Keziah Everett

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-1
Weight:
291
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Farmville
High School:
Central
Major:
Entrepreneurship/Criminal Justice

2023: Appeared in one game this season (Gardner-Webb).

2022: Did not play during first year on the offensive side of the ball.

2021: Made move from defensive side of the ball to the offense prior to the start of the season … Did not participate in any games.

2020: Did not play in any games as a redshirt freshman.

2019: Redshirted and did not experience game-day action … Contributed productive repetitions and provided needed physicality on the defensive scout team as a member of the developmental squad.

High School: A four-year letterman for coach Scott Gardner who played three different positions for the Jaguars (defensive line, tight end and running back) … Earned varsity position as a freshman because of an injury and led the team in tackles during his prep debut … Two-time All-Pitt County selection by the Greenville Daily Reflector as sophomore and junior … As a sophomore, made 109 tackles, 15 TFLs and eight sacks … Followed up with 79 stops, 18 TFLs despite missing four games because of an injury during junior campaign … Also credited with a forced fumble and recovery in 2017 … On the offensive side of the ball, rushed for 52 yards on 10 carries (5.2 ypc) the last two years of his prep career … Hauled down a pair of receptions for 47 yards (23.5 ypr) as a junior … As a senior in 2018, was credited with 81 tackles, 18 TFLs, seven sacks, four forced fumbles and three recovered fumbles … Earned invitation to play in the prestigious Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas All-Star Game (N.C. vs. S.C.) … Despite size, reportedly boasted a 31” vertical jump, was clocked at a 4.91 in the 40 and had 41 reps of 185 pounds on the bench press (maxed out at 415) … Considered a three-star prospect, ranked No. 46 overall in North Carolina and is included among the top 70 defensive tackles nationally by 247Sports.com … Also earned three star and was listed as the 55th-best prospect in the state by ESPN.com … Committed to ECU on June 18, 2018 … Announced commitment in unique fashion, running through a tunnel with gold smoke with the ECU entrance video poem playing in the background and emerging holding a flag bearing the Pirates’ mantra “No Quarter” … Also received offers from Appalachian State, Duke, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia … Hailed as one of the state’s top performers in the shot put, setting the 2-A record with a toss of 53 feet, 8.50 inches during a regional meet in May, 2018 (finished second in the state championships with a 52-foot throw).

Personal: Son of Keasha Hines and Lonnie Everett … First name is pronounced key-ZAI-uh … Grandmother Rosie resides in Greenville and is a minister … Began football career in earnest as a 270-pound running back at the middle school level … A criminal justice major who earned ECU Dean’s List honors in the 2019 fall semester.