Talik Keaton

Senior wide receiver for Marshall. 2023: 14 catches, 143 receiving yards.

WR · Marshall · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 190 lb · Sarasota, FL

CFB Index 26 · #485 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceMarshall 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1517 nationally · Signed with Marshall

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Marshall. 2023: 14 catches, 143 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Marshall, 952 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 71 yds vs Norfolk State.Norfolk State · W 55-32022

2018

Signed with Marshall3-star out of Booker

20206 games

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1517 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Doc Holliday

Marshall

2021–2023

Charles Huff

Marshall

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

26Below cohort / limited sample #485 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#278 / 627 · 55th pct

15.0%

Yards / catch#467 / 627 · 26th pct

10.2

Catch rate#508 / 627 · 19th pct

70.0%

EPA / target#572 / 627 · 9th pct

0.30

TD rate#539 / 627 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rush yards#196 / 294 · 30th pct

Yards / catch#466 / 566 · 17th pct

10.2

Receptions#516 / 566 · 8th pct

Long catch#530 / 566 · 6th pct

Rec TDs#503 / 566 · 6th pct

Rec yards#535 / 566 · 6th pct

143

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.2	11.8	9.8	0.0
Road4g	1.8	18.0	11.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.0	9.0	8.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	19.6	11.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

26 · #485 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #485 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Marshall	14	143	10.2	0	--
2022	Marshall	24	226	9.4	0	--
2021	Marshall	19	268	14.1	2	--
2020	Marshall	17	175	10.3	1	--
2019	Marshall	9	140	15.6	1	--
Career		83	952	11.5	4	--

Season	Team
2023	Marshall	1	3	8	12	--
2022	Marshall	2	32	43	101	--
2021	Marshall	--	--	6	21	--
2020	Marshall	--	--	--	95	--
2019	Marshall	1	-15	--	202	1
Career		4	20	57	431	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 21–17

vs UAlbany

1 rec · 6 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With C. Fancher — 268 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 34.2 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Mcconnell — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 62 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Arkansas State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Cam Fancher pass complete to Talik Keaton for 9 yds to the ARST 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · App State · 2&20 · Q4 · EPA +2.10Cam Fancher pass complete to Talik Keaton for 21 yds to the APP 13 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.20Cam Fancher pass complete to Talik Keaton for 20 yds to the ECU 3 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · East Carolina · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +0.94Cam Fancher pass complete to Talik Keaton for 9 yds to the ECU 30
Week 11 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.74Cole Pennington pass complete to Talik Keaton for 15 yds to the GASO 32 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Coastal Carolina · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +0.66Cole Pennington pass complete to Talik Keaton for 6 yds to the CCU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.63Cam Fancher pass complete to Talik Keaton for 25 yds to the ARST 15 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Coastal Carolina · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.49Cole Pennington pass complete to Talik Keaton for 7 yds to the MRSH 44
Week 1 · UAlbany · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.29Cam Fancher pass complete to Talik Keaton for 6 yds to the MRSH 26
Week 1 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.20Talik Keaton run for 3 yds to the UTSA 30

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs UAlbany	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 2	W 31-13@ East Carolina	2	29	14.5	0	20
Wk 4	W 24-17vs Virginia Tech	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 6	L 41-48@ NC State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 8	L 9-20vs James Madison	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 6-34@ Coastal Carolina	3	18	6.0	0	7
Wk 10	L 9-31@ App State	2	25	12.5	0	21
Wk 11	W 38-33vs Georgia Southern	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 13	W 35-21vs Arkansas State	2	34	17.0	0	25	Season-high 34 yds
Bowl	L 17-35vs UTSA	2	10	5.0	0	7
Total		14	143	10.2	0	25

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

Talik Keaton

2018

20206 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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