Lawrence Keys III

Senior wide receiver for Tulane. 2023: 33 catches, 599 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Tulane · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 170 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 55 · #164 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTulane 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 286 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Tulane. 2023: 33 catches, 599 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2018.
Transferred from Notre Dame to Tulane in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 1,080 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 96 yds vs South Alabama.South Alabama · W 37-172023

2018

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of McDonogh 35

202213 games

Entered the portal

202310 games

All-AACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#286 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2023

Slade Nagle

Tulane

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Slade Nagle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

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

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

2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Quality starter #164 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #164 of 497 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · UAB · 4&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 · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.49Kai Horton pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 57 yds to the MISS 17 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · South Alabama · 2&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 · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 50 yds to the ECU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Nicholls · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 15 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 4 · Nicholls · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 40 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 10 · East Carolina · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 18 yds to the ECU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · East Carolina · 3&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 · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Michael Pratt pass complete to Lawrence Keys III for 23 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 7 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Lawrence Keys III 11 Yd pass from Michael Pratt (Valentino Ambrosio Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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	16.6	7	57

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

Lawrence Keys III

2018

202213 games

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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