Alphonso Key

Alphonso Key

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lawton, Okla.

High School:
Eisenhower

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 178

Position:
CB

Birthdate:
09/15/1983

Experience:
3L

Alphonso Key


Panther Point: Will challenge Curtis Cooper for the starting nod at one of the cornerback positions.

2005: Saw action in 13 games ... drew five starting assignments including the NCAA I-AA national championship game against Appalachian State (12/16) ... recorded a career-high 10 tackles at Iowa (9/17).

2004: Started all 11 games ... recorded 21 solos as well as 20 assisted tackles (coaches' film) ... one tackle-for-loss, one interception, a team-high 12 pass deflections ... had a season-high nine tackles at Iowa State, including three unassisted.

2003: Saw action in all 13 games ... recorded nine tackles, including six solos ... credited with one pass deflection ... awarded UNI's special teams player of the game for his efforts at Stephen F. Austin when he tallied two solo and one assisted tackles for a season high.

2002: Redshirted.

High School: Two-sport athlete ... earned three letters in track, two in football and one in basketball ... team captain ... named All-Area and received all-district honors in football as a senior ... high school coach: Bill Whitley ... 2000 state champion in the 200 meters in Class 5A ... timed in 21.5 ... all-district in track twice ... also recruited by Baylor and North Texas, and by Oklahoma in track.

Personal: Born Sept. 15, 1983, in Germany ... son of Alphonso and Annette Key ... father is retired from the military ... majoring in general studies.

Key's Career Defensive Stats

Year	G-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2003	13-0	6	3	9	0.0	0.0	0-0	0	0	1
2004	11-11	21	4	25	1.0	0.0	1-0	0	0	13
2005	13-5	12	6	18	0.0	0.0	0-0	0	0	0
Totals	37-16	39	13	52	1.0	0.0	1-0	0	0	14

Key's Game-by-Game Stats (Solo-Ast)

2003
@Iowa State	DNP
Northern Michigan	1-0
@Stephen F. Austin	2-1
Northwestern State	1-1
@Illinois State	0-0
Indiana State	0-0
@SMS	1-0
@Western Illinois	0-0
Youngstown State	0-0
@Western Kentucky	0-1
Southern Illinois	0-0
Montana State	0-0
@Delaware	0-0

2004 @Iowa State 3-6 Minnesota State 2-0 Stephen F. Austin 3-0 @Southern Illinois 0-3 Western Kentucky 3-2 @Youngstown State 0-0 Western Illinois 2-1 SMS 1-4 @Indiana State 4-0 Illinois State 3-1 @Northern Arizona 1-3

2005 Drake 1-1 Minnesota-Duluth 1-0 @Iowa 8-2 @Western Illinois 0-0 @Missouri State 1-2 Indiana State 1-2 @Illinois State 1-0 Youngstown State DNP @Western Kentucky 0-0 Southern Illinois 0-0 Northern Arizona DNP Eastern Washington 0-0 @New Hampshire 0-0 @Texas State 1-0 Appalachian State 1-0

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