#21

Keyon Martin

Former cornerback at Louisiana. 2024: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

CB · Louisiana · Sr. · #21

5′9″ · 166 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 66 · #90 of 327 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceLouisiana 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former cornerback at Louisiana. 2024: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Deerfield Beach in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3521 nationally · Signed with Deerfield Beach

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana, 124 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Recruited2-star out of Deerfield Beach

202412 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3521 national

CFB

College

Louisiana

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Michael Desormeaux

Louisiana

Played his entire career under Michael Desormeaux.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Michael Desormeaux — 22-18 over that span.

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #90 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#126 / 2892 · 95th pct

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Tackles#460 / 2892 · 84th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road7g	4.9	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #90 of 327 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #90 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Louisiana	56	45	2.0	6	2	--
2023	Louisiana	53	37	1.0	7	1	--
2022	Louisiana	15	6	0.0	1	--	--
Career		124	88	3.0	14	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 23–17

at Texas State

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Wooldridge — 252 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.0 · 39 rush yds (8 car) · D. Washington — 94 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-10vs Grambling	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-10@ Kennesaw State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 33-41vs Tulane	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-38@ Wake Forest	9	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6	W 23-13@ Southern Miss	5	5	2.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-24vs App State	7	6	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 34-24@ Coastal Carolina	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 23-17@ Texas State	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 51-30vs Troy	4	4	0.0	2	2
Wk 14	W 37-23@ UL Monroe	7	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 15	L 3-31vs Marshall	3	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 3-34@ TCU	6	5	0.0	—	0
Total		56	45	2.0	2	6

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