What college does Keyshaun Elliott play for?

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.

Scouting Nugget: Big 12 riser

Expanded bio coming soon. This prospect is Linebacker #9 in the 2026 class.

Background

Arizona State LB from Chandler (AZ); ASU breakout in Kenny Dillingham's defense.

College Production

2024-25 ASU: 170+ career tackles, 12 TFL, 3 sacks.

Scouting Take

Downhill run defender with plus tackling form. Coverage vs RBs/TEs a work in progress.

Draft Projection

Round 3. Base-down LB starter.

Sources

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 Keyshaun Elliott as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

REPORTED New York Giants: moved on from Bobby Okereke (MIKE-LB).
Picks held: R1 #5; R2 #37
REPORTED Cincinnati Bengals: moved on from Akeem Davis-Gaither (slot-LB).
Picks held: R1 #10; R2 #41
REPORTED Chicago Bears: moved on from Tremaine Edmunds (MIKE-LB).
Picks held: R1 #25; R2 #57; R2 #60 via Buffalo

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

Tampa-2 / cover-3 rangy WILL coverage role
Indianapolis Colts · Chicago Bears · Jacksonville Jaguars · Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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

Projected Rookie Contract Value

~$5.0M – $8.0M (4-year deal) · Pick range: #65-96 · ~50% guaranteed

Mid-pick band — guarantee % varies pick-to-pick

Best-Case / Worst-Case Landing Spot

BEST CASE: Jacksonville Jaguars · R3 pick
Why: LB listed in their top-5 positional needs; runs a scheme that maximizes his profile.
Year-1 arc: Day-1 starter window with cap-controlled rookie-contract production.

WORST CASE: Las Vegas Raiders · R3 pick
Why: LB not in their stated top-5 needs; runs a scheme that doesn't naturally amplify his profile.
Year-1 arc: Depth-chart competition + special-teams reps as Year-1 baseline.

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

Position Versatility & Alternative Roles

Coverage LB / dime-package only — Sub-225 LB frame caps base-down work vs power runs; ideal as a dime LB / Money backer matched up on RBs and TEs.

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 LB prospects, his 6-1 / 225 lbs frame sits at the 35th percentile in height and 31st percentile in weight.
Position class: Keyshaun Elliott is LB #9 of 26 ranked LBs in the 2026 class. Of those, 4 are projected in the R3 range.
School pipeline: One of 6 Arizona State prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only LB.

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.