Keenan Garber: CB · Kansas State · #1.
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Keenan Garber
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Fourth year in the same secondary at Kansas State. The first one came in 2023: Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week. On tape: 5 tackles against Oklahoma State, Week 5, 2024.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas State | 29 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 22 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 51 | 45 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-6vs UT Martin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27@ Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7vs No. 20 Arizona | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 9-38@ BYU | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-20vs No. 20 Oklahoma State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 31-28@ Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-18@ West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-27vs Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-24@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-24vs Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-15vs Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-29@ No. 17 Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 44-41vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 3 · 2024
W 31-7
vs Arizona
1 interception · 3 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Arizona.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
17%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this season29 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Chris Klieman — 30-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
46.0%
381 pass / 447 run
Plays / game
63.7
13 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas State, 51 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Klieman.
