#47

Keith Loneker Jr.

Senior linebacker for Kansas. 2018: 68 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Kansas · Sr. · #47

6′2″ · 228 lb · Lawrence, KS

Kansas 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Kansas. 2018: 68 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kansas, 158 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Kansas

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

David Beaty

Kansas

Played his entire career under David Beaty.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under David Beaty, all balanced offenses — 6-30 over that span.

2016Kansas2-10HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2017Kansas1-11HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Strength: tackles (88th percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#201 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Tackles#307 / 2662 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#459 / 2662 · 81st pct

6.0

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road6g	6.7	0.5	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	0.4	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.6	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Kansas	68	45	6.0	1.0	3	1	--
2017	Kansas	47	35	4.0	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Kansas	43	28	1.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		158	108	11.0	3.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 27–26

vs TCU

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With P. Williams Jr. — 33 rush yds (11 car) · P. Bender — 249 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week