Receiver, Nebraska (from Kentucky), 2022–⁠25

Dane Key

Lettered 2022–⁠24 at Kentucky (school media guide)

Number
No. 18
Height
6′3″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Lexington, KY
Born
Jul 1, 2003, in Lexington, Kentucky

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Dane Key played receiver at Kentucky (2022–⁠24) and Nebraska (2025).

Career highs

8catches, career hightwice; last vs. Vanderbilt, 2024145receiving yards, career highvs. Ohio, 20242receiving touchdowns, career highat Missouri, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Kentucky3751914.0655
2023Kentucky4263615.1658
2024Kentucky4771515.2242
2025Nebraska3945211.6540
Career1652,32214.11958

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Kentucky18WRFr.
2023Kentucky18WRSo.
2024Kentucky18WRJr.
2025Nebraska18WRSr.6′3″210

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Kentucky451.1995th (n=683)0.7153.46%
2023Kentucky451.3596th (n=681)0.8060.78%
2024Kentucky561.2889th (n=581)0.9271.78%
2025Nebraska660.3534th (n=1040)0.4623.48%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Nebraska 11 games, 39 catches, 452 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 28vs.CincinnatiW 20–⁠17651115–
Sep 6vs.AkronW 68–⁠0335118–
Sep 13vs.Houston ChristianW 59–⁠74104140–
Sep 20vs.MichiganL 27–⁠30336021–
Oct 11atMarylandW 34–⁠31443119–
Oct 25vs.NorthwesternW 28–⁠21322013–
Nov 1vs.USCL 17–⁠21223114–
Nov 8atUCLAW 28–⁠21346029–
Nov 22atPenn StateL 10–⁠37448019–
Nov 28vs.IowaL 16–⁠4031606–
Dec 31 ✦vs.UtahL 22–⁠4442809–
2024 Kentucky 11 games, 47 catches, 715 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Southern MissW 31–⁠0360035–
Sep 7vs.South CarolinaL 6–⁠31236032–
Sep 14vs.GeorgiaL 12–⁠13323010–
Sep 21vs.OhioW 41–⁠67145042–
Sep 28atOle MissW 20–⁠178105124–
Oct 12vs.VanderbiltL 13–⁠20883122–
Oct 19atFloridaL 20–⁠48448014–
Oct 26vs.AuburnL 10–⁠24487034–
Nov 2atTennesseeL 18–⁠28243026–
Nov 16vs.Murray StateW 48–⁠6356026–
Nov 23atTexasL 14–⁠31329019–
2023 Kentucky 11 games, 42 catches, 636 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Ball StateW 44–⁠14596144–
Sep 9vs.Eastern KentuckyW 28–⁠17442017–
Sep 23atVanderbiltW 45–⁠28458122–
Oct 7atGeorgiaL 13–⁠51365036–
Oct 14vs.MissouriL 21–⁠38121021–
Oct 28vs.TennesseeL 27–⁠337113134–
Nov 4atMississippi StateW 24–⁠3436113–
Nov 11vs.AlabamaL 21–⁠49446025–
Nov 18atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠17451017–
Nov 25atLouisvilleW 38–⁠31225116–
Dec 29 ✦vs.ClemsonL 35–⁠38483158–
2022 Kentucky 13 games, 37 catches, 519 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Miami (OH)W 37–⁠13453119–
Sep 10atFloridaW 26–⁠16383155–
Sep 17vs.Youngstown StateW 31–⁠0690129–
Sep 24vs.Northern IllinoisW 31–⁠2321509–
Oct 1atOle MissL 19–⁠22228014–
Oct 8vs.South CarolinaL 14–⁠24222013–
Oct 15vs.Mississippi StateW 27–⁠17131031–
Oct 29atTennesseeL 6–⁠441808–
Nov 5atMissouriW 21–⁠17453222–
Nov 12vs.VanderbiltL 21–⁠24129029–
Nov 19vs.GeorgiaL 6–⁠16223012–
Nov 26vs.LouisvilleW 26–⁠13337115–
Dec 31 ✦vs.IowaL 0–⁠21647015−2

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2026
Height6′2⅝″W
Weight203 lbW
Arm length32⅛″W
Hand size9⅝″W
Wingspan79″W
40-yard dash4.54 s
10-yard split1.65 sW
Vertical jump34½″W
Broad jump10′2″
3-cone drill7.01 sW
20-yard shuttle4.66 sW

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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