Player Dossier

2023-2023

Louisiana Tech

Keith Willis Jr.

RB • 5'11" • 206 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Keith Willis Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State

Player Story

Keith Willis Jr. built his college career in 2023 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Keith Willis Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 288...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8404

C.E. King · Houston, TX

Committed To
Louisiana Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Keith Willis Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech. Keith Willis Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
294
Rushing yards
288
Receiving yards
6
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Keith Willis Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
294
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 7 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
Top game
Northwestern State
Recruit profile
3-star · C.E. King · Louisiana Tech
High school pipeline
C.E. King · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Freshman
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
294 scrimmage yards · RB 286th (top 41%) · Conference USA 55th (top 29%) · National 781st (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech72942886750.7

Related Context

Keith Willis Jr. played RB for Louisiana Tech. Across 1 tracked season, Keith Willis Jr. recorded 288 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Louisiana Tech paired 294 primary output with 37.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 37.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State

Win with 188 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

42

Efficiency

37.6

Usage

13.9

Consistency

25.4

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 8. Florida International: 36. Northwestern State: 188. North Texas: 14. Liberty: 22. Sam Houston: 20. Jacksonville State: 6

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. SMU: 4 by 27.1. Florida International: 12 by 30.7. Northwestern State: 13 by 100. North Texas: 7 by 20.8. Liberty: 7 by 32.7. Sam Houston: 5 by 41.7. Jacksonville State: 6 by 10.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins112 · Games = 2 · +98 vs Losses
Losses14 · Games = 5 · -98 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Northwestern State

Result
Sat 11/18@ Jacksonville StateL 17-5666101
Sat 11/11vs Sam Houston2+ TDL 27-42520424
Sat 11/4@ Liberty2+ TDL 30-567223.1023.1
Sat 9/16vs North TexasL 37-40714202
Sat 9/9vs Northwestern State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 51-211318814.50214.5
Sat 9/2@ SMUL 14-382631222
Sun 8/27vs Florida InternationalW 22-1711322.900143

Player Story

Keith Willis Jr. story

Keith Willis Jr. built his college career in 2023 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Keith Willis Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 288 rushing yards, 51 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 6 receiving yards across 7 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Louisiana Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 6 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 7 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisiana Tech.

The arc is straightforward: Keith Willis Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana Tech

    2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech29437.613.9

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northwestern State

Week 2 · W 51-21

Win with 188 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

91.4 takeover

188 scrimmage yards and 26 usage.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 1 · W 22-17 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

32.2 takeover

Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

36 scrimmage yards and 16.4 usage.

#3

@ Liberty

Week 10 · L 30-56 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

27.4 takeover

Loss with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

22 scrimmage yards and 13.2 usage.

#4

vs Sam Houston

Week 11 · L 27-42 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

25.9 takeover

Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 8.9 usage.

#5

vs North Texas

Week 3 · L 37-40

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Scrimmage Yards

21.5 takeover

Loss with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

14 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

294 primary output · 37.6 efficiency · 13.9 usage

50.7

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games