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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Louisville
Keith Kelsey
LB • 6'1" • Gainesville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keith Kelsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Keith Kelsey built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Gainesville, FL wearing No. 55, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Keith Kelsey's career was his defensive...
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- Liberty
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Keith Kelsey, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Louisville. Keith Kelsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Keith Kelsey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · LB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Louisville
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cedar Hill · Liberty
- High school pipeline
- Cedar Hill · 76 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 91 tackles · LB 93rd (top 10%) · ACC 19th (top 4%) · National 127th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Louisville | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 63.9 |
Related Context
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Keith Kelsey played LB for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keith Kelsey recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Louisville paired 11 primary output with 37.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 37.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Louisville
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
37.6
Usage
7.4
Consistency
55.9
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 2. Charlotte: 0. Syracuse: 1. Florida State: 1.5. Marshall: 1. Clemson: 0. Duke: 2.5. NC State: 0. Virginia: 1. Boston College: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Houston: 0. Kentucky: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 12 by 70. Charlotte: 6 by 25. Syracuse: 8 by 43.3. Florida State: 5 by 35.8. Marshall: 7 by 39.2. Clemson: 7 by 29.2. Duke: 8 by 58.3. NC State: 8 by 33.3. Virginia: 5 by 30.8. Boston College: 5 by 20.8. Wake Forest: 7 by 39.2. Houston: 6 by 25. Kentucky: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.9 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
70 vs LSU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/31 | vs LSU10+ tackles · Splash game | L 9-29 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Kentucky | L 38-41 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/18 | @ Houston | L 10-36 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Wake Forest | W 44-12 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Boston College | W 52-7 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Virginia | W 32-25 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs NC State | W 54-13 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/14 | vs DukeSplash game | W 24-14 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ Clemson | L 36-42 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Marshall | W 59-28 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Florida State | W 63-20 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Syracuse | W 62-28 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | vs Charlotte | W 70-14 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keith Kelsey story
Keith Kelsey built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Gainesville, FL wearing No. 55, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Keith Kelsey's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Louisville. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Keith Kelsey's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville.
The arc is straightforward: Keith Kelsey 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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Louisville
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Louisville | 11 | 37.6 | 7.4 | 11 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 37.6 | 7.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Duke
Week 7 · W 24-14 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#2
vs LSU
Week 1 · L 9-29 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Kentucky
Week 13 · L 38-41
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Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida State
Week 3 · W 63-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Syracuse
Week 2 · W 62-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Louisville
11 primary output · 37.6 efficiency · 7.4 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Louisville
63.9
11 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 7.4 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Louisville
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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