Keyon Washington

Sophomore cornerback on Iowa State's 2026 roster.

CB · Iowa State · So. · #1

6′1″ · 190 lb · Waldorf, MD · Saint Charles

CFB Index 33 · #269 of 364 cornersLow confidenceTransferred Bowling Green → Iowa State for 2026

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How he projects

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

Grades highest in speed and man coverage.

The full scouting read

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1541 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 cornerback on Iowa State's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2024.
Transferred from Bowling Green to Iowa State in 2026.

His career, year by year

Keyon Washington

CB · Iowa State · So · #1

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. He got to Iowa State by way of Bowling Green. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Liberty — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #269 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#790 / 2975 · 73rd pct

Tackles#1007 / 2975 · 65th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #269 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #269 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Bowling Green	37	24	2.0	1.0	3	--	--
Career		37	24	2.0	1.0	3	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 26-7vs Lafayette	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-34@ Cincinnati	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 23-13vs Liberty	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 4	L 17-40@ Louisville	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-35@ Ohio	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 28-23vs Toledo	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-27vs Central Michigan	6	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Kent State	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 3-28vs Buffalo	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 45-14@ Massachusetts	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	24	2.0	1.0	—	3

How he plays

Play style

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

37Tackles

24Solo

2TFL

1Sacks

3Pass def.

0INT

37 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 22 PD
Week 41 sack
Week 91 PD

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.

DNA match

Player DNA

Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Amarion Atwood’s 2025 season.

Amarion Atwood

80%match

Texas State · 2025

Kenneth Major

Middle Tennessee · 2020

80%

Ashton Stamps

LSU · 2023

79%

Caden Jenkins

Baylor · 2023

78%

Dezz Ricks

Texas A&M · 2024

78%

Matches Amarion on

Height

Weight

PD rate

Differs from Amarion on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Que Billingsley's freshman season at Kennesaw State (2024).

Que Billingsley

84%match

Kennesaw State · 2024

Messiah Delhomme

Maryland · 2025

84%

Carter Davis

Boston College · 2024

83%

Charlie Eckhardt

Stanford · 2025

81%

Braxton Myers

Southern Miss · 2024

80%

Matches Que on

Class year

PD rate

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Keyon Washington

Amarion Atwood

Texas State · 2025

80%

D'Angelo Mayes

Utah State · 2025

75%

Background

2025 (at Bowling Green) Made seven starts while appearing in 10 games … had 37 tackles, two for loss, a sack and three pass breakups … made first career start in season opener against Lafayette and recorded four tackles … had two pass breakups against Cincinnati … finished with five tackles and a...

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The secondary · Iowa State

#2Braden AwlsS · Sr.48 tackles · 2025
#1Keyon WashingtonCB · So.37 tackles · 2025
#6Drew SurgesS · Jr.26 tackles · 2025
#43Caden MatsonS · Sr.15 tackles · 2025
#9Jaheim SingletaryCB · Sr.12 tackles · 2025

17 more on the roster · Iowa State team page

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

2024

202510 games

2026