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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025UConn
Aaron Key
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Tucker, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Aaron Key shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky • UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Aaron Key built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tucker, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with UConn and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Aaron Key's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Aaron Key, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UConn. Aaron Key shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Aaron Key quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · LB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · UConn
- Top game
- Boston College
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Tucker · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Georgetown · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · LB 490th (top 39%) · FBS Independents 20th (top 22%) · National 1,474th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 2 | 13 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 8 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 9 | 28 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20 |
| 2024 Postseason | UConn | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 17.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UConn | 6 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | UConn | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UConn | 13 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Aaron Key
Aaron Key played LB for Western Kentucky and UConn. Across 6 tracked seasons, Aaron Key recorded 12 receiving yards and 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
UConn paired 10 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.7 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Kentucky, UConn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
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 · Western Kentucky
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
15.7
Usage
3.4
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 1. Houston Christian: 0. Ohio State: 0. Troy: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Jacksonville State: 1. UTEP: 0.5. New Mexico State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 5 by 30.8. Houston Christian: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5. Jacksonville State: 4 by 26.7. UTEP: 5 by 25.8. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 5 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs South Florida
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/11 | vs New Mexico State | L 29-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ UTEP | W 21-13 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/17 | @ Jacksonville State | L 17-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/6 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 35-28 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/28 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 31-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Troy | L 24-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Ohio State | L 10-63 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Houston Christian | W 52-22 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs South Florida | W 41-24 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Aaron Key story
Aaron Key built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tucker, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with UConn and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Aaron Key's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 12 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Aaron Key'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
Western Kentucky
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
UConn
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 32.1 | 4.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 7 | 15 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 2.5 | 15.7 | 3.4 | -4.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | UConn | 2.5 | 11.1 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UConn | 2.5 | 11.1 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | UConn | 10 | 16.7 | 4.3 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UConn | 10 | 16.7 | 4.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 97 Boston College
Week 8 · W 38-23
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 7 · W 35-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 27-14 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Jacksonville State
Week 8 · L 17-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
vs South Florida
Week 1 · W 41-24
1
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · UConn
10 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 4.3 usage
51.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · UConn
51.6
10 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
40.7
7 primary · 15 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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