Kingsley

Keke

Keke (6’3/288) made 34 starts on the Aggies’ interior line, graduating with 21 career tackles for loss and 12 sacks. A one-trick gap shooter who gets washed out on running downs, Keke confirmed his explosive up-field burst with a sub-5.0 forty and 7.55 three-cone time at nearly 290 pounds before the draft. Keke offers Malik Jackson-level upside as an interior sub-rusher. It’s not a stretch to say he’ll compete from Day One on the Packers’ interior defensive line.

Keke (6'5/288) didn’t do the bench press, but he posted times of 7.55 seconds in the 3-cone drill and 4.46 seconds in the 20-yard shuttle. His 10-yard split of 1.77 reflects his quickness as an interior lineman. Strength was one of the biggest questions about Keke heading into the offseason so it may have been a business decision to avoid the bench press. Heading into the combine he was viewed as a Day-2 selection and was projected to go in the fourth round by Draft Analyst.

Ledyard has come to that belief based on the stellar bend he has seen out of Keke on film. The analyst is more questioning of the kinds of jump and 10-yard split marks the 6-foot-4, 305-pounder will post in Indianapolis. Writes Ledyard, “He moves pretty fluidly on tape, but the suddenness will be what teams want to see.” Draft Analyst currently grades Keke as a fourth-round prospect. Day 2 can’t be ruled out with a prospect in that general range.

The Draft Analyst’s Tony Pauline believes Keke (6'4/305) has “an explosive first step” but may need to add strength to his big frame. Keke started all 13 games at Texas A&M, picking up 11 tackles for loss and seven sacks. Although we don’t love Keke, he will be riding for a late Day 2 pick if, and only if, he can show NFL scouts that he can get off blocks at his reduced weight.

While Pauline is keen on Keke’s quickness, he does offer in critical note that the 6-foot-3, 319-pounder “works hard to make plays but often gets tied up by blocks and must add bulk as well as strength to his frame.” Draft Analyst hits Keke up with a Round 4 grade for the spring draft. Last season, he registered 54 tackles, a sack and a pair of fumble recoveries.

Keke (6'3/319) was kicking around a draft jump, but instead, he’ll spend his final season trying to help HC Jimbo Fisher make a dent in his inaugural year down in College Station. This season, the junior defensive tackle posted 54 tackles. He saved his best for last, wrecking Wake Forest with nine stops during the Aggies’ loss in the Belk Bowl to close out the year.