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