Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
Saw action in 30 career games with 10 starts at wide receiver … In career, caught 40 passes for 451 yards and two touchdowns for an 11.3 yards per catch average … Three-year letterman.
 
2019
 
Saw action in all 10 games with one start as a senior wide receiver … Listed as a backup and starter on the depth chart … Finished the year with seven receptions for 27 yards (3.9 yards per catch average) … Caught a season-high two passes for four yards at Cornell (Nov. 23) … Also caught passes vs. Brown (Nov. 16), at Yale (Nov. 2), at Dartmouth (Oct. 25), at Princeton (Oct. 5) and Georgetown (Sept. 28).
 
2018
 
Saw action in all 10 games with six starts as a junior wide receiver … Started six of season’s last seven games and the last five consecutive games of the year … Caught 17 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns with a long of 48 yards … Led team with a 17.1 yards per catch average … Ranked fourth on the squad in receptions (17) and third on the squad in receiving yards (290) … Caught at least one pass in seven of 10 games played … Caught a career-high three passes three times … Caught two passes for 34 yards vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Caught three passes for 47 yards at Brown (Nov. 10) … Caught 20-yard touchdown pass and three passes for 33 yards at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Made three receptions for a season-high 83 yards with a long of 48 yards vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 20) … Caught 21-yard touchdown pass, three passes for 65 yards with a long of 48 at Penn (Oct. 13) … Caught two passes for 22 yards vs. Marist (Oct. 6).
 
2017
 
Played in all 10 games with three starts as a sophomore wide receiver … Started three consecutive games from Oct. 21-Nov. 11, 2017 … Ranked No. 6 on the squad in receptions with 16 for 134 yards … Averaged 8.4 yards per catch … Caught two passes for 10 yards in start vs. Harvard (Nov. 4) … Caught three passes for 24 yards, including a 21-yarder in start at Yale (Oct. 28) … Set career-highs for receptions (eight) and receiving yards (91) and caught a career-long 40-yard pass in first career start at Dartmouth (Oct. 21) … Saw first career playing time and made first career catch for -2 yards in season opener vs. Wagner (Sept. 16).
 
2016
 
Did not see any game action as a first-year wide receiver … Contributed at wide receiver.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2016 graduate of Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz., where he played two years of varsity football for head coach Steve Belles … An All-Arizona Division I Second Team member as a wide receiver … Honorable mention All-District selection … Selected to the Arizona All-Academic Team … Named a Blue Grey All-American … Two-year varsity totals include 71 catches for 1,251 yards (17.5 average) and 12 touchdowns with a long reception of 85 yards, 1,797 all-purpose yards and 74 points scored … Caught 50 passes for 870 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior in 2015 … Two-year starter at wide receiver and kick/punt returner … Had five 100-yard receiving games as a senior … Caught five passes for 149 yards and four touchdowns with a long of 85 yards (29.8 yards per catch) vs. Horizon … Caught eight passes for 125 yards and a touchdown vs. Red Mountain … Caught three passes for 104 yards and a touchdown vs. Centennial … Made four receptions for 114 yards and a touchdown vs. Basha … Totaled 192 all-purpose yards, 118 receiving yards on five catches and one touchdown vs. Queen Creek … Led the Huskies to a 10-2 overall record as a senior … Caught 20 passes for 381 yards with two touchdowns and a long reception of 50 yards as a junior … Helped the Huskies finish with a 12-2 record and advance to the Division I state championship game as a junior in 2014 … Rated at two-star recruit by Scout and Rivals … Blue Grey All-American champion … Also played basketball … 4.0 Scholar Honor Roll student … Named to the National Honor Society.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Kaleb Fitzgerald Pitts on November 21, 1997 … Son of Milon and Angela Pitts … Both parents attended Iowa State University … Father played football at Iowa State … Accumulated over 120 hours of community service … Chandler Regional Hospital volunteer … Worked in church teaching a class of fourth graders … Chose Columbia over Army and San Diego … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics.