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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
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2020
Defensive End/Outside Linebacker
6-5 / 245 lbs
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2022
EDGE
6-4 / 252 lbs
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2023
Outside Linebacker
6-4 / 250 lbs