Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kansas
Gage Keys
DL • 6'4" • 285 lbs • Hilliard, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gage Keys shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Minnesota • Kansas • Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Gage Keys built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Hilliard, OH wearing No. 99, spending time with Auburn, Kansas, and Minnesota. The clearest part of Gage Keys' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Gage Keys, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Kansas. Gage Keys shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 26
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 5
Quick Answers
Gage Keys quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DL
- Career Tackles
- 26
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hilliard Davidson · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Hilliard Davidson · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DL 1,000th (top 93%) · Big 12 627th (top 86%) · National 5,318th (top 86%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 20 | - | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 49 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Gage Keys played DL for Minnesota, Kansas, and Auburn. Across 6 tracked seasons, Gage Keys recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Kansas paired 4 primary output with 12.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Minnesota, Kansas, Auburn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
9.2
Usage
2.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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All Games0.5 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
9.2 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa State | L 14-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Gage Keys story
Gage Keys built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Hilliard, OH wearing No. 99, spending time with Auburn, Kansas, and Minnesota. The clearest part of Gage Keys' career was his defensive production: 26 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Gage 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
Minnesota
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas
2023-2025
Peak year stop
- 3
Auburn
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 4 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | -4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 0.5 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Cincinnati
Week 13 · W 49-16 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Oklahoma State
Week 7 · L 32-39 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Kansas State
Week 12 · L 27-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Illinois
Week 2 · W 62-10
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#5
vs UCF
Week 6 · W 51-22 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Kansas
4 primary output · 12.3 efficiency · 8.4 usage
49
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
36.5
0.5 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Minnesota
14.8
1 primary · 7.7 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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