Sport(s) Football Position Tight end Title Graduate Assistant Date joined 2008 | Name Kevin Koger Conference Big Ten Conference 2012 Saline H.S. (AST) | |
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Team Michigan Wolverines football | ||
Michigan football coach Brady Hoke recaps SDSU, TE Kevin Koger impersonates Denard Robinson
Kevin Koger at Day 2 of the 2011 Big Ten Media Days
Kevin Jamaal Koger (born December 12, 1989) is a former NFL American football tight end, who is currently the wide receivers coach for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team. He was a 2011 All-Big Ten honorable mention. In 2012, Koger began working as a coach in Saline, Michigan. Just before signing day in February 2015, Koger joined Butch Jones's staff at the University of Tennessee as a graduate assistant.
Contents
- Michigan football coach Brady Hoke recaps SDSU TE Kevin Koger impersonates Denard Robinson
- Kevin Koger at Day 2 of the 2011 Big Ten Media Days
- High school career
- Honors and rankings
- College career
- Coaching
- References
High school career
Koger played high school football at Whitmer High School in Toledo. He holds the school record with 1,190 career receiving yards on 75 receptions. He finished his career with 16 offensive touchdowns. He recorded 151 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two interceptions, and one interception return for a touchdown during his career. In his senior year, Koger made 31 receptions for 361 yards, scored five touchdowns, and contributed 48 tackles and seven sacks.
Honors and rankings
College career
Koger accepted a scholarship to play at the University of Michigan, where he enrolled in the division of kinesiology. He caught his first pass on September 27, 2008 against Wisconsin, which went for 26 yards and a touchdown. He took over starting tight end job in fifth week of the season against Illinois.
As a junior in 2010, Koger was watchlisted on the John Mackey Award list for tight ends.
As a senior in 2011, Koger caught 21 passes for 235 yards and four touchdowns. He had his best game of the year against Ohio State, totaling four catches for 40 yards and a touchdown. Following the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season, he earned All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention recognition.
On March 22, Koger endured a torn achilles tendon while doing plyometrics. He had surgery on March 27. The injury requires a five- to eight-month rehabilitation period. Koger went undrafted in the April 2012 NFL Draft.
Coaching
Koger coached at Saline High School in Saline, Michigan, before joining the University of Michigan staff as a graduate assistant. In early February, 2015, Koger was brought on at the University of Tennessee to serve as a graduate assistant on Butch Jones's staff.