Davhon Keys Season 2026
• 2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Emerged as a starter at linebacker for the Tigers over the final month of his true freshman season in 2024 … Enters second season with the Tigers after a standout prep career at Aledo (Texas) High School … Had an outstanding spring in 2025 … As a true freshman, played in 12 games with 4 starts … Has a knack for finding the football and has proven to be good in coverage … Returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown in Texas Bowl win over Baylor … Tremendous quickness to the ball and is a great tackler … Named to the 2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll … Majoring in information systems.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2024)
Appeared in 12 games with 4 starts … Started final 4 games of season, helping LSU to a 3-1 mark during that span … Tallied 31 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks … Added 3 pass breakups, 2 quarterback hurries … Returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown in Texas Bowl win over Baylor … The interception came on Baylor’s first possession of the game and put the Tigers up 14-0 in the first quarter … First career start came at Florida (4 tackles, 1 pass breakup) … Had career-best 10 tackles and a sack for a 6-yard loss in win over Oklahoma … Great all-around effort in win over Baylor with 6 tackles, an interception return for a TD (41 yards), a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup …. Made LSU debut against Nicholls in Tiger Stadium in week 2 … Played on special teams in 12 games, seeing most action on kickoff return and punt return … Played a total of 93 special teams snaps … On defense, logged 245 snaps with a season-best 83 coming against Baylor in the Texas Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL
Top-rated inside linebacker from Texas powerhouse Aledo High School … Born in Louisiana but moved to Texas at an early age … Consensus 4-star linebacker and rated the No. 33 linebacker nationally and the No. 60 player in the state of Texas … Given 4-stars by Rivals and 247Sports … Rated as high as the No. 12 linebacker nationally by ESPN and No. 18 by Rivals … Won 3 state titles in high school, including the Texas 5A Division I State Championship as a senior … Had 12 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and a sack in 51-8 win over Smithson Valley in 2023 state championship game, earning game MVP honors … For career, racked up 398 total tackles, 40 tackles for loss, 19 quarterback hurries and 8 sacks … Added 9 interceptions – returning 4 for touchdowns – to go with 6 fumble recoveries, 4 forced fumbles, 2 blocked field goals and a blocked punt … Scored 35 total touchdowns in his prep career.
Davon Keys’ Career Highs
Tackles: 10 vs. Oklahoma, 2024
Tackles for Loss: 1.0 vs. Oklahoma, 2024
Sacks: 1.0 vs. Oklahoma, 2024
Interceptions: 1 vs. Baylor, 2024 Texas Bowl
Pass Breakups: 1, 3x (Last: vs. Baylor, 2024 Texas Bowl; First: at Arkansas, 2024)