2017 Football Roster
Keyes, Thakarius

Jersey Number 37
Thakarius Keyes
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Laurel, Miss
- High School:
- Laurel
Bio
2018: Saw action in 11 games and made 10 starts…Set a single-season career high with 38 tackles…Finished second on the team with 11 pass breakups…Opened the year with a career-high three pass breakups against Wake Forest…Tallied five tackles and one interception at UAB…Totaled a single-season career high seven tackles at Ohio State…Closed out the regular season with four tackles against Navy...Recorded five tackles against Louisiana-Lafayette in the AutoNation Cure Bowl
2017: Saw action in nine games…Finished the year with two tackles on the year…Recorded one stop against Tulsa and East Carolina.
2016: Played in seven games…Recorded eight total tackles (6 solo, 2 assists)…Tallied a season best three-tackle performance at Tulsa on Oct. 22…Logged his first and lone pass break-up at Houston on Nov. 12.
High School: A two-year letterman for Coach Todd Breland…Helped his high school to a pair of state titles, one each in football and basketball, and a state runner-up finish in basketball as well…As a senior on the gridiron, Keyes led the Golden Tornadoes to a 10-4 overall record and to the state semifinals…Accounted for 81 tackles, five interceptions, including one return for a touchdown, and two blocked punts and was named to the all-state first team…Did not start playing football until his junior season of 2014…As a basketball standout, Keyes helped Laurel High School to a 27-5 overall record and a state title as a senior.
Personal: Major is Digital Design…Nickname is BoPete.
Keyes’ Career Highs
Tackles 3 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Pass breakups 1, 2x, last at ECU, 11/11/17
2017: Saw action in nine games…Finished the year with two tackles on the year…Recorded one stop against Tulsa and East Carolina.
2016: Played in seven games…Recorded eight total tackles (6 solo, 2 assists)…Tallied a season best three-tackle performance at Tulsa on Oct. 22…Logged his first and lone pass break-up at Houston on Nov. 12.
High School: A two-year letterman for Coach Todd Breland…Helped his high school to a pair of state titles, one each in football and basketball, and a state runner-up finish in basketball as well…As a senior on the gridiron, Keyes led the Golden Tornadoes to a 10-4 overall record and to the state semifinals…Accounted for 81 tackles, five interceptions, including one return for a touchdown, and two blocked punts and was named to the all-state first team…Did not start playing football until his junior season of 2014…As a basketball standout, Keyes helped Laurel High School to a 27-5 overall record and a state title as a senior.
Personal: Major is Digital Design…Nickname is BoPete.
Keyes’ Career Highs
Tackles 3 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Pass breakups 1, 2x, last at ECU, 11/11/17
Tulane Tuesday: S Jack Tchienchou - 9/9/25
Tuesday, September 09
Tulane Tuesday: QB Jake Retzlaff - 9/9/25
Tuesday, September 09
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/9/25
Tuesday, September 09
South Alabama Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, SPEAR Javion White, RB Zuberi Mobley
Sunday, September 07