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
Reid Carrico | Oct. 25
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Jeff Weimer | Oct. 25
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Rich Rodriguez | Oct. 25
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Weimer Cuts the Deficit to Six with a Late TD
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