Keondre Swoopes

Senior safety for UAB. 2023: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 72 tackles.

S · UAB · Sr.

6′0″ · 190 lb · Hartselle, AL

CFB Index 67 · #119 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceUAB 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2675 nationally · Signed with UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for UAB. 2023: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 72 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UAB in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UAB, 189 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20196 games

Signed with UAB3-star out of Hartselle

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202211 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2675 national

CFB

College

UAB

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

2023

Trent Dilfer

UAB

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #119 of 538?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#101 / 2842 · 96th pct

Tackles#215 / 2842 · 92nd pct

Interceptions#148 / 827 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #119 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #119 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UAB	72	48	0.0	1	2	--
2022	UAB	47	29	1.0	4	1	--
2021	UAB	51	31	2.5	6	2	--
2020	UAB	12	8	0.0	--	1	--
2019	UAB	7	4	0.0	5	--	--
Career		189	120	3.5	16	6	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 35-49@ Georgia Southern	9	7	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Louisiana	10	4	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 4	L 21-49@ Georgia	6	6	—	0
Wk 5	L 23-35@ Tulane	6	3	—	0
Wk 6	W 56-35vs South Florida	7	6	1	0
Wk 7	L 20-41@ UTSA	4	3	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-45vs Memphis	4	3	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic	7	3	—	0
Wk 11	L 6-31@ Navy	5	4	1	0
Wk 12	W 34-24vs Temple	7	5	—	1
Wk 13	L 42-45@ North Texas	7	4	—	0
Total		72	48	2	1

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