Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022UCF
Keenan Hester
DT • 6'4" • 305 lbs • Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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Keenan Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
Keenan Hester built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Saint Petersburg, FL wearing No. 52, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Keenan Hester's career was his defensive...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Keenan Hester, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UCF. Keenan Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Keenan Hester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · DT
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Santa Margarita Catholic
- High school pipeline
- Santa Margarita Catholic · 44 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · DT 164th (top 81%) · American Athletic 289th (top 61%) · National 3,589th (top 62%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | UCF | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 12 | 23 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
Related Context
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Keenan Hester played DT for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keenan Hester recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
UCF paired 0 primary output with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina State
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · UCF
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.6
Usage
1.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina State: 0. Louisville: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina State: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina State
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs South Carolina State
Player Story
Keenan Hester story
Keenan Hester built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Saint Petersburg, FL wearing No. 52, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Keenan Hester's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Keenan Hester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCF
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 2 | 12.2 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 2021 Postseason | UCF | 6.5 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 6.5 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 5.6 | 1.2 | -6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs East Carolina
Week 6 · W 20-16 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
75 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#2
@ East Carolina
Week 4 · W 51-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#3
vs UConn
Week 12 · W 49-17
2
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulane
Week 10 · W 14-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
30.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Memphis
Week 8 · W 24-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
27.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · UCF
0 primary output · 5.6 efficiency · 1.2 usage
38.6
#2
2021 Postseason · UCF
38
6.5 primary · 13.8 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · UCF
38
6.5 primary · 13.8 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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