Keaton Ellis
Keaton Ellis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Penn State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles against Northwestern — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 57 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Penn State | 17 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 22 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 18 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 57 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023
W 51–15
at Maryland
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 36-point win on the road against Maryland.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Daquan Evans’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Davis's graduate season at Middle Tennessee (2023).
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