Kingsley Keke
Kingsley-Collins Ezenna Keke (born September 26, 1996) is an American football defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M, and was selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
 Keke with the Green Bay Packers in 2019 | |||||||||||
| No. 96 – Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born: | September 26, 1996 Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 288 lb (131 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | George Ranch (Richmond, TX) | ||||||||||
| College: | Texas A&M | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2019 / Round: 5 / Pick: 150 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||||
High school career
Kingsley 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]
College career
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]
Professional career
Keke was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round, 150th overall, in the 2019 NFL Draft.[3] On May 3, 2019, he signed his rookie contract with the Packers.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
NFL career statistics
Regular season
| 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 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | GB | 15 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | GB | 9 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 15 | 46 | 18 | 28 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: NFL.com | |||||||||||||||
Postseason
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
References
- "Kingsley Keke's High School Timeline". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- "Kingsley Keke – Football". Texas A&M University Athletics – Home of the 12th Man. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- Spofford, Mike (April 27, 2019). "Quick pick: Packers select Texas A&M DL Kingsley Keke in fifth round". Packers.com. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- "Packers sign six draft choices". packers.com. May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- "Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints – September 27th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- Jacobson, Zachary (December 6, 2020). "Kingsley Keke terrorizes Eagles, posts second two-sack game". Packer Report. 247Sports. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- Schneidman, Matt (September 7, 2020). "Did you know? An interesting tidbit about every player on the Packers roster". The Athletic. Retrieved September 9, 2020.