Temple University Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Roster
Andreas Keaton
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Powder Springs, Ga.
- High School:
- Hillgrove
2024 (Senior): Earned a single-digit - a Temple tradition given to those who lead by example on and off the field ... served as game captain (Oklahoma, Navy, Coastal Carolina, Army, Tulsa, Tulane) ... one of four players to start all 12 games on defense (Jamel Johnson, Tra Thomas D.J. Woodbury) ... started at safety in his Temple debut at Oklahoma and recorded six tackles ... recorded a season-high eight tackles against Coastal Carolina ... had a season-high 11 tackles at UConn helping limit one of the FBS best rushing teams to under 100-yards ... recorded the first fumble recovery of his career helping seal Temple's Homecoming victory over Tulsa ... had his first interception as an Owl at UTSA ... lettered.
College: Played three seasons at Western Carolina where he was the school leader in tackles in each of the last two seasons … 2023 (Junior): Selected first-team preseason All-Southern Conference …led the Catamounts in tackles with 67 (43 solos).
2022 (Sophomore): Named second-team All-Southern Conference by the league’s head coaches … started all 11 games and led the Catamounts with 72 tackles including 47 solo stops and two interceptions with 45 return yards ... his 6.5 tackles per game ranked 12th in the SoCon … recorded at least four tackles in all 11 games with seven-or-more tackles six times … had interceptions in consecutive games against Samford and VMI … recorded a season-high nine tackles at Furman … was a second-team preseason All-Southern Conference selection …tabbed second-team preseason All-SoCon by Phil Steele ... named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Freshman): Named the 2021 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year?by the league's head coaches ... was also selected to the SoCon All-Freshman defensive team ... was a finalist for the Stats Perform FCS Jerry Rice Award given to the nation's top freshman, finishing tied for 17th in the final voting ... was also a fourth-team All-SoCon selection by Phil Steele … started all 11 games ... finished sixth on the team with 45 total tackles, including 29 solo stops ... finished tied for sixth in the SoCon with a team-best three interceptions ... recorded tackles in all 11 games on the season including a career-high eight in his debut against Eastern Kentucky, adding his first career interception ... tallied two interceptions with a pair of tackles against Samford.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Hillgrove High where he played 7A football ... recognized on the 2021 All-Metro High School Football Defense Team and 2020 All-Region Team 7A Second Team ... finished his prep career with eight interceptions – three returned for touchdowns – with 37 pass breakups, four fumble recoveries and two forced including one for a touchdown … amassed 248 career tackles and three quarterback sacks … was named the Defensive Player of the Game and Team Captain numerous times as a prep … in December 2019, he received the Atlanta Falcons/Georgia Power “Power Player Award” … In November 2019, was recognized as the Q99.7 Atlanta Radio Station Player of the Week ... in October 2019, received the Otters Chicken Athlete of the Week Award ... selected to be a member of the Hillgrove High School Football Leadership Program … also played basketball and ran track as a prep.
Personal: Born Andreas Gregory Keaton
