Pat Kehoe

American football player (born 1996)

Pat Kehoe
No. 12
Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1996-12-23) December 23, 1996 (age 27) Madison, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career history
College	Delaware (2015–2019)
High school	Cheshire Academy (CT)

Patrick Kehoe (born December 23, 1996) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.

Early life

Kehoe was born on December 23, 1996, in Madison, Connecticut.^[1]^[2] He was part of a set of triplets.^[3] Kehoe attended Cheshire Academy where he was a four-year varsity player and three-year football starter.^[2] He was named team captain as a senior and finished his stint at the school with a record of 32–4, being named all-conference three times and leading them to New England championships in 2011 and 2013.^[2] He was the 2014 New England Offensive Player of the Year after throwing for 2,477 yards and 34 touchdowns.^[2] He threw for a total of 7,340 yards and 88 touchdowns at Cheshire.^[4]

College career

Kehoe began attending the University of Delaware in 2015, and spent his first season as the third-string quarterback, not seeing any playing time.^[2]^[4] He remained in the position for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, making his debut in the latter year, when he played several snaps against Albany but attempted no passes.^[2]

Kehoe moved up from third-string to first-string in 2018, replacing J. P. Caruso as starter.^[5] He "started strong" as Blue Hens quarterback, leading them to important victories over ranked Elon and Towson.^[5] However, he was limited for the second half of the season after getting injured in their win over New Hampshire.^[5] Kehoe led the Blue Hens to the playoffs for the first time since 2010 with a 7–5 record,^[6] but his injury from the New Hampshire game, in addition to a concussion suffered the prior week against Villanova, contributed to his poor performance in the 20–6 playoff loss to James Madison.^[5] He finished the season having started all 12 games, and recorded 147 completions for 2,075 yards and 17 touchdowns.^[7]

Kehoe split time as a backup and a starter in 2019 with Nolan Henderson.^[8] He was benched for Henderson after the fourth game of the season,^[9] but later came back after Henderson got injured.^[10] Kehoe finished the season with ten games played, and posted 116 pass completions on 194 attempts for 1,335 yards and 11 touchdowns.^[2]^[11]

Later life

After graduating from the University of Delaware, Kehoe coached basketball at The Winchendon School for one season and later became an employee at KeyBank.^[12]

References

^ "Pat Kehoe Stats". ESPN.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Pat Kehoe". Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.
^ Kolpack, Jeff (September 14, 2019). "Bison expect different-looking Delaware QB". The Bismarck Tribune. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Tresolini, Kevin (August 12, 2018). "Kehoe in a battle for starting QB job". The News Journal. p. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tresolini, Kevin (July 29, 2019). "Poised For Big Year". The News Journal. p. C1, C3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Walter, Andy (July 23, 2019). "Hens' Kehoe healthy and ready to go". Delaware State News. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
^ Talbot, Damond (August 19, 2019). "Pat Kehoe, QB, University of Delaware: A Blue Hen with a huge arm". NFLDraftDiamonds.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
^ "Nolan Henderson". Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.
^ Tresolini, Kevin (September 21, 2019). "Fueled By Naysayers". The News Journal. p. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tresolini, Kevin (October 28, 2019). "Rocco after Delaware's loss: I didn't see effort". The News Journal. p. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pat Kehoe Game by Game Stats and Performance". ESPN.
^ "Patrick Kehoe". LinkedIn.