Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Auburn
Austin Keys
LB • 6'2" • 247 lbs • Collins, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Keys shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ole Miss • Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Austin Keys built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Collins, MS wearing No. 6, spending time with Auburn and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Austin Keys' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Austin Keys, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Auburn. Austin Keys shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 120
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Austin Keys quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · LB
- Career Tackles
- 120
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Auburn
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Duncanville · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Duncanville · 60 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · LB 377th (top 31%) · SEC 119th (top 17%) · National 971st (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 4 | 12 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 14 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 10 | 39 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 8 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 11 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41.4 |
Related Context
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Austin Keys played LB for Ole Miss and Auburn. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Keys recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ole Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Auburn paired 8 primary output with 25.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 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 Ole Miss, Auburn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
22.1
Usage
5.3
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 0. California: 3. Arkansas: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. UL Monroe: 0. Texas A&M: 1. Alabama: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama A&M: 1 by 4.2. California: 5 by 50.8. Arkansas: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 7 by 29.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 32.5. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. Texas A&M: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 8 by 43.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs California
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Alabama | L 14-28 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Texas A&M | W 43-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs UL Monroe | W 48-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs VanderbiltSplash game | L 7-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Kentucky | W 24-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Missouri | L 17-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Georgia | L 13-31 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Oklahoma | L 21-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Arkansas | L 14-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | L 14-21 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Alabama A&M | W 73-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Austin Keys story
Austin Keys built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Collins, MS wearing No. 6, spending time with Auburn and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Austin Keys' career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Keys' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Ole Miss
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Auburn
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 1 | 15 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 9.5 | 25.8 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 8 | 25.6 | 6.8 | -1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 8 | 25.6 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 8 | 22.1 | 5.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 4 · W 35-27
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#2
vs California
Week 2 · L 14-21
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Kentucky
Week 5 · W 22-19 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 10 · W 31-15 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Alabama
Week 13 · L 24-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Auburn
8 primary output · 25.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage
50
#2
2023 Regular Season · Auburn
50
8 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Ole Miss
47.3
9.5 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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