Keilos Swinney

Senior safety for UL Monroe. 2021: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

S · UL Monroe · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 202 lb · Bentonia, MS

CFB Index 65 · #133 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceUL Monroe 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 250 nationally · Joined UL Monroe

Statement game4 tackles · 4 sacksat Army (FBS) · L 7-37

Top 0.1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for UL Monroe. 2021: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UL Monroe, 101 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201912 games

Signed with UL Monroe3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

20219 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#250 national

CFB

College

UL Monroe

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019–2020

Matt Viator

UL Monroe

2021

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Viator → Terry Bowden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UL Monroe5-7HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2020UL Monroe0-10HC: Matt Viator · Pass-leaning

2021UL Monroe4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #133 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#481 / 2743 · 78th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Solo tackles#1137 / 2743 · 57th pct

Tackles#1279 / 2743 · 52nd pct

Tackles for loss#1821 / 2743 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th 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

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road4g	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #133 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #133 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UL Monroe	32	20	1.0	0.0	3	2	--
2020	UL Monroe	30	19	3.0	5.0	3	--	--
2019	UL Monroe	39	22	3.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		101	61	7.0	5.0	10	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 31–28

vs Liberty

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Liberty at home in a shootout.

With C. Rogers — 225 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 42 rush yds (25 car) · D. McCormick — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-45@ Kentucky	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 12-7vs Jackson State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 29-16vs Troy	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 6-59@ Coastal Carolina	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-28vs Liberty	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 41-31vs South Alabama	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 24-27vs Arkansas State	7	3	0.0	1	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 12	L 14-27@ LSU	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 16-21@ Louisiana	7	7	1.0	—	1
Total		32	20	1.0	2	3

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

Keilos Swinney

201912 games

20219 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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