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Jersey Number 82
Keke Coutee
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 173
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lufkin, Texas
- High School:
- Lufkin
Bio
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR)
Became one of the nation’s premier receivers in his final season in scarlet and black … appeared in all 13 games while making 11 starts … led the Red Raiders and was among the national leaders with 1,429 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior … caught 93 passes on the year, marking the 10th time in program history a Tech receiver recorded 90 or more receptions in a season … large numbers came despite an mid-season injury that limited his ability in the return game … still managed to total 315 kickoff return yards and a touchdown on 10 returns … ended the year with 1,759 all-purpose yards … recorded 90 or more receiving yards in seven games and 100 yards in five different games … caught at least one touchdown in eight different games … IN THE TEXAS TECH SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK: finished second all-time in receiving yards, trailing only Michael Crabtree’s total from the 2007 season … his 93 receptions ranked seventh all-time in single-season history … his 1,429 receiving yards marked the most by a Tech junior in school history … passed Ricky Williams (1998) for 10th all-time in all-purpose yards during the Birmingham Bowl … topped Williams’ total by one yard to enter the top 10 … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ranked fourth nationally in receiving yards, fifth in receiving yards per game, eighth in receptions per game (7.2), 16th in receiving touchdowns, 18th in all-purpose yards per game (135.3), 61st in total touchdowns (11) and 88th in yards per receptions (15.4) … was also tied for 17th in kickoff return touchdowns … shared the national lead with five games of 150 or more receiving yards … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: led the conference in all-purpose yards per game and ranked second for receiving yards, receiving yards per game and receptions per game … was fourth in receiving touchdowns, sixth in total touchdowns and 10th for combined kick return yardage (315) … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS … opened the year with five catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns versus Eastern Washington (9/2) … set career highs with 12 catches for 186 yards two weeks later against Arizona State (9/16) … followed with another big game at Houston (9/23) with 11 receptions for 161 yards and a touchdown … scored on a 77-yard strike that pushed Tech to a 20-10 lead late in the third quarter … marked the longest reception of his career … opened Big 12 play with three receptions for 53 yards against Oklahoma State (9/30) … left that game early due to an injury … bounced back to catch eight passes for 87 yards and a touchdown the following week at Kansas (10/7) … found the end zone again the following week at West Virginia (10/14) as part of a six catch, 86 yard performance … recorded 93 yards through the air off four catches at Oklahoma (10/28), 70 yards of which came on a long touchdown strike midway through the first quarter … matched his career high with 12 catches and two touchdowns against Kansas State (11/4) while setting a new career mark with 189 receiving yards … touchdown catches came on a long 75-yard strike in the second quarter and then a 34-yarder to open the second half … had a season-low two catches in back-to-back weeks against Baylor (11/11) and TCU (11/18) … gave the Red Raiders a much-needed boost to start the Baylor game, returning the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown … marked the first time a Red Raider had returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown since Lawrence Williams went 95 yards in 1973 versus New Mexico … was just the third opening kickoff returned for a touchdown in Big 12 history … marked the first kickoff return for a touchdown in his career … took just 14 seconds to reach the end zone, marking the quickest touchdown ever to start a college game at AT&T Stadium … was also the quickest touchdown to start a game for the Red Raiders in the Big 12 era … earned Big 12 Special teams Player of the Week honors following the win … concluded the regular season with nine catches for 168 yards in the win over Texas … set a Texas Tech bowl record with 187 receiving yards against USF in the Birmingham Bowl … passed the previous record of 162 yards set by Joel Filani in the 2006 Insight Bowl … his 11 receptions matched the Tech bowl record set by Filani as well … had a 41-yard kickoff return in the game as well to finish with a career-high 251 all-purpose yards … AWARDS AND HONORS … All-Big 12 second team honoree by the conference coaches and Associated Press … also an honorable mention pick as a kickoff returner … named to the All-Big 12 first team by Pro Football Focus … selected as the conference’s top all-purpose player by ESPN as part of its All-Big 12 Team … was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … recognized on the Big 12 All-Bowl Team by Diehards … FOLLOWING THE SEASON … announced his intentions to forego his senior season and declare for the 2018 NFL Draft.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Put together a breakout season as a true sophomore … played in all 12 games on the season with two starts … two starts came at TCU (10/29) and against Baylor (11/25) … ended the year as Texas Tech’s second-leading receiver with 890 yards through the air … also ranked fourth on the team with 55 receptions and seven touchdowns … returned six kicks for 97 yards (16.2 average) and also had one punt return for 14 yards … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ranked 51st in receiving yards per game (74.2), 60th for receiving yards (890), 68th in receiving touchdowns (7) and 92nd for receptions per game (4.6) … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: finished seventh in the league for receiving yards per game, eighth in total receiving yards and ninth for yards per reception (16.2) and receiving touchdowns … was also 13th in receptions per game … ranked second in the league after averaging 95.7 yards per game during Big 12 play … was also sixth overall in receptions per game (5.8) and ninth in all-purpose yards per game (105.9) in conference action … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS … had a slow start to the season with just three catches for 29 yards over the first three games … caught his first career touchdown during Big 12 opener against Kansas (9/29) … had three catches for a then career-high 73 yards versus the Jayhawks … broke that career high just a week later with five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown at Kansas State (10/8) … was the first of four games on the season with at least 100 receiving yards … returned lone punt on the season against the Wildcats, bringing it back 14 yards … posted six receptions for 61 yards the following week against West Virginia … caught a career-high 10 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown against Oklahoma (10/22) … played a big part in a Red Raider offense that set a new school record with 854 yards of total offense … had just one catch for two yards the next week at TCU (10/29) … rebounded with five catches for 42 yards against Texas (11/5) and six catches for 45 yards at Oklahoma State (11/12) … brought back a kick 24 yards versus the Longhorns, the longest of his career … ended the season with back-to-back games with 100 receiving yards … was on the receiving end of eight catches for 115 yards and a touchdown at Iowa State (11/19) … put his name in the Texas Tech record book with 221 receiving yards against Baylor (11/25) … matched Darrin Moore for the 10th-highest single-game receiving total in school history after hauling in eight catches … had two touchdowns in the win over Baylor – a 35-yard reception midway through the first half and then an 80-yard strike that gave Tech a 34-7 lead in the second quarter … his 80-yard touchdown reception marked the longest of his career … had two kick returns for 31 yards as well, giving him a career high with 248 all-purpose yards … AWARDS AND HONORS … an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the conference coaches … was a Week 13 honorable mention selection for the Earl Campbell Award’s “Player of the Week” recognition (following Baylor game) … member of Pro Football Focus’ “College Team of the Week” following the Baylor game as well.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
One of three true freshmen wide receivers to see action, playing in all 13 games while making two starts ... finished the year with 11 receptions for 105 yards ... caught three passes against UTEP, totaling 38 yards (9/12) ... longest reception came at 14 yards against the Miners ... added two receptions for five yards against Baylor (10/3) ... matched career high with three receptions against Iowa State totaling 27 yards (10/10) ... caught a pair of passes for 27 yards at Oklahoma (10/24), including a career-long 23 yard reception ... earned first career start at West Virginia (11/7).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Lufkin High School in Lufkin, Texas ... four-star prospect by Scout ... three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports ... first team All-District as a sophomore, junior and senior ... three-time receiver of the year at Lufkin High ... caught 56 passes for 841 yards as a senior in 2014 ... also logged nine punt returns for 273 yards (30.3 avg) and three touchdowns ... posted 218 yards on nine returns with a long of 57 yards as a kick returner ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma, Louisville and Houston.
PERSONAL
Key’vantanie Coutee ... a general studies major at Texas Tech.
Became one of the nation’s premier receivers in his final season in scarlet and black … appeared in all 13 games while making 11 starts … led the Red Raiders and was among the national leaders with 1,429 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior … caught 93 passes on the year, marking the 10th time in program history a Tech receiver recorded 90 or more receptions in a season … large numbers came despite an mid-season injury that limited his ability in the return game … still managed to total 315 kickoff return yards and a touchdown on 10 returns … ended the year with 1,759 all-purpose yards … recorded 90 or more receiving yards in seven games and 100 yards in five different games … caught at least one touchdown in eight different games … IN THE TEXAS TECH SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK: finished second all-time in receiving yards, trailing only Michael Crabtree’s total from the 2007 season … his 93 receptions ranked seventh all-time in single-season history … his 1,429 receiving yards marked the most by a Tech junior in school history … passed Ricky Williams (1998) for 10th all-time in all-purpose yards during the Birmingham Bowl … topped Williams’ total by one yard to enter the top 10 … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ranked fourth nationally in receiving yards, fifth in receiving yards per game, eighth in receptions per game (7.2), 16th in receiving touchdowns, 18th in all-purpose yards per game (135.3), 61st in total touchdowns (11) and 88th in yards per receptions (15.4) … was also tied for 17th in kickoff return touchdowns … shared the national lead with five games of 150 or more receiving yards … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: led the conference in all-purpose yards per game and ranked second for receiving yards, receiving yards per game and receptions per game … was fourth in receiving touchdowns, sixth in total touchdowns and 10th for combined kick return yardage (315) … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS … opened the year with five catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns versus Eastern Washington (9/2) … set career highs with 12 catches for 186 yards two weeks later against Arizona State (9/16) … followed with another big game at Houston (9/23) with 11 receptions for 161 yards and a touchdown … scored on a 77-yard strike that pushed Tech to a 20-10 lead late in the third quarter … marked the longest reception of his career … opened Big 12 play with three receptions for 53 yards against Oklahoma State (9/30) … left that game early due to an injury … bounced back to catch eight passes for 87 yards and a touchdown the following week at Kansas (10/7) … found the end zone again the following week at West Virginia (10/14) as part of a six catch, 86 yard performance … recorded 93 yards through the air off four catches at Oklahoma (10/28), 70 yards of which came on a long touchdown strike midway through the first quarter … matched his career high with 12 catches and two touchdowns against Kansas State (11/4) while setting a new career mark with 189 receiving yards … touchdown catches came on a long 75-yard strike in the second quarter and then a 34-yarder to open the second half … had a season-low two catches in back-to-back weeks against Baylor (11/11) and TCU (11/18) … gave the Red Raiders a much-needed boost to start the Baylor game, returning the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown … marked the first time a Red Raider had returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown since Lawrence Williams went 95 yards in 1973 versus New Mexico … was just the third opening kickoff returned for a touchdown in Big 12 history … marked the first kickoff return for a touchdown in his career … took just 14 seconds to reach the end zone, marking the quickest touchdown ever to start a college game at AT&T Stadium … was also the quickest touchdown to start a game for the Red Raiders in the Big 12 era … earned Big 12 Special teams Player of the Week honors following the win … concluded the regular season with nine catches for 168 yards in the win over Texas … set a Texas Tech bowl record with 187 receiving yards against USF in the Birmingham Bowl … passed the previous record of 162 yards set by Joel Filani in the 2006 Insight Bowl … his 11 receptions matched the Tech bowl record set by Filani as well … had a 41-yard kickoff return in the game as well to finish with a career-high 251 all-purpose yards … AWARDS AND HONORS … All-Big 12 second team honoree by the conference coaches and Associated Press … also an honorable mention pick as a kickoff returner … named to the All-Big 12 first team by Pro Football Focus … selected as the conference’s top all-purpose player by ESPN as part of its All-Big 12 Team … was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … recognized on the Big 12 All-Bowl Team by Diehards … FOLLOWING THE SEASON … announced his intentions to forego his senior season and declare for the 2018 NFL Draft.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Put together a breakout season as a true sophomore … played in all 12 games on the season with two starts … two starts came at TCU (10/29) and against Baylor (11/25) … ended the year as Texas Tech’s second-leading receiver with 890 yards through the air … also ranked fourth on the team with 55 receptions and seven touchdowns … returned six kicks for 97 yards (16.2 average) and also had one punt return for 14 yards … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ranked 51st in receiving yards per game (74.2), 60th for receiving yards (890), 68th in receiving touchdowns (7) and 92nd for receptions per game (4.6) … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: finished seventh in the league for receiving yards per game, eighth in total receiving yards and ninth for yards per reception (16.2) and receiving touchdowns … was also 13th in receptions per game … ranked second in the league after averaging 95.7 yards per game during Big 12 play … was also sixth overall in receptions per game (5.8) and ninth in all-purpose yards per game (105.9) in conference action … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS … had a slow start to the season with just three catches for 29 yards over the first three games … caught his first career touchdown during Big 12 opener against Kansas (9/29) … had three catches for a then career-high 73 yards versus the Jayhawks … broke that career high just a week later with five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown at Kansas State (10/8) … was the first of four games on the season with at least 100 receiving yards … returned lone punt on the season against the Wildcats, bringing it back 14 yards … posted six receptions for 61 yards the following week against West Virginia … caught a career-high 10 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown against Oklahoma (10/22) … played a big part in a Red Raider offense that set a new school record with 854 yards of total offense … had just one catch for two yards the next week at TCU (10/29) … rebounded with five catches for 42 yards against Texas (11/5) and six catches for 45 yards at Oklahoma State (11/12) … brought back a kick 24 yards versus the Longhorns, the longest of his career … ended the season with back-to-back games with 100 receiving yards … was on the receiving end of eight catches for 115 yards and a touchdown at Iowa State (11/19) … put his name in the Texas Tech record book with 221 receiving yards against Baylor (11/25) … matched Darrin Moore for the 10th-highest single-game receiving total in school history after hauling in eight catches … had two touchdowns in the win over Baylor – a 35-yard reception midway through the first half and then an 80-yard strike that gave Tech a 34-7 lead in the second quarter … his 80-yard touchdown reception marked the longest of his career … had two kick returns for 31 yards as well, giving him a career high with 248 all-purpose yards … AWARDS AND HONORS … an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the conference coaches … was a Week 13 honorable mention selection for the Earl Campbell Award’s “Player of the Week” recognition (following Baylor game) … member of Pro Football Focus’ “College Team of the Week” following the Baylor game as well.
2015 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
One of three true freshmen wide receivers to see action, playing in all 13 games while making two starts ... finished the year with 11 receptions for 105 yards ... caught three passes against UTEP, totaling 38 yards (9/12) ... longest reception came at 14 yards against the Miners ... added two receptions for five yards against Baylor (10/3) ... matched career high with three receptions against Iowa State totaling 27 yards (10/10) ... caught a pair of passes for 27 yards at Oklahoma (10/24), including a career-long 23 yard reception ... earned first career start at West Virginia (11/7).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Lufkin High School in Lufkin, Texas ... four-star prospect by Scout ... three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports ... first team All-District as a sophomore, junior and senior ... three-time receiver of the year at Lufkin High ... caught 56 passes for 841 yards as a senior in 2014 ... also logged nine punt returns for 273 yards (30.3 avg) and three touchdowns ... posted 218 yards on nine returns with a long of 57 yards as a kick returner ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma, Louisville and Houston.
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Key’vantanie Coutee ... a general studies major at Texas Tech.
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