44 Dillon Keefe
Dillon Keefe
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    230
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Orange, Calif.
  • High School:
    El Modena
  • Position:
    LB
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    49.0
  • sac
    11.0
  • int
    1
  • ffum
    4

Bio

2019 D3Football.com All-America First Team, All-Region First Team

2019 AFCA All-America Second Team

2019 SCIAC Defensive Player of the Year, First Team selection

2018 SCIAC All-Academic Team

2017 SCIAC Newcomer of the Year and First Team selection

2021: Appeared in all ten games for the Panthers during his senior season...led the team with 36 tackles and 11 sacks for 80 yards...tallied 13 assists...ended the season with one interception and one touchdown...

2019: Started all 11 games ... led team 72 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 17 tackles for loss ... forced two fumbles and recovered another, which he returned for a touchdown ... blocked four kicks to rank first in SCIAC and fourth in DIII ... led SCIAC in sacks and tackles for loss, rnaking in the top-50 in the nation in both categories ... also played running back during the postseason, rushing three times for 10 yards and catching one pass for eight yards ... threw a 25-yard touchdown in overtime of the win over Linfield in the NCAA First Round ... scored a defensive TD, ruushing TD and passed for a TD in the First Round win while recording 10 tackles, including a sack, and breaking up a pass ... had a sack in nine of 11 games, recorgin two sacks against Pacific and CMS.

2018: Tallied a career-high 51 tackles, averaging 5.7 tackles per game...tallied two sacks for a loss of 16 yards...recorded 7.5 tackles for a loss of 27 yards...

2017: Became Chapman's first ever SCIAC Newcomer of the Year after tallying 49 tackles and 2.5 sacks...

HS: Second Team All-League sophomore season...Lineman of the Year in junior season...First Team All CIF and First Team All League member in junior and senior seasons...First Team All County and League MVP senior season...Allstar North MVP...four-year Scholar Athlete...Athlete of Character Award

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 36 19
Assists 13 7
Tackles 49.0 26.0
Tackles per game 4.9 4.3
Sacks 11.0 4.0
Sack yards 80 28
Interceptions 1 0
Returned for touchdown 1 -
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 - - - - - - -
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 - - - - - - -
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 - - - - - 0
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 - - - - - 0
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 - - - - - 0
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 - - - - - 0
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 1 - - - - 0
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 1 - - - - 0
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 1 - - - - 0
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 1 - - - - 0
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 1 - - - - 0
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 1 - - - - 0
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 1 - - - - 0
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 1 - - - - 0
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 0 - - - - 1 - - - - 0 -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at Pacific (Ore.) W, 35-23 7 3 10.0 1.0 8 1.0 8 - - - 1 41 1 - - -
Sep 11 La Verne W, 59-25 5 1 6.0 3.0 31 3.0 31 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 18 George Fox W, 23-21 4 0 4.0 3.0 13 3.0 13 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Sep 25 at Claremont-M-S L, 29-21 1 2 3.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Whittier W, 57-14 2 1 3.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 16 Cal Lutheran W, 42-13 5 0 5.0 1.0 7 2.0 8 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 23 at Redlands L, 28-24 2 1 3.0 2.0 14 2.0 14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 27-14 1 1 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Claremont-M-S L, 42-34 5 0 5.0 1.0 7 2.0 8 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 13 at La Verne W, 35-32 4 4 8.0 - - 0.5 2 - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2017-18 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2018-19 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2019-20 11 1 1 100.0% 25 2.3 25.0 1 0 25 640.0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 39 1 1 100.0% 25 0.6 25.0 1 0 25 640.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2017-18 9 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 9 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 3 10 0.9 3.3 1 10 1 0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 39 3 10 0.3 3.3 1 10 1 0

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2017-18 9 - - - - - - -
2018-19 9 - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 1 0.1 8 0.7 8.0 0 8
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - -
Total 39 1 0.0 8 0.2 8.0 0 8

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2017-18 9 - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 9 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2019-20 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 39 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2017-18 9 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 9 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 39 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 - - - - - - - - - -
2019-20 - - - - - 1 34 34.0 0 34
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - 1 34 34.0 0 34

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2017-18 9 - - - - 0 .0
2018-19 9 - - - - 0 .0
2019-20 11 10 8 34 - 52 4.7
2020-21 - - - - - 0 -
2021-22 10 - - - - 0 .0
Total 39 10 8 34 - 52 1.3

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2017-18 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 0 0.0 - - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2019-20 12 1.1 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 - 0 0
2020-21 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 6 0.6 - - - - 1 - - - - 0
Total 18 0.5 1 0 - 0 1 1 0 - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2017-18 9 28 21 49.0 5.4 2.5 16 5.0 30 - 1 0 - - - -
2018-19 9 29 22 51.0 5.7 2.0 16 7.5 27 - - - - - 2 -
2019-20 11 52 20 72.0 6.5 10.5 70 17.0 102 2 1 21 1 9 9 4
2020-21 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 36 13 49.0 4.9 11.0 80 13.5 84 4 0 0 1 41 1 0
Total 39 145 76 221.0 5.7 26.0 182 43.0 243 6 2 21 2 50 12 4

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 6 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 - - - - 0 .0
Away 5 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 7 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 3 - - - - 0 .0
Month September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 6 0.6 - - - - 1 - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 1.2 - - - - 1 - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 0.9 - - - - 1 - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Month September 6 1.5 - - - - 1 - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 36 13 49.0 4.9 11.0 80 13.5 84 4 0 0 1 41 1 0
Conference 6 19 7 26.0 4.3 4.0 28 6.5 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 21 2 23.0 4.6 8.0 58 10.0 60 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Away 5 15 11 26.0 5.2 3.0 22 3.5 24 - - - 1 41 - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 28 10 38.0 5.4 8.0 59 9.5 62 4 0 0 1 41 1 0
Losses 3 8 3 11.0 3.7 3.0 21 4.0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 4 17 6 23.0 5.8 7.0 52 7.0 52 4 0 0 1 41 1 0
October 4 10 3 13.0 3.3 3.0 21 4.0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 9 4 13.0 6.5 1.0 7 2.5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

News Mentions

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Keefe earns two more All-American awards

Senior Dillon Keefe earned 2021-22 D3football.com First Team All-American honors for the second consecutive season on Friday, he earned the...

December 17, 2021

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AFCA honors Keefe as First Team All-American

Senior Dillon Keefe made more history as the American Football Coaches Association recognized him as a First Team All-American on Tuesday. Keefe...

December 13, 2021

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Three selected to D3football.com All-Region team

Seniors Dillon Keefe and Alex Waddell repeated as D3football.com All-Region selections while junior Owen Tapia earned his first All-Region nod....

December 8, 2021

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Keefe repeats as DPOY, 14 Panthers on All-SCIAC teams

Senior Dillon Keefe was once again recognized as the SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Year and fellow senior Duncan Heger was honored with the John...

November 18, 2021

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Football falls in home finale

The Chapman University football team fell 42-34 to visiting Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday. The Panthers celebrated 33 seniors in a pre-game...

November 6, 2021

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Football falls to Bulldogs in last-minute battle

The Chapman football team fell 28-24 to the Redlands Bulldogs in a close battle on the road. The Panthers remain second in the SCIAC.

October 23, 2021

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Dominant defensive effort leads to win over Cal Lutheran

A dominant performance from the Chapman University football team led to a 42-13 win over previously unbeaten Cal Lutheran on Saturday. The defense...

October 16, 2021

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Keefe honored on D3football.com Team of the Week

Senior linebacker Dillon Keefe was selected to D3football.com’s Team of the Week for the first time this season after Chapman’s 23-21...

September 21, 2021

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No. 17 football holds off George Fox for 23-21 win

The No. 17 Chapman University football team stayed perfect on the season with a 23-21 win over visiting George Fox on Saturday in Ernie Chapman...

September 18, 2021

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Baierl, Keefe selected for weekly SCIAC award

For the second week in a row, senior Dillon Keefe has been named the SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Week. Junior kicker Ken Baierl was also named...

September 13, 2021

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Panthers blowout Leopards in 2021 home opener

ORANGE, Calif. - The Panthers (2-0 (0-0)) defeated the La Verne Leopards (1-1(0-0)) 59-25 Sat., Sep. 11 at Wilson Field for the 2021 home opener....

September 11, 2021

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Owens gets 100th win to open 2021

FOREST GROVE, Ore. - A milestone victory marked the opening of the 2021 season as the Chapman University football team defeated Pacific 35-23 for...

September 3, 2021

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Panther football returns to Wilson Field

The Chapman football team returns to Wilson Field on Sat., Sep. 11 to face La Verne after no formal competition took place in the SCIAC during the...

September 2, 2021

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Keefe again recognized as Preseason All-American

Senior Dillon Keefe will be back to anchor the Chapman football defense and was recognized by D3football.com as a First Team Preseason All-America...

August 23, 2021