![]() Keke with the Packers in 2019 | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
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Born: | Houston, Texas, U.S. | September 26, 1996||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 288 lb (131 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | George Ranch (Richmond, Texas) | ||||||||
College: | Texas A&M (2015–2018) | ||||||||
Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2019 / Round: 5 / Pick: 150 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Kingsley-Collins Ezenna Keke (born September 26, 1996) is an American football defensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at Texas A&M, and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL draft.
Kingsley-Collins Ezenna Keke played football and basketball at George Ranch High School in Richmond, Texas. [1] As a senior, Keke made sixty tackles, ten tackles for loss, five sacks, blocked a pair of kicks, and was a finalist for the Greater Houston Rotary Lombardi Award. [2]
Keke played at Texas A&M from 2015 to 2018. In his career at Texas A&M, he recorded one hundred fifty total tackles, twenty-one tackles for loss, and twelve sacks. [2]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 2+5⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 288 lb (131 kg) | 34+1⁄2 in (0.88 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 4.95 s | 1.76 s | 2.89 s | 4.46 s | 7.55 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) | 20 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [3] [4] |
Keke was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round, 150th overall, in the 2019 NFL draft. [5] On May 3, 2019, he signed his rookie contract with the Packers. [6]
In Week 3 of the 2020 season against the New Orleans Saints, Keke recorded his first two career sacks on Drew Brees during the 37–30 win. [7] In Week 13 against the Philadelphia Eagles, he sacked Carson Wentz twice and had four total tackles (two for loss) during the 30–16 win. [8]
On January 19, 2022, Keke was released by the Packers. [9] He was claimed the following day by the Houston Texans [10]
On January 20, 2022, Keke was claimed off waivers by the Texans. [11] He was waived on May 3, 2022. [12]
On May 13, 2022, Keke signed with the Arizona Cardinals. [13] He was released on August 14, 2022. [14]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2019 | GB | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | GB | 15 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | GB | 12 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 41 | 17 | 54 | 25 | 29 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2019 | GB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com |
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