#54

Keenan Stewart

Senior defensive tackle on UTEP's 2023 roster.

DT · UTEP · Sr. · #54

6′1″ · 294 lb · Cedar Rapids, IA

CFB Index 15 · #282 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceUTEP 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 367 nationally · Joined UTEP

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle on UTEP's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTEP in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UTEP, 118 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

20207 games

Signed with UTEP2-star out of Iowa Western C.C.
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202111 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

20229 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#367 national

CFB

College

UTEP

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Dana Dimel

UTEP

Played his entire career under Dana Dimel.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 18-27 over that span.

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

15Below cohort / limited sample #282 of 302?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#1360 / 2842 · 51st pct

Solo tackles#1716 / 2842 · 38th pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

15 · #282 of 302 interior linemen

Two-star recruit. Now #282 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UTEP	29	12	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	UTEP	23	4	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2021	UTEP	32	12	6.0	2.0	--	--	--
2020	UTEP	34	20	7.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		118	48	17.0	2.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 28–14

vs Incarnate Word

3 SOLO · 5 TOT

With D. Hankins — 174 rush yds (24 car) · J. Sloan — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 14-17@ Jacksonville State	3	0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 1	W 28-14vs Incarnate Word	5	3	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	L 7-38@ Northwestern	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 10-31@ Arizona	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 10-24vs Louisiana Tech	3	2	1.0	—
Wk 7	W 27-14@ Florida International	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 7-28vs New Mexico State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 13-21vs Western Kentucky	5	2	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 30-34@ Middle Tennessee	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 28-42vs Liberty	2	0	0.0	—
Total		29	12	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology