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Player Dossier
2022-2025Arizona State
Keyshaun Elliott
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Richmond, MO, USA
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Keyshaun Elliott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
91
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- New Mexico State • Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Keyshaun Elliott built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Richmond, MO wearing No. 44, spending time with Arizona State and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Keyshaun Elliott's career...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 166
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Keyshaun Elliott, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona State. Keyshaun Elliott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 56.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 299
- TFL
- 29.5
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Keyshaun Elliott quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 299
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Arizona State
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Richmond · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Richmond · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 26 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 98 tackles · LB 45th (top 4%) · Big 12 5th (top 1%) · National 55th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 11 | 27 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 19.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | New Mexico State | 15 | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 67.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 15 | 100 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 67.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arizona State | 12 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 12 | 56 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona State | 12 | 98 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 80.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico State to Arizona State | G5/FCS to P4 | 80.5 | Dec 26, 2023 |
Keyshaun Elliott played LB for New Mexico State and Arizona State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keyshaun Elliott recorded 299 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 27 primary output with 56.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 56.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico State, Arizona State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
56.2
Usage
14
Consistency
67.1
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 2. Mississippi State: 2. Texas State: 3. Baylor: 4. TCU: 3.5. Utah: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Houston: 1.5. Iowa State: 2. West Virginia: 2. Colorado: 5. Arizona: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 5 by 40.8. Mississippi State: 8 by 53.3. Texas State: 7 by 59.2. Baylor: 10 by 81.7. TCU: 7 by 64.2. Utah: 7 by 29.2. Texas Tech: 10 by 41.7. Houston: 13 by 65. Iowa State: 10 by 61.7. West Virginia: 5 by 40.8. Colorado: 7 by 79.2. Arizona: 9 by 57.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.7 · Games = 8 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Colorado
Best efficiency game
81.7 vs Baylor
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs ArizonaSplash game | L 7-23 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Colorado2+ sacks · Splash game | W 42-17 | 7 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 25-23 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Iowa State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-19 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/26 | vs Houston10+ tackles | L 16-24 | 13 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas Tech10+ tackles | W 26-22 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Utah | L 10-42 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs TCUSplash game | W 27-24 | 7 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Baylor10+ tackles · Splash game | W 27-24 | 10 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Texas StateSplash game | W 34-15 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | L 20-24 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Northern ArizonaSplash game | W 38-19 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keyshaun Elliott story
Keyshaun Elliott built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Richmond, MO wearing No. 44, spending time with Arizona State and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Keyshaun Elliott's career was his defensive production: 299 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Keyshaun Elliott'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
New Mexico State
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 4.5 | 14.3 | 3.7 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | New Mexico State | 22.5 | 45.6 | 11.8 | 18 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 22.5 | 45.6 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arizona State | 10 | 30.6 | 7.9 | -12.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 10 | 30.6 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona State | 27 | 56.2 | 14 | 17 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 96 Colorado
Week 13 · W 42-17 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida International
Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 71 Baylor
Week 4 · W 27-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Wyoming
Week 1 · W 48-7
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#5
@ New Mexico
Week 3 · W 27-17
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Arizona State
27 primary output · 56.2 efficiency · 14 usage
80.8
#2
2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
67.4
22.5 primary · 45.6 efficiency · 11.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico State
67.4
22.5 primary · 45.6 efficiency · 11.8 usage
Milestones
20
Impact games
19
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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