Ke'Mon Freeman
	Height	6-0
	Weight	208
	40-yard Dash	4.67

Scout: ***
Rivals: **
247sports: **
Scout: No. 87 athlete in country
Scout: No. 13 athlete in Midlands Region
Scout: No. 12 athlete in Texas
Scout: All-Midlands Region team
East Texas Player of the Year (ETSN.com)
East Texas Offensive Player of the Year (smoaky.com)

Last Year Statistics

314 attempts
192 completions (61.1 percent)
3,309 passing yards
Long pass: 99 yards
17.2 yards per completion
29 passing touchdowns
6 interceptions
229 carries
1,865 rushing yards
8.1 yards per carry
133.2 rushing yards per game
Long run: 77 yards
8 games with 100 or more rushing yards
29 rushing touchdowns
Averaged 41.1 yards on 17 punts

Strengths as a Player

Ke’Mon Freeman is the last addition to the 2016 class, and is above all, a versatile athlete. The Leopards’ quarterback has good arm strength and accuracy (he completed 61.1 percent of his passes in 2015), but is at least as dangerous with his legs as a running threat as he is as a passing threat. So make no mistake, he is not one of those who plays quarterback simply because he is his team’s best athlete but is expected to do nothing more than run. He’s a gifted runner, but is a legitimate passing threat, too, putting up passing numbers that are exceptional for a player with just two seasons of experience at the position. He’s not a pure sprinter who blows up a stopwatch, but Freeman has a nice combination of elusiveness, instincts and strength that allows him to run through arm tackles. At 208 pounds, he is significantly stronger than a lot of high school quarterbacks/running backs, which lends credibility to the idea that he eventually could end up playing safety. But during his career, head coach Chad Morris has shown a fondness for versatile, athletic offensive players, and he clearly is impressed with Freeman's arm, so it came as no surprise when Morris confirmed that Freeman would start out his SMU career as a quarterback.

Interviews

Liberty-Eylau head coach Steve Wells on Ke'Mon Freeman:

Body-wise, he’s six foot tall, but I honestly think he can play any place in the country. I’ve been coaching a long time, almost 30 years, and he’s definitely in my top five players, and I had (Baltimore Ravens quarterback) Ryan Mallett and (former Philadelphia Eagles/Washington Redskins/Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker) Jeremiah Trotter.

Ke’Mon’s arm is comparable to Ryan’s, but what you don’t understand is that this was just his second year playing quarterback. He’s just starting to learn what he’s doing, and he still threw for 3,300 yards. I’m telling you, he can make every throw they make on Saturdays.

He’s a really solid physical specimen, too. He can run you over, and he’s quick enough to get away from you, because he’s got a lot of good moves when he runs the ball.

He’s a great leader. Some quarterbacks are too emotional at times, but Ke’Mon is a great leader because he’s really even-keeled. He never gets too high, and never gets too low.
Physical specimen, solid can run over you, good enough to get away from you, great moves

Great leader, some QBs too emotional at times, great leader even keeled. It makes sense. He has good grades, he’s part of a leadership program, he takes care of his business, he comes from a great family. He’s kin to (former Oregon/NFL running back) LaMichael James. They’re cousins, I think.

I took this job a couple of years ago, and he took us to the regional championship two times. He could play almost anywhere you put him, but with the tools he has got, he needs to be playing quarterback. His stats are really good, but when you figure it’s only his second year playing quarterback, his stats are unbelievable.

I’m telling you this kid can play, but being only six foot really hurt him in recruiting. If Drew Brees can play at 5-11, this kid can play at 6 foot. He’s faster and he’s stronger, and he has the arm. I told you his arm is comparable to Ryan Mallett’s. If he was a couple inches taller, he could have played at every college in the country. I know (Nick) Saban saw him last year in the weight room — and he loves the weight room — and really liked him, and invited him to Alabama’s camp, which he did, but as a running back. If you’re a quarterback working on three-step and five-step drops, and then you get moved to running back drills, you’re going to look real good. But if they kept him at quarterback over there … I’m telling you this kid can play.

I’m sold on him as a player, as a quarterback, as a leader, as a person. In my 28 years, he’s everything he’s billed to be. I heard where Coach Morris said he talked to coaches at other schools, and they told him to look at Ke’Mon, and they’re right. SMU got a really good one.

If I was going somewhere, he’s one of the first players, out of all the players I’ve ever coached, that I’d want to take with me. He can make all the throws you see on Saturday, and he’s only going to get better with more coaching. Like I said, he has only played quarterback for two years — not two years for me … I mean two years in his life.

If I was going somewhere, he’s one of the first I want to go with me. He can make all the throws you see on Saturday. Only going to get better with more coaching.

He actually played some linebacker and inside slot receiver when I moved him to quarterback. He was practicing as a receiver and I saw him throwing the ball, with just a flick of the wrist, and I just said, “wow.” Like I said, I think height is a little bit overrated, but if he was 6-2, he could play just about anywhere in the country.