Lance Keneley Season 2023

Career Accolades

• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Greg Piers Award (2020)

As a Senior (2023)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 12 games for the first time in his career, making startts in the first nine games of the year
• Finished with career-bests in tackles (35), tackles for loss (four) and sacks (1.5)
• Recorded four solo tackles and a 12-yard sack at Colorado (Oct. 13)
• Put up a season-high seven tackles the following week against UCLA (Oct. 21)
• Added a half sack in the 126th Big Game vs. California

As a Junior (2022)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in nine games, making one start
• Totaled 25 tackles (nine solo), 4.0 tackles for loss for 12 yards, one sack for five yards, and a quarterback hurry
• Career-high 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss in Stanford's win over ASU (Oct. 22)

As a Sophomore (2021)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 10 games making one start
• Made seven tackles with one QB hurry
• Made his first career start against California (Nov. 20)

As a Freshman (2020)

• Greg Piers Award
• Made his career debut at UCLA

Prior to Stanford

• Played at Mission Viejo High School for head coach Chad Johnson
• Also competed in wrestling and track
• Ranked as the No. 55 recruit in California by Rivals and 247Sports, No. 68 by PrepStar
• Ranked as the No. 20 strong side defensive end by 247Sports, the No. 34 weak side defensive end by Rivals and the No. 38 defensive end by PrepStar
• 2019 all-state second team
• Two-time all-league first team (2018-19)
• 2019 all-Los Angeles Times
• 2019 all-Orange County
• Two-time Defensive Most Valuable Player (2018-19)
• 2018 all-Orange County second team
• 2017 all-league second team
• Two-time South Coast League champions (2017, 2019)
• Finished with 48 tackles (19 for loss), 13 sacks, one forced fumble, three fumble recoveries and one field goal block as a senior in 2019
• Had 60 tackles (14 for loss), 10 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one blocked field goal in 2018 as a junior
• Had 39 tackles (six for loss), 4.5 sacks and one pass breakup in 2017 as a sophomore
• Four-Year Scholar-Athlete Award recipient

Personal

• Son of Matthew Keneley and Antoinette Thomas
• Father played football at USC and had a professional career which spanned the NFL, XFL and Arena League
• Mother played volleyball at USC
• Has one brother, Hunter
• Hunter plays football at Brown
• Uncle, Todd Keneley, played football at USC
• Uncle, Clay Hattabaugh, played football at USC
• Has multiple family connections to Stanford, including his great uncle, great grandfather and cousin who all received degrees on The Farm