Keith Mumphery

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Keith Mumphery
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Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1992-06-05) June 5, 1992 (age 32)
Vienna, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school: Vienna (GA) Dooly Co.
College: Michigan State
NFL draft: 2015  / round: 5 / pick: 175
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:24
Receiving yards:198
Return yards:618
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Keith Mumphery (born June 5, 1992) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was selected by the Houston Texans in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft. [1] He played college football at Michigan State. [2] [3]

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College career

Mumphery committed to play college football at Michigan State University under head coach Mark Dantonio. Throughout his career, he amassed 88 receptions for 1348 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Professional career

Houston Texans

Mumphery was drafted in the fifth round, 175th overall, of the 2015 NFL draft by the Houston Texans. [4] In his rookie year, he played in 13 games, catching 14 passes for 129 yards. Mumphery also handled punt returns and kickoff returns for the Texans, averaging 7.8 return yards per punt and 24.1 return yards per kickoff.

On June 2, 2017, Mumphery was waived by the Texans because of an allegation of sexual misconduct: the prosecutor would not press charges against Mumphery and he was cleared in the first college investigation, but a second college investigation, conducted by Michigan State University (MSU) without effectual notification to Mumphrey, found him guilty of sexual misconduct. [5] The alleged incident occurred after Mumphrey had been graduated from MSU, while he was pursuing graduate studies and an NFL career simultaneously. Because of this, Mumphery was banned from the MSU campus until December 31, 2018. [6] [7] In May 2018, Mumphrey filed a lawsuit against Michigan State, which subsequently settled the case and cleared Mumphrey of any wrongdoing. [8]

Dallas Renegades

In 2019, Mumphery was picked by the Dallas Renegades of the XFL in the 2020 XFL draft. [9] He was traded to the St. Louis BattleHawks on December 18, 2019. [10] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. [11]

Tampa Bay Bandits

On March 10, 2022, Mumphery was drafted by the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL) in the 2022 USFL supplemental draft. [12] After suffering a thigh injury, [13] he was transferred to the team's practice squad before the start of the regular season on April 16, 2022. [14] He remained on the inactive roster on April 22. [15] He was transferred to the active roster on May 6. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Texans draft WR Keith Mumphery with No. 175 pick in fifth round". May 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Former Michigan State WR Keith Mumphery draws inspiration from hometown, NFL star Steve Smith". February 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Michigan State football receiver Keith Mumphery brings optimism, great potential, into Spartans' future". December 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2015 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  5. ↑ Michael Powell (May 30, 2018). "Triple Jeopardy in College Sexual Assault Case Ends an N.F.L. Career". The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 31, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Keith Mumphery expelled in 2016 for MSU sexual misconduct violation".
  7. ↑ Alper, Josh (June 2, 2017). "Texans cut Keith Mumphery, Max Bullough". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
  8. ↑ Former N.F.L. Player Keith Mumphery, After Settling Lawsuit, Plots a Comeback
  9. ↑ Bender, Bill (October 21, 2019). "XFL Draft picks 2019: Complete results, rosters, players for new football league". Sporting News . Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ "XFL ANNOUNCES PLAYER TRADES". XFL.com. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  11. ↑ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ "USFL Draft 2022: Supplemental Draft Pick-by-Pick Results". www.foxsports.com. Fox Media LLC. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  13. ↑ @USFLBandits (April 15, 2022). "Week 1 Game Status Update:" (Tweet). Retrieved April 16, 2022– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ @USFLBandits (April 16, 2022). "Roster Updates: Transferred to practice squad:" (Tweet). Retrieved April 16, 2022– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ @USFLBandits (April 22, 2022). "Players remaining on inactive roster" (Tweet). Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Twitter.
  16. ↑ @USFLBandits (May 6, 2022). "Roster Updates" (Tweet). Retrieved May 6, 2022– via Twitter.
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