#20

Christopher Keys

Senior safety for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 47 tackles.

S · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #20

6′0″ · 190 lb · Collins, MS

CFB Index 47 · #304 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Florida Atlantic for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Solo tackles: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

1 PBU · 47 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 8 tackles, at Navy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 47 tackles.

Transferred from Indiana to Mississippi State in 2023.

His career, year by year

Christopher Keys

S · Florida Atlantic · Sr · #20

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Christopher Keys has played for four head coaches across four seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Navy — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #304 of 544?

Medium confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Tackles#680 / 2975 · 77th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #304 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #24 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Florida Atlantic	47	29	1.0	1	1	--
2024	Mississippi State	16	6	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Mississippi State	10	4	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Indiana	14	10	0.0	1	--	--
Career		87	49	2.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 56–14

vs Florida A&M

4 SOLO · 5 TOT

Dominant 42-point win at home against Florida A&M.

With C. Veltkamp — 309 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · L. Lupo — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-39@ Maryland	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Florida A&M	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 28-38@ Florida International	5	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 26-55vs Memphis	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-21@ Rice	3	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 13-48@ South Florida	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 32-42@ Navy	8	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	W 40-21vs Tulsa	1	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	L 24-35@ Tulane	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 45-48vs UConn	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 3-42vs East Carolina	4	2	0.0	—	0
Total		47	29	1.0	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

47Tackles

29Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

47 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 61 PD
Week 111 INT

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Florida Atlantic

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Florida Atlantic

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -8 net (22 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida Atlantic · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #98 · 2026 recruiting class #130

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to AJ Williams’s 2024 season.

AJ Williams

90%match

Coastal Carolina · 2024

Keyshawn Swanson

Troy · 2023

90%

Michael Gravely Jr.

Ball State · 2025

89%

Isaiah McElvane

Louisiana Tech · 2024

87%

Coen King

Virginia · 2022

85%

Matches AJ on

Tackle volume

PD rate

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah McElvane's senior season at Louisiana Tech (2024).

Isaiah McElvane

96%match

Louisiana Tech · 2024

Courtline Flowers

Louisiana · 2023

93%

Miles Williams

California · 2024

91%

J.D. Coffey III

San Diego State · 2024

91%

Dylan Early

New Mexico State · 2024

89%

Matches Isaiah on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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Keionte Scott

Auburn · 2024

95%

Jordan Huff

East Carolina · 2024

92%

Michael Gravely Jr.

Ball State · 2025

89%

Myles Norwood

South Carolina · 2025

82%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20234 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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