Player Dossier

2020-2025

Florida Atlantic

Chris Keys Jr.

S • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Collins, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Keys Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

38

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Indiana • Mississippi State • Florida Atlantic
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Chris Keys Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Collins, MS wearing No. 20, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Indiana, and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Chris Keys Jr.'s...

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Chris Keys Jr., S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Chris Keys Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
87
TFL
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Chris Keys Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida Atlantic · S
Career Tackles
87
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Top game
Florida International
High school pipeline
Newberry · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
47 tackles · S 127th (top 23%) · American Athletic 74th (top 12%) · National 688th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana714-0-1014.7
2023 Regular SeasonMississippi State41010-1039
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State716-0--040
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic114710-1040.7

Related Context

Chris Keys Jr. played S for Indiana, Mississippi State, and Florida Atlantic. Across 6 tracked seasons, Chris Keys Jr. recorded 87 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida Atlantic.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Florida Atlantic paired 3 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Indiana, Mississippi State, Florida Atlantic.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

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

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2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.5

Usage

2.9

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 0. Arizona: 1. LSU: 0. Texas A&M: 1

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. SE Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 4 by 26.7. LSU: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sun 11/12@ Texas A&ML 10-5142100
Sat 9/16vs LSUL 14-4110000
Sat 9/9vs ArizonaW 31-2442001
Sat 9/2vs SE LouisianaW 48-710000

Player Story

Chris Keys Jr. story

Chris Keys Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Collins, MS wearing No. 20, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Indiana, and Mississippi State. The clearest part of Chris Keys Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Keys Jr.'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

    Indiana

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Florida Atlantic

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana0
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana00
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana19.81.31
2023 Regular SeasonMississippi State215.52.91
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State09.51.3-2
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic320.543

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 107 Florida International

Week 3 · L 28-38

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas A&M

Week 11 · L 10-51 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Arizona

Week 2 · W 31-24

1

Havoc Plays

49.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 104 Tulsa

Week 11 · W 40-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

47 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

#5

vs Michigan

Week 6 · L 10-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

3 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 4 usage

40.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

40

0 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State

39

2 primary · 15.5 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games