STRENGTHS
Keon is a smooth, long-striding receiver, with the size and strength to be a physical mismatch, very much like former Cowboys Michael Irving. He shows the strong hands to catch contested passes along with an excellent and big catch radius. Keon is athletic enough to adjust to the ball in the air and because of his size and strength uses his body to outmuscle his opponent to the ball. Keon is the type of receiver who, because of his size and strength, is open when he is not open and can impact as long as he develops the trust of the play-caller and quarterback to make the difficult catch at the most important time in a game.
CONCERNS
Keon is a long strider and his speed is directly related to the length of the routes he runs. The longer the route, the better he can separate. The shorter the routes the less chance of him being able to separate. Because he is so physical he has a bad habit of using his body and running lazy routes and just expecting to be thrown the ball. On a lot of routes, he has his hands on the defensive back all the way down the field pushing off when he goes to catch the ball. Keon is big and strong so you would expect, more run after the catch yardage but because he lacks quickness, and the suddenness to change direction, he will struggle on the short routes to gain any more yardage than the route gives him.
BOTTOM LINE: 2.67
Keon is not a complete receiver. He lacks constancy in blocking, running the route tree, and understanding zone defenses. Right now, because of his stride and lack of quickness to change direction, he is limited in his ability to impact running the complete route tree. Keon has the talent to be an impact receiver but he has to mature mentally and physically on the field and understand that it takes more than talent to play in the NFL. If Keon works very hard he can be as impacting a receiver as Michael Irving was for the Cowboys. He has that type of talent and with an offensive coordinator who understands Keon’s natural talent there is no doubt that he can succeed but it will take a commitment by Keon to become the player his talents suggest that he can become.
