Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Tulane
Thakarius Keyes
CB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Laurel, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Thakarius Keyes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Thakarius Keyes built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Laurel, MS wearing No. 26, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Thakarius Keyes' career was his defensive production: 95...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 23
- Overall
- No. 237
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Thakarius Keyes, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Tulane. Thakarius Keyes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 95
- Passes defended
- 15
Quick Answers
Thakarius Keyes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · CB
- Career Tackles
- 95
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Tulane
- Top game
- Florida International
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 7 · Pick 23 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · CB 40th (top 12%) · American Athletic 80th (top 15%) · National 767th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Tulane | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 8.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tulane | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 19.3 |
| 2018 Postseason | Tulane | 10 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tulane | 10 | 33 | - | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tulane | 11 | 47 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 29.1 |
Related Context
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Thakarius Keyes played CB for Tulane. Across 4 tracked seasons, Thakarius Keyes recorded 95 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Tulane paired 10 primary output with 25.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
22.3
Usage
3.8
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 2. Auburn: 0. Houston: 0. Army: 0. UConn: 0. Memphis: 0. Navy: 1. Tulsa: 1. Temple: 1. UCF: 0. SMU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 2 by 28.3. Auburn: 6 by 25. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Army: 3 by 12.5. UConn: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 5 by 20.8. Navy: 4 by 26.7. Tulsa: 4 by 26.7. Temple: 5 by 30.8. UCF: 7 by 29.2. SMU: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Temple
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ SMU | L 20-37 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs UCF | L 31-34 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Temple | L 21-29 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Tulsa | W 38-26 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Navy | L 38-41 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Memphis | L 17-47 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs UConn | W 49-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Army | W 42-33 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/20 | vs Houston | W 38-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Auburn | L 6-24 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | W 42-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Thakarius Keyes story
Thakarius Keyes built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Laurel, MS wearing No. 26, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Thakarius Keyes' career was his defensive production: 95 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 15 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Tulane. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Thakarius Keyes' production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulane.
The arc is straightforward: Thakarius Keyes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Tulane
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Tulane | 1 | 8.7 | 1.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tulane | 1 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Tulane | 10 | 25.8 | 3.7 | 9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tulane | 10 | 25.8 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tulane | 5 | 22.3 | 3.8 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida International
Week 1 · W 42-14
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 1 · L 17-23
3
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#3
@ UAB
Week 3 · L 24-31
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Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#4
vs SMU
Week 8 · L 23-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Houston
Week 11 · L 18-30 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
40.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Tulane
10 primary output · 25.8 efficiency · 3.7 usage
54.3
#2
2018 Regular Season · Tulane
54.3
10 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Tulane
29.1
5 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
3
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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