Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2017UNLV
Brian Keyes
LB • 6'1" • 250 lbs • Phoenix, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brian Keyes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Player Story
Brian Keyes built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a linebacker from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 5, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Brian Keyes' career was his defensive production: 81 tackles,...
Read the storyBrian Keyes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UNLV. Brian Keyes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 81
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Brian Keyes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · LB
- Career Tackles
- 81
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- Nevada
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · LB 173rd (top 16%) · Mountain West 31st (top 6%) · National 295th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UNLV | 7 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 71 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 47.5 |
Related Context
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Brian Keyes played LB for UNLV. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brian Keyes recorded 81 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
UNLV paired 4.5 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
29.9
Usage
5.4
Consistency
15.2
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. Howard: 1. Idaho: 0. Ohio State: 0. San José State: 1. San Diego State: 0. Air Force: 0. Utah State: 0.5. Fresno State: 1. BYU: 0. New Mexico: 0. Nevada: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 8 by 43.3. Idaho: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. San José State: 4 by 26.7. San Diego State: 7 by 29.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 14 by 55. Fresno State: 7 by 39.2. BYU: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico: 6 by 25. Nevada: 13 by 60
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nevada
Best efficiency game
60 vs Nevada
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Nevada10+ tackles | L 16-23 | 13 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ New Mexico | W 38-35 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs BYU | L 21-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Fresno State | W 26-16 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Utah State10+ tackles | L 28-52 | 14 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Air Force | L 30-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs San Diego State | L 10-41 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | vs San José State | W 41-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Ohio State | L 21-54 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Idaho | W 44-16 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Howard | L 40-43 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brian Keyes story
Brian Keyes built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a linebacker from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 5, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Brian Keyes' career was his defensive production: 81 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 3 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with UNLV. 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 Brian Keyes' production has multiple signals. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.
The arc is straightforward: Brian Keyes 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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UNLV
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 4.5 | 29.9 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Nevada
Week 13 · L 16-23 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
vs Howard
Week 1 · L 40-43
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Utah State
Week 8 · L 28-52 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Fresno State
Week 9 · W 26-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs San José State
Week 5 · W 41-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · UNLV
4.5 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
47.5
#2
2016 Regular Season · UNLV
38.1
0 primary · 6 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
0
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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