6′3″ · 209 lb · Clearwater, FL · Countryside
Kee Whetzel: DB · Oregon State · #7.
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Kee Whetzel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons at Oregon State, two different head coaches: Cory Hall and Jonathan Smith. On tape: 7 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Washington, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 23
OregonLive Oct 17
Oregon State University Athletics Oct 15
Yahoo Sports Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oregon State | 39 | 22 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Oregon State | 26 | 21 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 65 | 43 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-77@ No. 5 Ohio State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-25vs Southern Utah | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 35-37@ Nevada | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-35vs Arizona | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-52@ Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-56vs Washington State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-49vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-34@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-38vs USC | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-48@ Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-42@ No. 17 Washington | 7 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-55vs Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 22 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL39 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
47.1%
429 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
75.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Oregon State, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
