2024: Returning starter at sam linebacker … 39 tackles for season … 116 career tackles, 51 at Ole Miss … 5 stops, TFL against Cal … 4 tackles, PBU against Arkansas … 4 tackles vs. Oklahoma … recorded 7 tackles at Georgia … 3 tackles, PBU vs. Vanderbilt … 3 tackles vs. ULM … 8 tackles, TFL at Alabama

2023: Transfer linebacker from Ole Miss … 30 tackles for season … 2 tackles vs. UMass … did not dress vs. Cal, Samford, Texas A&M, Georgia, LSU after a thumb injury requiring surgery … returned for limited action against Ole Miss … 2 tackles vs. Mississippi State … 3 tackles, 9-yard sack, forced fumble at Vanderbilt … 4 tackles, PBU at Arkansas … 6 tackles vs. New Mexico State … 6 tackles, TFL against Alabama … sack, 3 tackles in Music City Bowl

Before Auburn: Linebacker transfer from Ole Miss … tallied 51 career tackles from 2020-22, appearing in 23 games at Ole Miss with five starts … also had 3.5 TRFL, 2 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … collected 58 tackles, including 10 for a loss, during senior season; also forced and recovered two fumbles and had an interception for Coach Brian Rials at Seminary High … first team Class 3A all-state ... North-South All Star Game and Bernard Blackwell All-Star Classic … 79 tackles as a junior, recording 23 TFL ... blocked two punts ... also a basketball letterman

Personal: Birthday is April 3 ... son of Bridget Whitlock and Michael Keys ... has two siblings, Montrell and Mylan ... cousin Randolph Keys played in the NBA ... enjoys fishing and video games ... studying in the College of Liberal Arts