Defensive line, Illinois, 2019–⁠23

Keith Randolph Jr.

Lettered 2022–⁠23 (school media guide)

Number
No. 88
Height
6′5″
Weight
300 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Belleville, IL

Keith Randolph Jr. played defensive line at Illinois (2019–⁠23).

Career highs

9tackles, career highvs. Rutgers, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2019Illinois730.50000
2020Illinois9400010
2021Illinois42215.54111
2022Illinois512412.53.5103
2023Illinois492041.5014
Career1587222.59238

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Illinois88DLYr 1
2020Illinois88DLYr 2
2021Illinois88DLYr 3
2022Illinois88DLYr 4
2023Illinois88DLJr. (Yr 5)6′5″300

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.

Game by game

2023 Illinois 10 games, 49 tackles, 1.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.ToledoW 30–⁠28630000
Sep 8atKansasL 23–⁠34650000
Sep 16vs.Penn StateL 13–⁠30810.5000
Sep 23vs.Florida AtlanticW 23–⁠17732.5100
Sep 30atPurdueL 19–⁠44300.50.500
Oct 6vs.NebraskaL 7–⁠20310000
Nov 4atMinnesotaW 27–⁠26640.5000
Nov 11vs.IndianaW 48–⁠45210000
Nov 18atIowaL 13–⁠15410001
Nov 25vs.NorthwesternL 43–⁠45410000
2022 Illinois 12 games, 51 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 27vs.WyomingW 38–⁠6620000
Sep 2atIndianaL 20–⁠23411000
Sep 10vs.VirginiaW 24–⁠3742.5100
Sep 22vs.ChattanoogaW 31–⁠0411.5010
Oct 1atWisconsinW 34–⁠10631100
Oct 8vs.IowaW 9–⁠6311.5100
Oct 15vs.MinnesotaW 26–⁠14000000
Oct 29atNebraskaW 26–⁠9431000
Nov 5vs.Michigan StateL 15–⁠23321000
Nov 12vs.PurdueL 24–⁠31531000
Nov 19atMichiganL 17–⁠19620.5000
Nov 26atNorthwesternW 41–⁠3321.50.500
2021 Illinois 10 games, 42 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 28vs.NebraskaW 30–⁠22211.5100
Sep 4vs.UTSAL 30–⁠37111100
Sep 25atPurdueL 9–⁠13100000
Oct 2vs.CharlotteW 24–⁠14300010
Oct 9vs.WisconsinL 0–⁠24540000
Oct 23atPenn StateW 20–⁠18420000
Oct 30vs.RutgersL 14–⁠20910001
Nov 6atMinnesotaW 14–⁠6441100
Nov 20atIowaL 23–⁠33530000
Nov 27vs.NorthwesternW 47–⁠14852100
2020 Illinois 3 games, 9 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Oct 23atWisconsinL 7–⁠45440000
Nov 14atRutgersW 23–⁠20300001
Dec 19atPenn StateL 21–⁠56200000
2019 Illinois 3 games, 7 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.AkronW 42–⁠3200000
Nov 2vs.RutgersW 38–⁠10310.5000
Nov 9atMichigan StateW 37–⁠34220000

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2024 Senior Bowl (National team, won 16–⁠7).

DrillCombine 2024Combine or pro day 2024
Height6′3½″
Weight296 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan80¼″W
40-yard dash5.15 s
10-yard split1.78 sW
Vertical jump28½″
Broad jump8′9″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.75 s
20-yard shuttle4.81 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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