2019 Football Roster
Keylon Stokes
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Manvel, Texas
- High School:
- Manvel
TULSA – A five-year letterwinner and four-year starter… finished his career at Tulsa's all-time receiving leader with 3,774 yards … broke the record set by Howard Twilley in 1965 (3,343 yards) … had 242 catches for 3,774 yards and 19 TDs in his career … also in his career had 61 KOR for 1,253 yards, 43 rush attempts for 236 yards and 48 punt returns for 211 yards for 5,474 all-purpose yards … became the AAC's all-time leader for career all-purpose yards in the USF game, breaking the record held by Navy's Malcolm Perry (2016-19) … also ranks third on the school's career chart for all-purpose yards … ranks second on the AAC's all-time receiving chart, behind SMU's James Proche (3,949, 2016-19) for the AAC's career receiving mark by 175 yards … had 14 career 100-yard receiving games … became just the sixth player in school history to have two 1,000-yard receiving seasons
2022 – Played and started all 12 games … was a first-team all-AAC selection in 2022 … was also a third-team All-American by Phil Steele magazine …had 1,224 yards and 8 TDs on 76 receptions for a 16.1 average per catch and 102.0 yards per game … had seven 100-yard receiving games … was added to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Oct. 5 … caught 6 passes for 145 yards and one TD against USF … caught 5 passes for 122 yards and one TD vs. SMU … he broke the school receiving record with 37 yards at Temple … had 152 yards and one TD on 7 catches at Navy … had a career-long 76-yard reception in the Navy game … totaled 6 receptions for 106 yards against Cincinnati … had 153 yards and one TD on 9 catches vs. JAX State … had a career-best 169 yards on 11 catches at Wyoming in the 2022 opener … followed that with 8 receptions for 135 yards vs. NIU.
2021 – Played in four games … started two contests … missed a total of nine games – Ohio State, Arkansas State, South Florida, Navy, Cincinnati, Tulane, Temple, SMU and Old Dominion … had 11 receptions for 148 yards … caught four passes for a season-high 95 yards in the season opener against UC Davis … had a season-long 61-yard reception in the UC Davis game.
2020 – Played and started in all nine games … earned second-team all-AAC honors … had a team-leading 644 yards and three touchdowns on 46 catches … returned 14 punts for a 3.4 average … ranked fourth in the AAC for receiving yards per game and seventh for receptions per game … also ranked seventh in the AAC for punt return average … had a season-best 122 yards on 8 receptions against #19 SMU … totaled 117 yards and one TD on nine catches in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Mississippi State … had a team-high 95 yards and a 13-yard TD on six receptions at #11 UCF …had 90 yards and one touchdown on six receptions against East Carolina … totaled 66 yards on four receptions at USF … caught four passes for 55 yards and rushed two times for six yards in the season opener at #11 Oklahoma State … was on the Biletnikoff preseason watch list.
2019 – Played and started all 12 games … had a team-leading 1,040 yards and six touchdowns on 62 receptions for a 16.8 average per catch and an 86.7 per game average … was named to the watch lists for both the Biletnikoff and Hornung Awards … became the 18th player in school history to go over 1,000 receiving yards in a single season … totaled four 100-yard receiving games … had five 50+ yard receptions, including two for touchdowns … totaled a career-high 144 yards on nine receptions against Houston, including a 62-yarder … caught nine passes for 129 yards vs. #25 Memphis … totaled 162 all-purpose yards at #23 Cincinnati with 99 receiving, 59 kickoff return and four punt return yards … had five receptions for 101 yards and two TDs at SMU, including a 58-yard touchdown … the two TDs vs. SMU marked his first career multiple TD game … tallied 109 yards and one touchdown on seven receptions against Oklahoma State … had three receptions for 78 yards and one TD, including a 55-yarder, at Tulane … finished the season with four receptions for 76 yards and one score at East Carolina.
2018 – Played in all 12 games and had 11 starts … caught a team-high 41 passes for a team-high 575 yards and two touchdowns … also rushed 15 times for 104 yards, a 6.9 average and two TDs ... also has 13 kickoff returns for 305 yards and a 23.5 average … compiled 191 all-purpose yards vs. SMU with 140 receiving, 40 KOR and 11 rushing yards … had Tulsa's only 100+ receiving game of the year with 140 yards vs. SMU … was named to the AAC's weekly honor roll for his performance against SMU … totaled 226 all-purpose yards with 144 kickoff return yards, 56 receiving yards and 26 rushing yards at Navy … had his first career TDs against Tulane with a 28-yard reception and a 14-yard run … had 74 yards on three receptions at Arkansas, including a career-long 65-yarder … had 126 all-purpose yards at Texas, including 62 receiving yards, 48 rushing yards and one KOR for 16 yards.
2017 – Played in nine games as a true freshman … had six receptions for 143 yards and a 23.8-yard average per reception … also had 26 kick returns for 527 yards and a 20.3 average … saw his first career playing time in the fourth game of the season against New Mexico … had two receptions for 70 yards against Tulane, including a long of 52 yards in his most extensive playing time at receiver up to that point … also returned five kicks for 114 yards with a long of 27 at Tulane … had one reception for 44 yards, and had six kickoff returns for 101 yards against Memphis … had 108 kickoff return yards on four returns at SMU … caught a 24-yard pass at No. 23 USF.
HIGH SCHOOL – Led his Manvel High School team to a 14-1 record . . . had a 3-star ranking from both Scout.com and Rivals.com . . . caught 80 passes for 1,263 yards and 15 touchdowns his senior season . . . also rushed for 261 yards and three TDs . . . as a junior, caught 28 passes for 654 yards, a 23.4 average per catch, and five TDs . . . high school coach was Kirk Martin.
PERSONAL – Lists Steve Smith Sr. as his favorite NFL player … his favorite pro athlete is boxer Floyd Mayweather … his favorite movie is Money Talks … go-to snack is slated cashews … favorite sports movie is Draft Day … began playing football at age 4 … favorite animal is an Eagle … has three older siblings … younger brother of former TU receiver Keevan Lucas, who ranks third on the school’s all-time receiving list . . . father is Clevan Stokes … stepmother is Kendra Stokes … received his degree organizational studies major … working on a second degree in media studies … born October 18, 1999.
