Ramel Keyton

Senior wide receiver for Tennessee. 2023: 35 catches, 642 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Tennessee · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 197 lb · Marietta, GA

CFB Index 56 · #159 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceTennessee 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 111 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Tennessee. 2023: 35 catches, 642 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tennessee, 1,456 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 122 yds vs Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · W 48-242023

20194 games

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Marietta

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#111 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

2021–2023

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #159 of 497?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#43 / 639 · 93rd pct

17.7

TD rate#207 / 639 · 68th pct

8.2%

Explosive rate#284 / 639 · 54th pct

14.3%

EPA / target#355 / 639 · 45th pct

0.70

Catch rate#608 / 639 · 5th pct

61.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#37 / 566 · 93rd pct

18.3

Rec TDs#74 / 566 · 84th pct

Rec yards#132 / 566 · 77th pct

642

Long catch#151 / 566 · 73rd pct

Receptions#230 / 566 · 59th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

70th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

71st → 54th percentile

Catch rate

17th → 5th percentile

TD rate

82nd → 68th percentile

Yards / catch

96th → 93rd 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	63.6	25.8	0.7
Road4g	3.8	49.2	12.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	46.8	20.5	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	72.2	21.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #159 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #159 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Tennessee	35	642	18.3	6	--
2022	Tennessee	31	562	18.1	5	--
2021	Tennessee	7	72	10.3	0	--
2020	Tennessee	9	76	8.4	0	--
2019	Tennessee	4	104	26.0	0	--
Career		86	1,456	16.9	11	--

Season	Team
2023	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Tennessee	1	10	--	--	--
Career		1	10	--	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.63Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 46 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 10 · UConn · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.76Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 60 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +4.34Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 56 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 1 · Virginia · 2&22 · Q2 · EPA +4.32Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 41 yds to the UVA 32 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kentucky · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 18 yds to the TENN 47 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Ramel Keyton 11 Yd pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell Kick)
Week 1 · Iowa · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Nico Iamaleava pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 27 yds to the TENN 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Missouri · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Austin Peay · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.44Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 5 yds for a TD (Charles Campbell KICK)
Week 10 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.87Joe Milton III pass complete to Ramel Keyton for 21 yds to the TENN 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Virginia	3	66	22.0	0	41
Wk 2	W 30-13vs Austin Peay	5	52	10.4	1	17
Wk 3	L 16-29@ Florida	3	39	13.0	1	14
Wk 4	W 45-14vs UTSA	1	48	48.0	1	48
Wk 5	W 41-20vs South Carolina	2	25	12.5	0	19
Wk 8	L 20-34@ Alabama	5	71	14.2	0	30
Wk 9	W 33-27@ Kentucky	3	30	10.0	0	17
Wk 10	W 59-3vs UConn	2	81	40.5	1	60
Wk 11	L 7-36@ Missouri	4	57	14.3	0	20
Wk 13	W 48-24vs Vanderbilt	4	122	30.5	2	56	Season-high 122 yds
Bowl	W 35-0vs Iowa	3	51	17.0	0	27
Total		35	642	21.1	6	60

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

Ramel Keyton

20194 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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