Keaontay Ingram

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Keaontay Ingram
No. 30 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1999-10-26) October 26, 1999 (age 24)
Carthage, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: Carthage (Carthage, Texas)
College: Texas (2018–2020)
USC (2021)
NFL draft: 2022  / Round: 6 / Pick: 201
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Practice squad
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Rushing attempts:62
Rushing yards:134
Rushing touchdowns:1
Receptions:8
Receiving yards:47
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Keaontay Ingram (born October 26, 1999) [1] is an American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas and USC.

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Early years

Ingram grew up in Carthage, Texas, and attended Carthage High School, where he played football, ran track and played basketball. [2] [3] He won a 4A Division I state title in 2016, while being named Offensive MVP of the championship game. [4] In 2017, he 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. [3]

He was one of three finalists for the Mr. Texas Football High School Player of the Year Award. [4] He played in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game. [3] He was an All-America, all-state and two-time all-district honoree. [4] He holds the Carthage school record for career rushing touchdowns with 76. [5] He is one of three athletes with more than 5,000 career yards, and one of two to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons. [3]

Ingram was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Texas over scholarship offers from 26 other programs. [4] [6] [7]

College career

In his first year at Texas he played 13 games and started two of them. He rushed a total of 708 yards, had three touchdowns and added 27 receptions for 170 yards and two scores. [8] [9] In the 2018 Big 12 Championship Game he rushed for seven yards in the loss to Oklahoma. [10] In the 2019 Sugar Bowl, which Texas won over Georgia, he rushed 25 yards and added three catches for 24 yards. [11] As a sophomore, he played and started 13 games in which he rushed 853 yards and had six touchdowns. He caught 29 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns. [12] He rushed 108 yards and also caught two passes for 26 yards and a touchdown in the 2019 Alamo Bowl which Texas defeated Utah by a score of 38–10. [13] His four 100-yard games as a sophomore were the most by a Longhorn since D'Onta Foreman in 2016 and one of seven Longhorns to rush for more than 100 yards on at least four occasions during a single season since 2000. [3] In the shortened season of 2020 he played six games and started three times. He rushed 250 yards for one touchdown, and caught 11 passes for 103 yards and one touchdown. [14] He was selected that year to the Academic All-Big 12 First-team. [15] And he was selected Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the springs of 2019 and 2020. [3]

After three seasons at Texas, he transferred to USC, where he gained over 1,000 yards from scrimmage in his senior year. [16] [17] He rushed for 911 yards and 5 touchdowns and received for 156 yards. [18] He appeared in 10 games and started in seven of them. His season ended early due to a season-ending rib injury. [8] He earned 2021 All-Pac-12 honorable mention, Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 second-team and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 fourth team. He won USC’s 2021 Jack Oakie “Rise and Shine” Award. He was a 2022 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and East-West Shrine Bowl invitee. [19] [20] He declared for the 2022 NFL Draft in January. [19] [21]

Statistics

SeasonTeamGPGSRushingReceiving
AttYdsAvgTDRecYdsTD
2018 Texas 1321427085.03271702
2019 Texas 13131448535.97292423
2020 Texas 63532504.71111031
2021 USC 1071569115.85221560
Career 42254952,7225.516896716

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 11+3⁄4 in
(1.82 m)		221 lb
(100 kg)		31+1⁄2 in
(0.80 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		4.53 s1.53 s2.62 s4.44 s7.19 s34.5 in
(0.88 m)		10 ft 2 in
(3.10 m)		23 reps
Sources: [22] [23]

Arizona Cardinals

Ingram was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round with the 201st pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. [24] He signed on May 19 with the Cardinals on a rookie contract of four years. [25] He played his first game for Arizona in the first preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals. [26] In Week 6, Ingram made his NFL debut against the Seattle Seahawks. [27] In the following game, against the New Orleans Saints, Ingram scored his first NFL touchdown in the 42–34 victory. [28] On November 14, 2022, backup running back Eno Benjamin was released, making Ingram the backup in Arizona alongside former Chiefs running back Darrel Williams at backup. [29] As a rookie, he appeared in 12 games. [30]

On November 28, 2023, Ingram was released. [31]

Kansas City Chiefs

Ingram was signed to the practice squad of the Kansas City Chiefs on November 30, 2023. [32] Ingram became a Super Bowl champion when the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. [33] Ingram signed a reserve/futures contract with the Chiefs on February 14, 2024. [34]

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