Chuckie Keeton is in his first season with Utah State’s football program as an offensive graduate assistant. In his role, Keeton will assist the offensive coaches with daily football operations, primarily working with the inside receivers and tight ends.
Keeton comes to Utah State after spending the past two seasons as an offensive graduate assistant at Oregon State. During the 2016-17 season, Keeton served as the Beavers’ offensive quality control coach. The following year, he was an offensive graduate assistant. Keeton worked with OSU’s quarterbacks.
Prior to heading to Corvallis, Ore., Keeton enjoyed a record-setting career at Utah State, which spanned a total of five seasons from 2011-15. He finished his illustrious career with more than 10 school records, including ranking first in career total offense (8,808 yards) and career touchdown passes (62).
As a sophomore in 2012, Keeton set single-season school records for touchdown passes (27), passing yards (3,373), total offensive yards (3,992), completions (275) and completion percentage (.676). One year later, he completed 69.4 percent of his passes to break his own completion percentage record.
A season-ending knee injury suffered against BYU cut short Keeton’s junior season. Through the first five games, though, he ranked second in the nation with 17 touchdown passes, 22nd in passing efficiency (161.6), 11th in completion percentage (71.0), 18th in total offense (317.2 yards per game) and 25th in passing yards per game (272.4).
Keeton earned first-team all-Western Athletic Conference honors in 2012 after helping lead the Aggies to their first outright league title since 1936. Utah State capped its season with a 41-15 win over Toledo in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. USU was ranked 16th in the final Associated Press poll, 17th in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll and 22nd in the final BCS standings.
After graduating from Utah State in the fall of 2015 with a business administration degree, Keeton, who was a member of the 2014 AFCA All-State Good Works Team, attended rookie minicamp with the Houston Texans in 2016 before joining the staff at Oregon State.
Keeton is working on a master’s degree in exercise and sport education with an emphasis in psychology at Utah State.