Keith Poole

Who is Keith Poole?

Keith Robert Strohmaier Poole is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos from 1997 to 2001. Poole was a stand out receiver at Clovis High School in Clovis, California and played collegiately at Arizona State alongside quarterback Jake Plummer. In 1997, he and Plummer helped lead the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl only to lose to Ohio State 20-17.

Poole was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. In his five-year NFL career, Poole caught 96 receptions for 1,734 yards and 11 touchdowns.

In November 1998, he was sentenced to two months of probation for attacking a man with a golf club. He was fined $4,500, team and league officials said.