2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 14
Kekoura Tarnue
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Monrovia, Liberia
- High School:
- Coon Rapids
- Prev School:
- Jacksonville State
- Has played in 44 career games, including 26 games and 14 starts at the FBS level
2024 (Jr.)
- Played in 13 games and started six
- Saw action on 535 plays, including 426 defensive plays
- Season-high 71 snaps at Cincinnati
- Finished with 35 tackles, including 25 solo stops, assisted on a sack, 2.5 tackles for loss a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup
- Added two solo stops and a tackle for loss in the Frisco Bowl against Memphis
- Finished with one solo tackle against UCF
- Tallied five tackles and a tackle for loss against Baylor
- Recovered a fumble for the first time as a Mountaineer and posted six solo tackles at Cincinnati
- Forced the first fumble of his career and finished with five tackles at Arizona
- Added two tackles and his first pass breakup of the year against Kansas State
- Posted a pair of solo tackles against Iowa State
- Finished with four stops at Oklahoma State
- Recorded three solo stops against UAlbany
- Made his Mountaineer debut and posted four tackles including three solos, in the season opener against Penn State
2023 (So.) - Jacksonville State
- Played cornerback for coach Rich Rodriguez at Jacksonville State
- Appeared in every game in his first season at Jax State after transferring from Rochester Community and Technical College in Minnesota
- Started at cornerback in eight games for the Gamecocks, Including each of the last seven games
- Eighth on the team with 48 total tackles but fourth in solo tackles with 42
- Led Jax State and tied for third in CUSA with three interceptions, while adding two tackles for a loss, one sack and four pass breakups
- Blocked a punt, recovered it and scored in the LA Tech game
- Notched his first interception against East Tennessee State, while also recording picks against Middle Tennessee and South Carolina
- Had a season-high nine tackles at South Carolina
2021-22 (JUCO) - Rochester Community and Technical College
- Played two seasons for coach Terrence Isaac at Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota
- Named a First Team All-American in 2022, when he led the nation in interceptions with eight, while also recording 46 tackles, one tackle for a loss, three fumble recoveries and one pass break up
- Earned all-conference first-team honors, all-region first team and all-academic first team as a senior
- Had all-conference second-team accolades as a junior
- Registered 11 career interceptions and scored four defensive touchdowns in just two seasons at RCTC
- Led the Yellowjackets to the semifinals of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference playoffs as a sophomore in 2022
- Scored two defensive touchdowns, one on a fumble return and one on an interception return
- Picked off three passes and notched 22 tackles in eight games as a freshman in 2021, while also scoring twice – once on an interception return and once on a fumble return
High School
- Played for coach Nick Rusin at Coon Rapids High School in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, where he was an all-conference player
- Led the state in interceptions (8)
- Named all-conference honorable-mention as a senior
Personal
- Son of Ekama Goah
- Born in Monrovia, Liberia
- One of four children (1 brother, 2 sisters)
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport leadership in May 2025
- Currently pursuing a master's degree in executive sport management
Coal Rush Miners' Tribute 2025
Friday, October 24
Coal Rush Miners' Tribute
Friday, October 24
TCU Game (Coal Rush) Uniform Reveal
Friday, October 24
United Bank Playbook: TCU Preview
Wednesday, October 22
