Tight end, Purdue, 2003–⁠07

Dustin Keller

Born
Sep 25, 1984

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Dustin Keller played tight end at Purdue (2003–⁠07). The New York Jets took Keller in the first round, No. 30 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
881
Receiving yards, 2007 (Purdue, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 30
Overall, 2008 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Career highs

7catches, best game on filefour times; last vs. Central Michigan, 2007150receiving yards, best game on filevs. Central Michigan, 20072receiving touchdowns, best game on filethree times; last vs. Eastern Illinois, 2007

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004Purdue510220.4247
2005Purdue131289.8334
2006Purdue5677113.8469
2007Purdue6888113.0780
On file (2004–⁠07)1421,88213.31680

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2007 Purdue 13 games, 68 catches, 881 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1atToledoW 52–⁠243107180–
Sep 8vs.Eastern IllinoisW 52–⁠6458237–
Sep 15vs.Central MichiganW 45–⁠22480137–
Sep 22atMinnesotaW 45–⁠31438014–
Sep 29vs.Notre DameW 33–⁠19536114–
Oct 6vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠237101027–
Oct 13atMichiganL 21–⁠48768017–
Oct 20vs.IowaW 31–⁠6333115–
Oct 27vs.NorthwesternW 35–⁠176330120
Nov 3atPenn StateL 19–⁠26545018–
Nov 10vs.Michigan StateL 31–⁠48751018–
Nov 17atIndianaL 24–⁠27681031–
Dec 26 ✦vs.Central MichiganW 51–⁠487150162–
2006 Purdue 14 games, 56 catches, 771 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Indiana StateW 60–⁠35455029–
Sep 9vs.Miami (OH)W 38–⁠31437015–
Sep 16vs.Ball StateW 38–⁠284148169–
Sep 23vs.MinnesotaW 27–⁠216119055–
Sep 30atNotre DameL 21–⁠35536014–
Oct 7atIowaL 17–⁠4743409–
Oct 14atNorthwesternW 31–⁠10691126–
Oct 21vs.WisconsinL 3–⁠24326013–
Oct 28vs.Penn StateL 0–⁠12537024–
Nov 4atMichigan StateW 17–⁠15232016–
Nov 11atIllinoisW 42–⁠31328022–
Nov 18vs.IndianaW 28–⁠19339016–
Nov 25atHawai’iL 35–⁠42669223–
Dec 29 ✦vs.MarylandL 7–⁠24120020–
2005 Purdue 7 games, 13 catches, 128 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 10vs.AkronW 49–⁠24353234–
Oct 8vs.IowaL 17–⁠34114014–
Oct 15vs.NorthwesternL 29–⁠341808–
Oct 22atWisconsinL 20–⁠3132119–
Nov 5vs.Michigan StateW 28–⁠211303–
Nov 12vs.IllinoisW 37–⁠3111011–
Nov 19atIndianaW 41–⁠1431809–
2004 Purdue 3 games, 5 catches, 102 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.SyracuseW 51–⁠0147147–
Sep 11vs.Ball StateW 59–⁠7341024–
Nov 13vs.Ohio StateW 24–⁠17114114–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′2″
Weight242 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size10⅜″
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.63 s
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′11″
Bench press26 reps
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.14 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 71 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008New York Jets16100
2009New York Jets16300
2010New York Jets15200
2011New York Jets16200
2012New York Jets8100
NFL career71900

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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