'23 FL DE Keon Keeley (Prodigal Son)

[Punky]

If he signs, he’ll become legendary.

Like Tyler Buchner legendary?

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Like Tyler Buchner legendary?

Alabama is a feeder school for ND

 

[arndtjc]

Freeman to the uncle on the portal visit

 

[NDPhilly]

Keeley having 2 years of eligibility is also huge as we likely lose Boob after this year.

 

[NDWarrior]

 

[NDWarrior]

Give me some Keon!

 

[GATTACA!]

No wonder he wasn't putting up numbers at Alabama. Why do they have him wearing #31??

 

[NDPhilly]

Give me some Keon!

This is special stuff. Look at how pumped the Bama fans are on the original post.

 

[T-Boone]

they circled the wrong player on the second last play.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Have him drop about 10 pounds, and forget having him drop into coverage. 5-star potential maximized.

 

[IRISHbluehen]

I want to believe that he doesn't make it out of the visit without signing.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Should we turn this into a food thread?
Or a prayer thread?

I'll go first

 

[IrishInOntario]

This is special stuff. Look at how pumped the Bama fans are on the original post.

Really good movement skills for a guy that weighs 282lbs. I wonder if ND wouldn't lean him out to around 272-275lbs and let him focus more on getting after the passer from the Big End position, and bump one of him of Bryce down inside on pass rushing downs.

You have to find a way to convince him that he'd take #2 reps at both DE positions in a 3-man rotation and that he would stay on the field on third down as a pass rusher, either off the edge, or bumped down inside. If you can get him 40 snaps per game in 2026 off the edge and 10 snaps per game bumped down inside, before starting in 2027 while auditioning for the NFL...

 

[NDMatt91]

Really good movement skills for a guy that weighs 282lbs. I wonder if ND wouldn't lean him out to around 272-275lbs and let him focus more on getting after the passer from the Big End position, and bump one of him of Bryce down inside on pass rushing downs.

I was thinking the same thing. He'd look even better if he could drop 10 pounds or so.

 

[IrishInOntario]

I was thinking the same thing. He'd look even better if he could drop 10 pounds or so.

He looks like he could be just as big, but leaned out and little lighter, if he just grinded for 5 months in the weight room.

 

[NDPhilly]

Idk if he needs to lose weight but generally you’d think a Junior at Bama would be a little more… built / defined? Their DL guys used to all look like they were in the NFL. How much is Bama missing Scott Cochran?

 

[IRISHbluehen]

Idk if he needs to lose weight but generally you’d think a Junior at Bama would be a little more… built / defined? Their DL guys used to all look like they were in the NFL. How much is Bama missing Scott Cochran?

Saban's Bama is simply long gone, apologies to our resident Roll Tiders.

 

[IrishInOntario]

Idk if he needs to lose weight but generally you’d think a Junior at Bama would be a little more… built / defined? Their DL guys used to all look like they were in the NFL. How much is Bama missing Scott Cochran?

Yeah, I definitely think Landow could do some serious work cutting down the body fat percentage and adding and extra layer of armor to him. He could be 272-275lbs and pretty damn jacked up. Who knows, maybe he's not a great worker in the gym?

 

[Rocketman84]

Mr. Keeley Notre Dame is where you've ALWAYS belonged...Now it's your time to "Choose Hard"

 

[GATTACA!]

Mr. Keeley Notre Dame is where you've ALWAYS belonged...Now it's your time to "Choose Hard"

2 for 20

 

[ReesusCrist]

2 for 20

Sir, this isn't an Applebee's...

 

[RudyVerse]

I’ll feel good once Keon is confirmed on campus. Intel last night was that he was still working through travel plans, and Matt Freeman made comment that Keon was getting more interest than even he expected.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Transfer to Notre Dame, accept Coach Partridge's coaching, rejuvenate your football career.

 

[FU BK]

Forgot his best friend from high school was on the baseball team, and Tre Readers younger brother....stars are aligned

 

[rtrn2glory]

Starting to think we need to get a flight tracker in play. Problem is idk if he's home or in Tuscaloosa

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

I think this guy still has star potential. Lets get him to ND and find out!

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

We rarely get the player the "2nd time around" so I'm not holding my breath. Would certainly be a good addition but I love our current roster with experience, youth and loads of potential heading into spring workouts.

 

[IrishInOntario]

I was thinking the same thing. He'd look even better if he could drop 10 pounds or so.

I don't even know if he has to drop it. It might just be a case where he has to re-shape it / grow into it. If he can exchange that 10-15lbs of leaner muscle for some of the fat he's carrying over the next 2 years, he could be a pretty powerful dude, with above average movement skills.

 

[GATTACA!]

I don't even know if he has to drop it. It might just be a case where he has to re-shape it / grow into it. If he can exchange that 10-15lbs of leaner muscle for some of the fat he's carrying over the next 2 years, he could be a pretty powerful dude, with above average movement skills.

Alabama posters on here have said Bama intentionally had him put on weight IIRC. Kind of surprising since the clips of him from this year still have him on the outside and even standing up.

 

[IrishInOntario]

Alabama posters on here have said Bama intentionally had him put on weight IIRC. Kind of surprising since the clips of him from this year still have him on the outside and even standing up.

Yeah, it doesn't make a lot of sense to be piling weight onto a guy that you're going to ask to zone drop on the regular and set the edge from a stand up position.