Player Dossier

2011-2016

UNLV

Kenny Keys

DB • 6'4" • San Diego, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kenny Keys shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.5

Efficiency

30.2

Consistency

30

Season Value

18.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Kenny Keys, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · UNLV. Kenny Keys shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

UNLV paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2016 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

30.2

Usage

4.5

Consistency

30

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. UCLA: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Idaho: 1. Fresno State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Hawai'i: 1. Colorado State: 2. San José State: 2. Wyoming: 0.5. Boise State: 1. Nevada: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 7 by 29.2. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Idaho: 7 by 39.2. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5. San Diego State: 9 by 37.5. Hawai'i: 3 by 22.5. Colorado State: 10 by 61.7. San José State: 6 by 45. Wyoming: 6 by 30. Boise State: 7 by 39.2. Nevada: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · n=8 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=6 · -0.9 vs Second Half
Second Half1.1 · n=6 · +0.9 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado State

Best efficiency game

61.7 vs Colorado State

Result
Sat 11/26vs NevadaL 10-4585000
Sat 11/19@ Boise StateL 25-4274001
Sat 11/12vs WyomingW 69-66630.5000
Sun 10/30@ San José StateL 24-3063002
Sat 10/22vs Colorado State10+ tacklesL 23-42106002
Sun 10/16@ Hawai'iW 41-3832001
Sun 10/9@ San Diego StateL 7-2698000
Sun 10/2vs Fresno StateW 45-2032000
Sun 9/25vs IdahoL 30-3374100
Sat 9/17@ Central MichiganL 21-4422000
Sun 9/11@ UCLAL 21-4276000
Fri 9/2vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    UNLV

    2011-2016

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201120122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonUNLV0
2012 Regular SeasonUNLV2202
2013 Regular SeasonUNLV0-2
2014 Regular SeasonUNLV00
2015 Regular SeasonUNLV1201
2016 Regular SeasonUNLV7.530.24.56.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

New Mexico

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

San Diego State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

UCLA

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

Colorado State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.7 takeover score.

#5

San José State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2012 Regular Season · UNLV

2 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

41

#2

2015 Regular Season · UNLV

40.5

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · UNLV

18.9

7.5 primary · 30.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7333

Helix · La Mesa, CA

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

69

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 15 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Kenny Keys quick answers

Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
69