Class of 2021 QB Ty Keyes (MS) Portal from Southern Miss to East Mississippi JUCO

[cayugacuse]

Hope the injury bug is behind him. Brings to mind another S. Miss qb that probably is the Cal Ripken Jr of pro qb's...Brett Favre.

 

[GoSU96]

Seems like he’s an older version of Sellers.

 

[BillSU]

Seems like he’s an older version of Sellers.

Maybe the Mississippi version. More on Ty Keyes:

Dandy Dozen: Ty Keyes has high aspirations for himself, family and hometown​

Meet the first member of the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen for football​

Rashad Milligan
Mississippi Clarion Ledger

• He has been named Mr. Football in his classification for two years in a row.
• Ty Keyes has led Taylorsville to two state championships.

He doesn’t speak much. He doesn’t boast about his status or accomplishments. He just wants to play the game he loves, and win every time.

"There's not a single person in this town who wouldn't know who Ty Keyes was or know what kind of kid he was, how he acts in school or how he acts out of school," Taylorsville head football coach Mitch Evans said. "Fridays at 11 a.m., we've got people out there cooking and getting ready for the game. That’s just how tight-knit this community is."

On the old stomping grounds of former NFL quarterback Jason Campbell, Keyes is the best quarterback Evans said he has seen in his 30 years of being around Taylorsville football.
In Keyes’ first three seasons, he's completed 658-of-978 passes for 12,134 yards and 125 touchdowns compared to 22 interceptions.

He has led the Tartars to a 44-2 record and state championships in 2017 and 2019.


He has missed one game in his high school career: the 2018 state championship game when Taylorsville lost 21-7 to Scott Central. He had suffered an ankle injury in the previous game.
“I didn’t know if I was going to come back 100%,” Keyes said. “I thought I was going to have a lot of surgeries. Once they told me I was cleared, I was ready to play.”

What “ready” resulted in was another stellar season. He was named the 2019 Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year.

Keyes grew up as the youngest around his brother and cousins. His mother, Stacy Sullivan, said there was nothing more he wanted to do than play football with the older kids. Once he started playing football, he always played in a higher age group, which Sullivan believes gave him the maturity to perform so well now.

Keyes played quarterback in elementary school, but became a wide receiver and running back in middle school. One day in gym class as an eighth-grader, Evans watched Keyes throw a football and approached him.

At that time, Keyes was the running back. Evans wanted to try him at quarterback and did.
"Eighth grade, he took off, and little did we know going into his freshman year he was going to be the guy," Evans said. "He took off, and there was no stopping him then.”
One of the first memorable performances Keyes had was in 2017 at Bay Springs. The Tartars were down 40-39 when they got the ball with less than a minute to go on their own 30-yard line. Keyes swiftly led the offense into field-goal range, and Taylorsville won 42-40.
“That right there let me know there wasn’t going to be a moment too big for him,” Evans said. “He can handle it all, and from there we started putting everything on him and he took off.”

Keyes wears the No. 8 because of Lamar Jackson. He started following the reigning NFL MVP when he was on his way to becoming a Heisman winner at Louisville. Although Keyes runs a time of 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash, Evans said the rising senior tends to sit back in the pocket more than scramble.

Opposing teams often try to blitz Keyes, but he said it doesn’t affect him.

“We want them to blitz, actually,” Evans said. “I mean seriously. It gives us 1-on-1 with our outside guys. We’ve got two guys already on the outside who have offers from Division I schools. We have good players on the outside, and he does a great job of getting it to them.”

Outside of winning a state championship, Keyes said his biggest goal is to set a good example for the kids in the Taylorsville community. His mother said Keyes grew up learning to be kind to others and stay rooted in his faith.

“Kids will be like, ‘Ty, how do you do it?’” Keyes said. “I’d be like, ‘Man, it just takes the work ethic. Just put in the work.’ The kids, they motivate me to go harder, knowing that they look up to me.”

Keyes is also motivated to be the first one in his family to play on the professional level. His mother played basketball at Jackson State for a season before transferring to William Carey University, where she’s made the school's Hall of Fame. Keyes’ father was an athlete as well. His cousin Dominique Sullivan played wide receiver at Southern Miss. Sullivan stays in touch with Keyes during his recruiting process to guide him along the way.

More:Taylorsville takes the 2A title behind freshman phenom Ty Keyes
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When he hangs up the cleats, Keyes wants to be known as the best to ever come through Taylorsville.

“Hopefully, I’ll make it to the league, so I can come back and give back to them,” Keyes said. “That’s my main goal. I have that dream to give back to the people that helped me.”

Dandy Dozen: Ty Keyes has high aspirations for himself, family and hometown

Ty Keyes has been one of the most productive high school football players in Mississippi for years. He is a winner and the epitome of a Dandy Dozen.

www.clarionledger.com

 

[orangenauburn]

I could see Morgan taking his degree and trying one grad year at a lower program. May as well get a masters, too.

Possibly. He seems to have enjoyed his time here. It wouldn't surprise me either way if he stayed or if he left.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[SURules]

Glad the staff is working on bringing in another QB. Portal is the only way to go for this recruiting class after Sellers. Let the best man win even for next year.

 

[qdawgg]

Loved the interview with his HS coach and what Keyes said as well. Type of CFP I want to root for and have as much success as possible. The injuries are concerning but he’s an athlete and seems like the type of player you want in the locker room.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Possibly. He seems to have enjoyed his time here. It wouldn't surprise me either way if he stayed or if he left.

Seems like Morgan and Keyes "know" each other as they have been following each other on Twitter for awhile.

Now what I can't recall is why I was already following Keyes.

 

[RF2044]

Keyes reminds me a LOT [especially physically / stature-wise] as the Michigan transfer QB who started the bowl game for Tennessee.

 

[Cuse4455]

Keyes reminds me a LOT [especially physically / stature-wise] as the Michigan transfer QB who started the bowl game for Tennessee.

Joe Milton?

 

[RF2044]

Joe Milton?

That's him -- couldn't remember his name offhand. Thx.

 

[kcsu]

He looks awesome to me. Beck will make him so much better. Hope he signs

 

[Crusty]

He played in 3 games this year and got hurt in all of them. The hand injury in October knocked him out for the year.

In his high school days at Taylorsville High School, he threw for 14,525 yards and 155 touchdowns. Keyes was an ESPN Top 300 player recruited out of high school in 2021. ESPN ranked him as the No. 7 dual-threat QB in the country and a four-star recruit.

Southern Miss quarterback Ty Keyes is out for remainder of season

Photo by Charlie Luttrell, SM2 HATTIESBURG, Ms – Southern Miss football Head Coach Will Hall announced Tuesday that quarterback Ty Keyes is out for the remainder of the season. Keyes, who was the clear starter coming out of fall camp, suffered a hand-related injury earlier in the season against...

sm2media.com

If he comes, we will have 2 QBs from Mississippi and another who transferred from that state.

3 years left?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

3 years left?

I think he gets an injury redshirt for one of the seasons.

 

[corpjet]

Listening to some interviews people love his talent but needs to be coached up.

I read an article today that said we do that too well and our guys bolt after improving under our watch, ugh

 

[IthacaBarrel]

I read an article today that said we do that too well and our guys bolt after improving under our watch, ugh

‘tough to bolt after entering the portal once

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[djorange1989]

Kid would be a great add. Terrific athlete.

 

[PhatOrange]

Glad to see he made it

 

[tep624]

‘tough to bolt after entering the portal once

Not for long.

The transfer portal is about to get even wilder when the NCAA allows players to transfer multiple times

Get ready to see athletes play for four schools in four years when the NCAA approves new transfer rules next month

www.cbssports.com

 

[kcsu]

Not for long.

The transfer portal is about to get even wilder when the NCAA allows players to transfer multiple times

Get ready to see athletes play for four schools in four years when the NCAA approves new transfer rules next month

www.cbssports.com

old news

 

[CuseLegacy]

Not for long.

The transfer portal is about to get even wilder when the NCAA allows players to transfer multiple times

Get ready to see athletes play for four schools in four years when the NCAA approves new transfer rules next month

www.cbssports.com

Old article. The council met this week and this is what they decided

Transfer waiver guidelines​

The Council voted unanimously to update guidelines for the waiver process for undergraduate student-athletes who are transferring for a second time.
Each waiver request will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but moving forward, student-athletes must meet one of the following criteria to be granted a waiver to compete immediately:

• A demonstrated physical injury or illness or mental health condition that necessitated the student's transfer (supporting documentation, care plans and proximity of the student's support system will be considered), or
• Exigent circumstances that clearly necessitate a student-athlete's immediate departure from the previous school (e.g., physical assault or abuse, sexual assault) unrelated to the student-athlete's athletics participation.

All other guidelines will no longer be used for waiver requests to compete during championship seasons that first occur in 2023-24.
The Council agreed that athletics reasons (lack of playing time, position presence) and academic preferences should not warrant waiver relief.
The Council directed the Transfer Advisory Group to recommend changes to the transfer waiver process to manage situations that fall outside these guidelines.
For transfer student-athletes expected to meet the requirements for a limited transfer exception (discontinued sport, or non-scholarship exception) the Council voted to allow student-athletes to enter the Transfer Portal at any time instead of requiring them to use their respective sport's transfer window.

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[GoSU96]

Not for long.

The transfer portal is about to get even wilder when the NCAA allows players to transfer multiple times

Get ready to see athletes play for four schools in four years when the NCAA approves new transfer rules next month

www.cbssports.com

They just implemented restrictions on that

 

[tep624]

They just implemented restrictions on that

It’s just a matter of time.

 

[kcsu]

It’s just a matter of time.

So is life