2019 Fantasy Football Breakout Candidate: Keke Coutee
WR Keke Couttee (Houston Texans) | 2nd Year
2018 Stats: 28 receptions for 287 yards, 1 TD
A hamstring injury postponed Keke Coutee‘s NFL debut until Week 4 last year, and he promptly had 11 catches for 109 yards on 15 targets. He followed with six receptions for 51 yards and a touchdown the following week, but a down game in Week 6 (three catches for 33 yards) was followed by a setback with his hamstring in Week 7 and he was not seen again until Week 11.
Coutee had five catches for 77 yards against the Washington Redskins in Week 11, then another hamstring issue came in Week 12 to sideline him for the rest of the regular season.
In a Wild Card round loss to the Colts, Coutee had 11 receptions (on 14 targets) for 110 yards and a touchdown. Too bad he can’t play the Colts every week, but twice a year should be just fine.
Today, @ScottBarrettDFB takes a look at how to value Texans WR Keke Coutee for fantasy this season.https://t.co/Ev3xPsTTfE pic.twitter.com/0552lHmZvQ
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Keke Coutee led all rookie receivers in catch rate this past season pic.twitter.com/5aQQzNJUFR
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Projecting Coutee’s per game average over his six regular season games, Coutee would have had 167.2 PPR points. That would have made him WR34 for the full season.
The Texans passing game centered around DeAndre Hopkins in 2018, as he accounted for 33 percent of the team’s receptions (115), 32.9 percent of targets (163), 37.7 of the receiving yards (1,572) and over 42 percent of the receiving touchdowns (11 of 26). So there’s room for someone else to emerge, and Will Fuller is currently working his way back from a torn ACL.
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No less an authority than quarterback Deshaun Watson praised Coutee during OTAs, suggesting the second-year receiver is playing faster and with more confidence.
As easily expected, via Fantasy Football Calculator, there’s close to a two-round difference in Coutee’s ADP between full-point PPR (pick 10.11, WR48) and standard scoring (pick 12.08, WR53) right now. His PPR ADP jumped close to a full round in late May, before settling in recent days.
Health is the key question for Coutee, so at this point a missed game or two has to be built into his 2019 projection. A breakout to WR2 territory in PPR leagues is possible, and with slot work to himself a WR3 finish in PPR is the easiest expectation.
2019 Projection: 69 receptions, 796 yards, 4 TD
Breakout Confidence Level: 60%
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