Kenny Yeboah

Kenneth Yeboah is an American football tight end for the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference. He previously played for the Temple Owls.

Kenny Yeboah
Ole Miss Rebels – No. 84
PositionTight end
Class
Redshirt
Senior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolParkland
(Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Personal information
Born: (1998-10-30) October 30, 1998
Providence, Rhode Island
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight240 lb (109 kg)

Early years

Yeboah was born and originally grew up in Providence, Rhode Island before his family moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania after his sophomore year in high school. He enrolled at Parkland High School and was a starter on the basketball and football teams.[1] Yeboah had 47 receptions for 773 yards and 13 touchdowns in his junior season.[2] As a senior, he caught 72 passes for 1,160 yards and 14 touchdowns and had five interceptions on defense and was named Class AAAA All-State.[3] Yeboah committed to play college football at Temple over offers from Towson, Old Dominion and New Hampshire.[4]

College career

As a freshman, Yeboah played in one game and caught a 15 yard pass before redshirting the season in order to transition from wide receiver to tight end.[5] He had 14 receptions for 136 yards in his redshirt freshman season.[6] Yeboah finished his redshirt sophomore season with 13 catches for 154 yards and one touchdown.[7] After the season, Yeboah entered the transfer portal to play at another program for his final season of eligibility.[8]

Yeboah originally committed to transfer to Baylor in order to play for Matt Rhule, who had previously coached him at Temple, but de-committed after Rhule left the school to become the head coach of the Carolina Panthers.[9][10] He ultimately transferred to Ole Miss for his final season.[11] Yeboah set a school record for most receiving yards in a game by a tight end with 181 on seven receptions and two touchdowns on October 10, 2020 in a 63-48 loss to Alabama.[12][13]

Yeboah announced on December 17, 2020 that he would forgo the remainder of the 2020 season and enter the NFL draft.[14] He finished the season with 27 receptions for 524 yards and six touchdowns.[15]

References
  1. Hemerly, CJ (March 16, 2016). "Yeboah makes the most of two years at PHS". Lehigh Valley Press. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. "Parkland High's Kenny Yeboah to play football at Temple". The Morning Call. August 4, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  3. "Six EPC South football players land on Class 4A all-state team". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  4. Narducci, Marc (July 27, 2015). "Kenny Yeboah commits to Temple football". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  5. "Yeboah becoming playmaker after position change". Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  6. "Temple's Kenny Yeboah, a Parkland grad, named to John Mackey Award watchlist". The Morning Call. July 29, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. "Temple Owls find new offensive weapon in TE David Martin". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 14, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  8. "Temple tight end Kenny Yeboah to enter the transfer portal". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  9. "Temple TE transferring to Baylor". Waco Tribune-Herald. December 20, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  10. Gabler, Nate (May 6, 2020). "How Baylor Commit Kenny Yeboah Ended up with Ole Miss Football". SI.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  11. "Networking helped transfer TE Yeboah land at Ole Miss". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. September 10, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  12. Maisel, Ivan (October 13, 2020). "Why grad transfer success stories no longer apply to just college football elite". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  13. Gabler, Nate (October 14, 2020). "How Kenny Yeboah and Matt Corral Grew Their Chemistry in an Offseason Without Practice". SI.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  14. "Moore, Yeboah End Ole Miss Careers". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  15. "Elijah Moore, Kenny Yeboah opt out of season for Ole Miss football". The Clarion-Ledger. December 17, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
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