Keeshawn Silver is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at USC.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. On tape: 3 tackles against Nebraska, Week 10, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | USC | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | Kentucky | 26 | 14 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | Kentucky | 17 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 65 | 32 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-20vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-17@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-31vs Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 32-34@ No. 23 Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-13vs No. 15 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34@ No. 13 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17@ Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 26-21vs Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-42@ No. 6 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-10vs UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-30vs TCU | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries19 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
50.4%
420 pass / 414 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #160 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #5 of 7 Big Ten DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Mack Brown, Mark Stoops and Lincoln Riley.
