Player Dossier

2019-2023

Georgia Southern

Keaton Upshaw

TE • 6'7" • 245 lbs • Lima, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Keaton Upshaw reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kentucky • Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Player Story

Keaton Upshaw built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a tight end from Lima, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Georgia Southern and Kentucky. The clearest part of Keaton Upshaw's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8667

Lima Senior · Lima, OH

Committed To
Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Keaton Upshaw, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Kentucky. Keaton Upshaw reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
499
Receptions
43
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Keaton Upshaw quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · TE
Career Receiving Yards
499
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Kentucky
Top game
Alabama
Recruit profile
3-star · Lima Senior · Kentucky
High school pipeline
Lima Senior · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
173 receiving yards · TE 123rd (top 28%) · Sun Belt 80th (top 37%) · National 727th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonKentucky5778155.9
2020 PostseasonKentucky9225072.6
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky914173372.6
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky0-00-
2022 Regular SeasonKentucky2450052.8
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern816173255.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Kentucky to Georgia SouthernP4 to G5/FCS18Dec 2, 2022

Keaton Upshaw played TE for Kentucky and Georgia Southern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Keaton Upshaw recorded 499 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Kentucky paired 198 primary output with 74.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 56.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, Georgia Southern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

21.6

Efficiency

56.9

Usage

6.7

Consistency

54.3

Best Game by takeover score

James Madison

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 19. Ball State: 30. Coastal Carolina: 8. James Madison: 66. UL Monroe: 20. Marshall: 2. Old Dominion: 26. App State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 3 by 42.2. Ball State: 3 by 66.7. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 53.3. James Madison: 4 by 100. UL Monroe: 2 by 66.7. Marshall: 1 by 13.3. Old Dominion: 1 by 100. App State: 1 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins19.3 · Games = 3 · -3.7 vs Losses
Losses23 · Games = 5 · +3.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

James Madison

Best efficiency game

100 vs Old Dominion

Result
Sat 11/25@ App StateL 27-55122202
Sat 11/18vs Old DominionL 17-201262626026
Sun 11/12@ MarshallL 33-38122202
Sat 10/21vs UL MonroeW 38-282201010114
Sat 10/14@ James MadisonL 13-4146616.516.50027
Sat 9/30vs Coastal CarolinaW 38-28188808
Sat 9/23@ Ball StateW 40-33301010114
Sat 9/16@ WisconsinL 14-353196.36.3009

Player Story

Keaton Upshaw story

Keaton Upshaw built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a tight end from Lima, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Georgia Southern and Kentucky. The clearest part of Keaton Upshaw's career was his receiving role: 43 catches, 499 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Keaton Upshaw's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Kentucky

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia Southern

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonKentucky7873.38.1
2020 PostseasonKentucky19874.415.2120
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky19874.415.20
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky0-198
2022 Regular SeasonKentucky5076.711.450
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern17356.96.7123

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Alabama

Week 12 · L 3-63 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

99.3 takeover

44 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#2

@ Florida

Week 2 · W 26-16 · Conference game

34

Receiving Yards

83.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ James Madison

Week 7 · L 13-41 · Conference game

66

Receiving Yards

79.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Vanderbilt

Week 11 · W 38-35 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

78.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Florida

Week 13 · L 10-34 · Conference game

28

Receiving Yards

75.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

28 receiving yards with a 62.2 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Kentucky

198 primary output · 74.4 efficiency · 15.2 usage

72.6

#2

2020 Regular Season · Kentucky

72.6

198 primary · 74.4 efficiency · 15.2 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Kentucky

55.9

78 primary · 73.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games