The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Keaontay Ingram
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Carthage, Texas
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Carthage
- Major:
- Physical Culture and Sport
A third-year running back who has played in 32 career games with 18 starts … a preseason watch list candidate for the Doak Walker Award in 2019 and 2020 … named a third-team All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Phil Steele in 2020 … selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2020 … a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (spring 2019, spring 2020) … earned All-America, all-state and two all-district honors in high school … set the Carthage school record with 76 career rushing touchdowns and had two 2,000-yard seasons.
JUNIOR (2020)
Played in six games and made three starts … started at Texas Tech, versus TCU and in the AT&T Red River Showdown versus Oklahoma … carried the ball 53 times for 250 yards and one touchdown, and caught 11 passes for 103 yards and one touchdown … rushed nine times for 44 yards in the season opener against UTEP … ran for a season-high 89 yards on 12 carries and caught three passes for 20 yards in a comeback win at Texas Tech … carried the ball 11 times for 40 yards and caught three passes for 52 yards against TCU … caught four passes for 21 yards and a touchdown versus Oklahoma … rushed for 57 yards in a win over Baylor … scored a rushing touchdown in a road win over No. 6 Oklahoma State.
SOPHOMORE (2019)
Played in and started 13 games … carried the ball 144 times for 853 yards and six touchdowns … also caught 29 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns … opened his season with 11 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown against Louisiana Tech … caught three passes for a career-high 43 yards versus the Bulldogs … made a career-best five catches for 32 yards against No. 6 LSU … logged his first career multi-touchdown game with two rushing touchdowns against Rice … he finished with 13 carries for 74 yards against the Owls … posted his first 100-yard game of the season with 114 yards on 21 carries against Oklahoma State … also caught a 26-yard pass from QB Sam Ehlinger, the longest reception of his career … surpassed 100 yards for the second time in 2019, and third time in his career, with 101 rushing yards on 14 carries against Kansas … also scored his fourth rushing touchdown of the season … caught three passes for 21 yards and a touchdown at TCU, while also rushing for 71 yards on 16 carries … carried the ball 16 times for a career-high 139 yards and two touchdowns against No. 16 Kansas State … scored on a 34-yard rush in the second quarter, marking the longest carry of his career at the time … was his fourth career 100-yard game, and third in 2019 … also the second multi-touchdown game of his career, previously doing so against Rice earlier in 2019 … hauled in four passes for 45 yards a touchdown at Iowa State … scored on a 22-yard connection with QB Sam Ehlinger, marking his second-longest reception this season … ran for 108 yards on 13 carries in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus No. 11 Utah … broke a 49-yard touchdown run to crack the century mark against the Utes … one of only three players to average at least 5.0 yards per carry (min. 10 att.) against Utah in 2019 … his four 100-yard games as a sophomore were the most by a Longhorn since D’Onta Foreman in 2016 … one of seven Longhorns to rush for more than 100 yards on at least four occasions during a single season since 2000 … averaged 9.59 yards per carry (22 carries/211 yards) over the final three games of the season … also caught two passes for 26 yards and a touchdown in the Alamo Bowl … marked his third multi-touchdown game of the season.
FRESHMAN (2018)
Played in 13 games and made two starts (Oklahoma State, West Virginia) … rushed 142 times for 708 yards and three touchdowns … added 27 receptions for 170 yards and two scores … made his career debut at Maryland, rushing six times for 37 yards and a touchdown … also had one catch for three yards … became the first Longhorn true freshman to score a rushing touchdown in the season opener since 2005 when Jamaal Charles and Henry Melton both did so … had 10 rushes for 67 yards and a touchdown as well as three receptions for 14 yards against Tulsa … returned to the field and rushed eight times for 38 yards and also had a reception in the victory over No. 17 TCU … had 10 rushes for 68 yards and five catches for 27 yards in the win at Kansas State … had 13 rushes for 86 yards in a victory over No. 7 Oklahoma … had 19 rushes for 110 yards and one reception for two yards in the 23-17 win over Baylor … made his first career start and had 11 rushes for 52 yards and three catches for 30 yards and a touchdown in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State … had 13 rushes for 30 yards in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia … had 14 rushes for 83 yards and a touchdown in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech … had 57 yards on 12 carries and matched his career high with five catches for 40 yards in the win over Iowa State … rushed 13 times for 51 yards and totaled one catch for four yards in the 24-17 road win over Kansas … rushed for seven yards and had three catches for 23 yards in the Big 12 Championship Game against Oklahoma … rushed nine times for 25 yards and added three catches for 24 yards in a 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Scott Surratt at Carthage … an All-America, all-state and two-time all-district honoree … played in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game … one of three finalists for the Mr. Texas Football High School Player of the Year Award … set the Carthage school record with 76 career rushing touchdowns … one of three Carthage backs to rush for over 5,000 career yards, and one of two to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons … named first-team “Tops in Texas,” and chosen to the 2017 Super Team by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … rated No. 110 nationally (No. 7 RB) and No. 15 overall in Texas by ESPN … ranked No. 198 nationally (No. 7 RB) and No. 22 overall in Texas by 247Sports … rated No. 218 nationally (No. 7 RB) and No. 23 overall in Texas by Rivals … listed No. 13 in the Austin American-Statesman’s Fab 55 … named first team All-USA Texas by USA Today … named second-team All-State by the Associated Press … rushed for 2,327 yards (145.4 ypg) and 37 touchdowns on 238 attempts (9.8 ypc) … added 284 yards and two touchdowns receiving … part of an offense that averaged 46.6 points per game with a high of 64 and low of 35 … scored between 41-50 points in 14-of-16 games … helped Carthage to a 16-0 overall record, including a 6-0 district mark, a district title, and a 49-21 win over Kennedale in the 4A Division I state title game in 2017… selected Offensive Player of the Year by the East Texas Football Super Team … named East Texas High School Football Preseason Dream Team and Offensive MVP … tabbed first-team 4A All-State and 4A co-Offensive Player of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association, and second-team by the Associated Press in 2016 … selected first-team All-District 9-4A Division I … chosen Offensive MVP of the All-East Texas team by the Longview News-Journal … rushed for 2,244 yards (146.1 ypg) and 32 touchdowns on 320 carries (7.0 ypc), while catching 47 passes for 492 yards (10.5 ypr) and four touchdowns … part of an offense that averaged 33.9 points per game and 156.3 rushing yards per game … helped Carthage to a 13-2 overall record, including a 4-2 district mark, and the 4A Division I state title in 2016, while being named Offensive MVP of the championship game … chosen second-team All-District 9-4A Division I in 2015 … rushed for 637 yards and seven touchdowns on 74 carries (8.6 ypc), and caught 14 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore … part of an offense that averaged 34.2 points per game, including back-to-back 50-point performances during the playoffs … helped Carthage to an 11-4 overall record, including a 4-1 district mark, a share of the district title, and an appearance in the 4A Division I state semifinals in 2015 … also ran track and played basketball.
PERSONAL
Son of Brandie Ingram and Damon Ellis … has nine siblings … was born in Marshall, Texas … wants to own his own business some day.
