Devon Key

Senior defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2020: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 78 tackles.

DB · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 210 lb · Lexington, KY

All-ConferenceWestern Kentucky 2020 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2020: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 78 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2457 nationally · Signed with Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 330 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Western Kentucky2-star out of Bryan Station

20209 games

All-Conference USAsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2457 national

CFB

College

Western Kentucky

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2018

Mike Sanford Jr.

Western Kentucky

2019–2020

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Western Kentucky6-7HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Pass-leaning

2018Western Kentucky3-9HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced

2019Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (9th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#54 / 2211 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#58 / 2211 · 97th pct

Passes defended#471 / 2211 · 72nd pct

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

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Tackles for loss#1821 / 2211 · 9th pct

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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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Western Kentucky	78	45	0.0	2	1	--
2019	Western Kentucky	93	47	2.5	8	1	--
2018	Western Kentucky	68	39	3.0	5	3	--
2017	Western Kentucky	91	48	4.5	2	1	--
Career		330	179	10.0	17	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2020

W 13–10

vs Chattanooga

10 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Haggerty — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG · G. Walker — 88 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 21-35@ Louisville	3	3	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-30vs Liberty	14	6	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 5	W 20-17@ Middle Tennessee	5	3	—	1
Wk 6	L 14-38vs Marshall	10	9	—	0
Wk 8	W 13-10vs Chattanooga	10	5	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-41@ BYU	7	3	—	0
Wk 10	L 6-10@ Florida Atlantic	12	5	—	0
Wk 11	W 10-7vs Southern Miss	6	4	—	0
Wk 14	W 37-19@ Charlotte	5	3	—	1
Total		72	41	—	2

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

2016

20209 games

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays