Player Dossier

2017-2021

BYU

Keenan Ellis

DB • 6'0" • 181 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Keenan Ellis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Keenan Ellis built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from San Diego, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Keenan Ellis' career was his defensive production: 19...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8041

Bonita Vista · Chula Vista, CA

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Keenan Ellis, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · BYU. Keenan Ellis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
19
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Keenan Ellis quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · DB
Career Tackles
19
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 10 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · BYU
Top game
Houston
Recruit profile
3-star · Bonita Vista · BYU
High school pipeline
Bonita Vista · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2018 PostseasonBYU41-0--038.8
2018 Regular SeasonBYU45-0--038.8
2019 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonBYU62-0--044.3
2020 Regular SeasonBYU611-0-3044.3
2021 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-

Related Context

Keenan Ellis played DB for BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Keenan Ellis recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

BYU paired 3 primary output with 14 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · BYU

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14

Usage

1.6

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. UTSA: 0. Houston: 1. Texas State: 1. Western Kentucky: 1. Boise State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 2 by 8.3. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 4 by 26.7. Texas State: 0 by 10. Western Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. Boise State: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Houston

Result
Wed 12/23vs UCFW 49-2321000
Sat 11/7@ Boise StateW 51-1732000
Sun 11/1vs Western KentuckyW 41-1020001
Sun 10/25vs Texas StateW 52-1400001
Sat 10/17@ HoustonW 43-2641001
Sat 10/10vs UTSAW 27-2022000

Player Story

Keenan Ellis story

Keenan Ellis built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from San Diego, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Keenan Ellis' career was his defensive production: 19 tackles and 3 passes defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Keenan Ellis' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    BYU

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonBYU0
2018 PostseasonBYU06.31.20
2018 Regular SeasonBYU06.31.20
2019 Regular SeasonBYU00
2020 PostseasonBYU3141.63
2020 Regular SeasonBYU3141.60
2021 Regular SeasonBYU0-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Houston

Week 7 · W 43-26

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

49.5 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Kentucky

Week 9 · W 41-10

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Havoc Plays

43 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas State

Week 8 · W 52-14

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

vs California

Week 2 · L 18-21

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Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 10 · W 51-17

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Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · BYU

3 primary output · 14 efficiency · 1.6 usage

44.3

#2

2020 Regular Season · BYU

44.3

3 primary · 14 efficiency · 1.6 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · BYU

38.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games