BIOGRAPHY
Kingsley-Collins Ezenna Keke was born September 26, 1996 in Houston, Texas. He is a Defensive End for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL.
Kingsley Keke was coached by Ricky Tullos at George Ranch High School in Richmond, Texas. As a senior at George Ranch, Keke was a finalist for the Greater Houston Rotary Lombardi Award after making 60 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss and five sacks. Keke was also given all-state honors.
Kingsley Keke played college football at Texas A&M. As a freshman, Keke contributed eight tackles, including sharing a tackle for loss, while seeing action in every game at defensive tackle. He had a season-high two stops against Arkansas.
Keke produced 37 tackles, including 4.0 QB sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss, while seeing action in all 13 games his sophomore year. Keke earned the starting job early in the season and started the final nine games of the season. He had a season-high eight tackles in the bowl game against Kansas State, had a season-high 2.0 TFLs against Alabama and New Mexico. Keke's four QB sacks ranked No. 4 on the team.
Keke appeared in all 13 games his junior year. He was one of the three Aggies on defense to start every game. Keke recorded 54 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack as a mainstay on the defensive front. He recovered a fumble at UCLA and against South Carolina, set a new career high with eight tackles at Florida and closed out the regular season with six tackles at LSU. Keke ended his season with a career-high nine-tackle performance against Wake Forest including two fourth-quarter goal-line tackles.
Keke started all 12 games and was second on the team with 6.0 sacks and TFL with 10 his senior year. He was third on the team with four QB hurries. Keke made two tackles for a loss, one of which was a sack, and registered five total tackles against ULM, recorded 1.5 sacks for a total of five yards and four total tackles against Arkansas, registered five tackles, four solo tackles and two sacks for a total of 10 yards against No. 13 Kentucky. He compiled four tackles, a sack for a six-yard loss and two quarterback hurries against Auburn, documented his first career forced fumble against Ole Miss and accumulated six tackles and a broke up a pass against No. 8 LSU. Keke was given the Mr. Versatile Award as well as the Strength and Conditioning Defensive Aggie Award at the team’s annual banquet.
The Green Bay Packers took Kingsley Keke in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
