Keeshawn Silver

Draft-Week Buzz

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Background

USC IDL from Rocky Mount (NC); UNC → Kentucky → USC three-school path.

College Production

2021-25 combined: 40+ career tackles across three programs.

Scouting Take

Length (6-5, 310) + pedigree. Production inconsistent; too many transfer red flags.

Draft Projection

UDFA. Size / length developmental.

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Keeshawn Silver as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• REPORTED Las Vegas Raiders: moved on from Bilal Nichols (3-tech-DT).
  Picks held: R1 #1; R2 #36

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

• Frame: Among 2026 IDL prospects, his 6-5 / 310 lbs frame sits at the 100th percentile in height and 58th percentile in weight.
• Position class: Keeshawn Silver is IDL #29 of 31 ranked IDLs in the 2026 class. Of those, 15 are projected in the R7/UDFA range.
• School pipeline: One of 8 USC prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only IDL.

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

Keeshawn Silver’s NFL Archetype: Chris Jones

Chris Jones (Kansas City Chiefs)

Closest IDL physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-5/310 lbs. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Interior D Prospects

Closest matches to Keeshawn Silver (6-5 / 310 lbs, #29 IDL) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Damonic WilliamsTIER MATCH Oklahoma · 6-2/310 lbs · #28 IDL · R7-UDFA
• Jackie MarshallTIER MATCH Baylor · 6-3/320 lbs · #30 IDL · UDFA
• Bobby Jamison-TravisTIER MATCH Auburn · 6-3/305 lbs · #31 IDL · UDFA
• Tyler Onyedim Texas A&M · 6-3/305 lbs · #26 IDL · R7
• Skyler Gill-Howard Texas Tech · 6-3/310 lbs · #25 IDL · R7

→ Full Interior DL rankings

USC & The 2026 Class