Player Dossier

2018-2023

Northern Illinois

Keshon Artis

LB • 6'0" • 246 lbs • Chesapeake, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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Usage / Role

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Impact Production

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Reliability

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Virginia Tech • Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Richmond

Player Story

Keshon Artis built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 12, spending time with Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Keshon Artis' career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8769

Oscar Smith · Chesapeake, VA

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Keshon Artis, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Keshon Artis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
37
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Keshon Artis quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
37
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 22 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Virginia Tech
Top game
Richmond
Recruit profile
3-star · Oscar Smith · Virginia Tech
High school pipeline
Oscar Smith · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech11-0--037
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech22-0--036.5
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech23-0--038.9
2021 PostseasonVirginia Tech8210--062.8
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech81951-1062.8
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech8101.50--012.2
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Northern Illinois to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted22.6Apr 22, 2024
2023Virginia Tech to Northern IllinoisP4 to G5/FCS19.6Dec 5, 2022

Keshon Artis played LB for Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Keshon Artis recorded 37 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 8 primary output with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

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Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs East Carolina

Result
Sat 8/31@ East Carolina21000

Player Story

Keshon Artis story

Keshon Artis built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 12, spending time with Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Keshon Artis' career was his defensive production: 37 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Keshon Artis' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Virginia Tech

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northern Illinois

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech04.20.8
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech04.20.60
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech06.31.30
2021 PostseasonVirginia Tech820.97.48
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech820.97.40
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1.57.11.8-6.5
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Richmond

Week 4 · W 21-10

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 2 · W 35-14

2

Havoc Plays

62 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 1 · L 10-54 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#4

@ NC State

Week 9 · L 21-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Miami

Week 12 · L 26-38 · Conference game

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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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Virginia Tech

8 primary output · 20.9 efficiency · 7.4 usage

62.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

62.8

8 primary · 20.9 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

38.9

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games