Lawrence Keys III

#6 · WR · Sr. · Tulane5′11″ · 170 lb · New Orleans, LA · McDonogh 35

Lawrence Keys III: WR · Tulane · #6.

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Lawrence Keys III

WR · Tulane · Sr · #6

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2023: All-AAC. On tape: 96 receiving yards and 12 rushing yards against South Alabama, Week 1, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Tulane	33	599	18.2	7	57
2022	Tulane	30	296	9.9	2	43
2020	Notre Dame	5	51	10.2	0	20
2019	Notre Dame	13	134	10.3	0	28
Career		81	1,080	13.3	9	57

Season	Team
2023	Tulane	4	25	74	--
2022	Tulane	5	43	598	14
2020	Notre Dame	--	--	--	−3
2019	Notre Dame	6	45	194	6
Career		15	113	866	17

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 37-17vs South Alabama	4	96	24.0	1	47	Season-high 96 yds
Wk 2	L 20-37vs No. 20 Ole Miss	5	94	18.8	0	57
Wk 3	W 21-3@ Southern Miss	4	78	19.5	0	29
Wk 4	W 36-7vs Nicholls	4	77	19.3	2	40	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 35-23vs UAB	3	54	18.0	1	32
Wk 7	W 31-21@ Memphis	2	17	8.5	1	11
Wk 8	W 35-28vs North Texas	5	78	15.6	1	23
Wk 9	W 30-28@ Rice	2	22	11.0	0	18
Wk 10	W 13-10@ East Carolina	3	77	25.7	1	50
Wk 11	W 24-22vs Tulsa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Total		33	599	18.2	7	57

Signature game

Week 4 · 2023

W 36-7

vs Nicholls

4 rec · 77 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 29-point win at home against Nicholls.

With M. Pratt — 190 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 33 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · W. Karoll — 48 yards per punt · 2 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · UAB · 4th and 9 · Q4 · EPA +5.20Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 32 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 2 · Ole Miss · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +4.49Kai Horton pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 57 yds to the MISS 17 for a
Week 1 · South Alabama · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.73Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 47 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 10 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 50 yds to the ECU 28 for a
Week 4 · Nicholls · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 15 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 4 · Nicholls · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 40 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)

4 more plays

Week 10 · East Carolina · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 18 yds to the ECU 36 for a
Week 10 · East Carolina · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 9 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 8 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 23 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 7 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Pratt to Keys III: an 11-yard touchdown pass.

Teams and coaches

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2023Tulane11-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 55 (#164 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

55Quality starter #164 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (96th percentile). Strength: td rate (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#26 / 639 · 96th pct

18.4

TD rate#81 / 639 · 87th pct

11.3%

Explosive rate#92 / 639 · 86th pct

22.6%

EPA / target#349 / 639 · 45th pct

0.71

Catch rate#611 / 639 · 4th pct

60.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / catch#40 / 566 · 93rd pct

18.2

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Rec yards#151 / 566 · 73rd pct

599

Rush yards#78 / 294 · 73rd pct

Long catch#177 / 566 · 68th pct

Receptions#244 / 566 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

30th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

14th → 86th percentile

Catch rate

48th → 4th percentile

TD rate

23rd → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

30th → 96th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.7	67.5	16.9	0.8
Road4g	2.8	48.5	16.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	69.3	18.0	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	45.8	14.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Slade Nagle

Pass share

42.2%

368 pass / 504 run

Plays / game

62.3

14 games

Team sack rate

7.3%

397 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

55 · #164 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #164 at the position.

Lawrence Keys III

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2018

2022 13 games

2023 10 games