Temple picks up NJ native Keith Kirkwood, who is transferring from Hawaii. Kirkwood is 6'3 210, and will be a redshirt sophomore after sitting out this year.

In his freshman season at Hawaii, Kirkwood had 12 receptions for 250 yards and 4 TDs. His 20.8 yards per catch easily lead the team. His first game, against USC, he had 2 receptions for 84 yards and a 60 yard TD. He was #6 on the team in receiving yards and #7 in receptions.

He was slated to be between the #1 and #3 WR at Hawaii this year (3 of Hawaii's top 4 WRs graduated).

If you're wondering why a kid from NJ would go to Hawaii, they were the only FBS school to offer him a scholarship. He was set to walk on at Rutgers, but decided to accept a scholarship from Hawaii at literally the last second.

No idea if it's just a coincidence, but Temple's new OL coach was at Hawaii last year.

Kirkwood adds a tall, strong playmaker that we badly need after losing Robby Anderson. Kirkwood's TDs went for 60, 23, 33, and 40 yards.

http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=12455

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(08-02-2014 08:54 PM)GLinPa Wrote:  Like it.

Between Kirkwood, Thompson, Eaton, Patton, D. Thomas, V. Bryant, and hopefully, DeLoatch, we're going to have a lot of tall weapons for PJ after this year.

Everyone is still trying to gather more info, but apparently, the NCAA gave Kirkwood a waiver to play immediately and he played today versus Tulsa. We really need a big WR that PJ can count on, so them getting on the same page ASAP would be huge as we hit the toughest part of our schedule.