A transfer running back who before arriving at USF played four seasons at Bowling Green State, where he appeared in 37 games with 15 starts and earned Second-Team ALL-MAC honors in 2022 as a kick returner...ran 151 times for 693 yards (4.6 ypc) and five touchdowns and caught 104 passes for 1,033 yards and eight touchdowns, posting 9.9 yards per catch, during his Bowling Green career...also returned 48 kickoffs for 1,145 yards and a touchdown with longs of 83 and 76 yards and a 23.9 yards per return average.
2024 second team All-AAC (CFN)
2024: Ran 78 times for 419 yards (third on the team) and eight touchdowns (tied for second)...also caught 13 passes for 157 yards and returned eight kickoffs for 241 yards and a 30.1 average, including a 93-yard kick return for a touchdown in a Hawai‘i Bowl victory vs. San Jose State (12/24) that was USF's first kick return for a touchdown in a bowl game...also ran for a two-yard touchdown in the first overtime in that game...ran the ball seven times for 39 yards for one touchdown in season opener vs. B-CU (8/31)...caught three passes for six yards and ran five times for 13 yards, including a two-yard touchdown at Alabama (9/7)…ran the ball eight times for 54 yards and a touchdown at Southern Miss (9/14)…ran three times for five yards and hauled in two passes for 67 yards, including a 64-yard long reception against Miami (9/21)…ran five times for 10 yards at Tulane (9/28)...ran four times for five yards and caught three passes for 30 yards against Memphis (10/8)... ran nine times for 41 yards and a touchdown against UAB (10/19)...ran three times for 81 yards and a touchdown, including a 42-yard long, and hauled in three passes for 42 yards at FAU (11/1)…ran four times for 11 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards against Navy (11/9)…ran eight times for 46 yards and a touchdown at Charlotte (11/16)...rushed 13 times for 89 yards and a touchdown against Tulsa (11/23)…rushed three times for 31 yards at Rice (11/30)
2023 (BGSU): Appeared in all 12 regular-season games with five starts, rushing for 390 yards and four scores on 66 attempts and finishing as the team’s second-leading rusher... also led the team in receptions, posting 44 for 457 yards and three touchdowns.
2022 (BGSU): Averaged 27.3 yards on 18 kickoff returns to rank fifth nationally and scored a touchdown on an 83-yard return...earned Second-Team All-MAC honors at kick returner...played in 12 games with seven starts and had 195 yards and one touchdown on 47 rushing attempts, plus 332 yards and four touchdowns on 34 receptions... had three game-winning touchdowns...was one of nine players in the country to score at least one touchdown rushing, receiving, and on a kick return.
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2021 (BGSU): Played in all 12 games with three starts...finished the season with 26 receptions for 244 yards and a touchdown, and had at least one reception in each game with eight multi-catch performances.
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2020 (BGSU): Played in one game as a freshman in 2020.
DELAND HIGH SCHOOL.: Keith prepped at Mainland High in DeLand, Florida, where he played three varsity seasons for the Buccaneers....named the team’s Offensive MVP as a junior and senior...as a senior threw for 1,643 yards and 13 touchdowns and also ran for 639 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 9.0 yards per attempt on his way to team MVP honors...also played varsity basketball and was named team defensive player of the year in 2018.
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PERSONAL:Â The son of Tarles Houston and Keno Keith...has two brothers (Keandre and Tayon) and two sisters (Keaunte and Kayonni)...originally committed to USF but decommitted amidst coaching changes...loves to bowl and has a high score of 233...first cousins with Ben Knox.
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KEITH'S CAREER HIGHS
Rushes 15, vs. Toledo (11/14/23)
Rushing Yards 103, at Kent St. (11/8/23)
Long Rush 40, vs. Liberty (9/2/23)
Rushings TDs 1 (5x) last vs. BCU (8/31/24)
Receptions 8, at Kent St. (11/8/23)
Receiving Yards 130, at Kent St. (11/8/23)
Receiving TDs 1, (8x) last at Kent St. (11/8/23)
Long Reception 58, vs. EIU (9/9/23)
