Player Dossier

2019-2024

Western Kentucky

Keyshawn Swanson

DB • 6'0" • 192 lbs • Pensacola, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Keyshawn Swanson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Akron • Troy • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Player Story

Keyshawn Swanson built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Akron, Troy, and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Keyshawn Swanson's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8017

West Florida Tech · Pensacola, FL

Committed To
Akron
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Keyshawn Swanson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Keyshawn Swanson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
153
TFL
3
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Keyshawn Swanson quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · DB
Career Tackles
153
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 47 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
James Madison
Recruit profile
3-star · West Florida Tech · Akron
High school pipeline
West Florida Tech · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
63 tackles · DB 62nd (top 7%) · Conference USA 30th (top 7%) · National 338th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonAkron22-0--036.4
2020 Regular SeasonTroy00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonTroy816-0--214.6
2022 PostseasonTroy121-0--021.4
2022 Regular SeasonTroy1224-0-2021.4
2023 PostseasonTroy125-0--032.7
2023 Regular SeasonTroy12421.50-1032.7
2024 PostseasonWestern Kentucky13111.50-1041.9
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1352-0-1041.9

Related Context

Keyshawn Swanson played DB for Akron, Troy, and Western Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Keyshawn Swanson recorded 153 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 3.5 primary output with 22.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Akron, Troy, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Western Kentucky

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

22.2

Usage

4.8

Consistency

5.1

Best Game by takeover score

James Madison

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. James Madison: 2.5. Alabama: 0. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Boston College: 0. UTEP: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Kennesaw State: 0. New Mexico State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. Liberty: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Jacksonville 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. James Madison: 11 by 70.8. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 5 by 20.8. Sam Houston: 6 by 25. Kennesaw State: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 0 by 10. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 7 by 29.2. Jacksonville State: 5 by 20.8. Jacksonville State: 14 by 50

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

James Madison

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs James Madison

Result
Wed 12/18@ James Madison10+ tackles · Splash gameL 17-271171.5001
Sat 12/7@ Jacksonville State10+ tacklesL 12-52149000
Sat 11/30vs Jacksonville StateW 19-1754000
Sat 11/23@ LibertyL 21-3871000
Sat 11/16vs Louisiana TechL 7-1211000
Sat 11/9@ New Mexico StateW 41-2800001
Wed 10/30vs Kennesaw StateW 31-1422000
Wed 10/16@ Sam HoustonW 31-1465000
Fri 10/11vs UTEPW 44-1751000
Sat 9/28@ Boston CollegeL 20-2132000
Sat 9/14@ Middle TennesseeW 49-2143000
Sat 9/7vs Eastern KentuckyW 31-021000
Sat 8/31@ AlabamaL 0-6333000

Player Story

Keyshawn Swanson story

Keyshawn Swanson built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Akron, Troy, and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Keyshawn Swanson's career was his defensive production: 153 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 5 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Keyshawn Swanson's 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. 1

    Akron

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Troy

    2020-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Western Kentucky

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonAkron04.20.6
2020 Regular SeasonTroy00
2021 Regular SeasonTroy19.61.91
2022 PostseasonTroy210.41.51
2022 Regular SeasonTroy210.41.50
2023 PostseasonTroy2.518.43.90.5
2023 Regular SeasonTroy2.518.43.90
2024 PostseasonWestern Kentucky3.522.24.81
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky3.522.24.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ James Madison

Week 1 · L 17-27 · Postseason

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas State

Week 9 · W 31-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Ole Miss

Week 1 · L 10-28

1

Havoc Plays

53 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas State

Week 7 · W 31-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Georgia State

Week 5 · W 28-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Western Kentucky

3.5 primary output · 22.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage

41.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

41.9

3.5 primary · 22.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Akron

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games