:Keith Tandy
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{infobox NFL biography
| image = Keith Tandy 2016 Bucs (cropped).jpg
| caption = Tandy in 2016
| current_team = Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| number =
| position = Assistant special teams coach
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 205
| high_school = Christian County (Hopkinsville)
| college = West Virginia
| draftyear = 2012
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 174
| pastteams =
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2012}}–{{NFL Year|2017}})
- Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|2018}})
| pastcoaching =
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2020}}–present)
Assistant special teams coach
| highlights =
- Super Bowl champion (LV)
- 2× First-team All-Big East (2010, 2011)
| status =
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 179
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 1
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 1
| statlabel4 = Pass deflections
| statvalue4 = 14
| statlabel5 = Interceptions
| statvalue5 = 8
| pfr = T/TandKe00
}}
Jordan Keith Tandy (born February 12, 1989) is an American professional football coach and former player who the assistant special teams coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played in the NFL as a safety. Tandy played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL draft.
Early life
Tandy attended Christian County High School in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.{{Cite web |title=Keith Tandy Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio |url=http://www.buccaneers.com/team-and-stats/roster/Keith-Tandy/9dda094b-86ae-4f51-8ead-41a4ac154d5a |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=Buccaneers.com}} While there he played quarterback. For his career, he passed for 8,609 yards and 90 touchdowns. As a senior, he rushed for 1,007 yards and intercepted four passes on defense.
College career
Tandy then attended West Virginia University (WVU) where he majored in forensic and investigative sciences.
He redshirt his freshman year. In 2008, as a redshirt freshman, he appeared in six games, recording six tackles (four solo).{{Cite web |title=Keith Tandy College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/keith-tandy-1.html |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=Sports-Reference.com}} In 2009 as a redshirt sophomore, he started all 13 games, recording 61 tackles (43 solo), four tackles-for-loss and three interceptions. His interceptions tied for 10th in the Big East with three interceptions and 14th with seven passes defensed.
In 2010 as a redshirt junior, he started all 13 games, recording 57 tackles (38 solo), two tackles-for-loss, six interceptions, 11 passes defensed and one forced fumble. For the season, he was finished 10th in the nation in interceptions, and first in the Big East. He was also named Second-team All-American by SI.com and Third-team All-American by Rivals.com. As a redshirt senior in 2011, he started all 13 games, recording 64 tackles (50 solo), two tackles-for-loss, four interceptions and nine passes defensed. His four interceptions led the team and ranked third in the Big East. While at West Virginia he was also a three-time Big East academic All-Star.
=College statistics=
| class= "wikitable" float="left" style="text-align:center; width:45%;" | ||||||||||||
| ! colspan="22" |{{center|West Virginia Mountaineers career statistics}} | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2 | Year | rowspan=2 | Team | rowspan=2 | {{tooltip|GP|Games played}}/{{tooltip|GS|Games started}} | colspan=4 | Tackles | | Sacks | colspan=2 | Pass defense | colspan=2 | Fumbles | rowspan=2 | Safeties | rowspan=2 | {{tooltip|TDs|Touchdowns}} | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | {{tooltip|Ast|Tackle assists}} | Total | {{tooltip|TFL|Tackles for loss}} | No | {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} | {{tooltip|PD|Pass deflections}} | {{tooltip|FF|Fumbles forced}} | {{tooltip|FR|Fumbles recovered}} | ||||
| 2007 | WVU
| 0 / 0 || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- | |||||||||||
| 2008 | WVU
| 6 / 0 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | WVU
| 13 / 13 || 43 || 18 || 61 || {{yes|4}} || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | WVU
| 13 / 13 || 38 || {{yes|19}} || 57 || 2 || 0 || {{yes|6}} || {{yes|11}} || {{yes|1}} || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | WVU
| 13 / 13 || {{yes|50}} || 14 || {{yes|64}} || 2 || 0 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Career | 45 / 40 | 135 | 53 | 188 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 5
| height in = 10 1/4
| weight = 197
| dash = 4.51
| ten split = 1.49
| twenty split = 2.57
| shuttle = 4.29
| cone drill = 6.91
| vertical = 35
| broad ft = 10
| broad in = 0
| bench = 16
| wonderlic =
| note = All values from West Virginia's Pro Day{{Cite web |title=Keith Tandy, DS #21 CB, West Virginia |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=72019&DraftYear=2012 |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=DraftScout.com}}
}}
=Tampa Bay Buccaneers=
Tandy was selected in the sixth round (174th overall) in the 2012 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.{{Cite web |title=2012 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2012/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} On May 10, 2012, he signed his four-year rookie contract.{{Cite web |title=Keith Tandy Transactions |url=http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/keith-tandy-player-transactions |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=FoxSports.com}}
As a rookie in 2012, Tandy appeared in nine games. He recorded three tackles. In 2013, he appeared in all 16 games, starting five. He recorded 40 tackles (31 solo), three passes defensed, three interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. In 2014, he appeared in 15 games. He recorded eight tackles, one pass defensed and one interception. In 2015, he appeared in 14 games with two starts. He recorded 42 tackles (28 solo), one sack and one pass defensed.
On March 8, 2016, Tandy re-signed with the Buccaneers.{{Cite web |last=Philipse |first=Sander |date=March 8, 2016 |title=Buccaneers release Bruce Carter, re-sign Keith Tandy |url=http://www.bucsnation.com/2016/3/8/11182046/buccaneers-release-bruce-carter-re-sign-keith-tandy |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=BucsNation.com}} In his first start of the season in Week 13 against the Chargers, Tandy picked off Philip Rivers in the end zone with 2:50 left on the clock to seal the Buccaneers' 28–21 win.{{Cite web |last=Auman, Greg |date=December 4, 2016 |title=Notebook: Keith Tandy seals win with big INT |url=http://www.theledger.com/sports/20161204/notebook-keith-tandy-seals-win-with-big-int |website=TheLedger.com |accessdate=December 5, 2016}} The following week against the Saints, Tandy once again had a game-winning interception on fourth down with less than a minute on a clock to seal the Buccaneers' 16–11 win.
On March 14, 2018, Tandy signed a two-year contract extension with the Buccaneers.{{Cite web |last=Smith, Scott |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Bucs Re-Sign Keith Tandy Yet Again |url=http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-smith/Bucs-Re-Sign-Keith-Tandy-Yet-Again/ddd543ad-dfa1-462a-825b-3d50c5918fdb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318045506/http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-smith/Bucs-Re-Sign-Keith-Tandy-Yet-Again/ddd543ad-dfa1-462a-825b-3d50c5918fdb |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |website=Buccaneers.com}}
On September 1, 2018, Tandy was released by the Buccaneers.{{Cite web |last=Smith, Scott |date=September 1, 2018 |title=Robinson, Tandy Among Cuts as Bucs Get to 53 |url=https://www.buccaneers.com/news/robinson-tandy-among-cuts-as-bucs-get-to-53 |website=Buccaneers.com}}
=Atlanta Falcons=
On September 10, 2018, Tandy was signed by the Atlanta Falcons.{{Cite web |last=McFadden, Will |date=September 10, 2018 |title=Falcons waive Deante Burton, Jeff Overbaugh; sign trio of players |url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-waive-deante-burton-jeff-overbaugh-sign-trio-of-players |website=AtlantaFalcons.com |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912091907/https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-waive-deante-burton-jeff-overbaugh-sign-trio-of-players |url-status=dead }} He was waived on December 4, 2018.{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2018 |title=Falcons place Josh Harris on injured reserve, promote Justin Zimmer to active roster |url=https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-place-josh-harris-on-injured-reserve-promote-justin-zimmer-to-active-ros |website=AtlantaFalcons.com |access-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205041906/https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-place-josh-harris-on-injured-reserve-promote-justin-zimmer-to-active-ros |url-status=dead }}
=NFL statistics=
{{update-section|date=May 2024}}
| class= "wikitable" float="left" style="text-align:center; width:45%;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan=2 | Year | rowspan=2 | Team | rowspan=2 | {{tooltip|GP|Games played}}/{{tooltip|GS|Games started}} | colspan=4 | Tackles | | Sacks | colspan=2 | Pass defense | colspan=2 | Fumbles | rowspan=2 | Safeties | rowspan=2 | {{tooltip|TDs|Touchdowns}} | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | {{tooltip|Ast|Tackle assists}} | Total | {{tooltip|TFL|Tackles for loss}} | No | {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} | {{tooltip|PD|Pass deflections}} | {{tooltip|FF|Fumbles forced}} | {{tooltip|FR|Fumbles recovered}} | ||||
| 2012 | TB
| 9 / 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | TB
| 16 / 5 || 31 || 9 || 40 || -- || 0 || 3 || 3 || {{yes|1}} || {{yes|1}} || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | TB
| 15 / 0 || 8 || 0 || 8 || -- || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | TB
| 14 / 2 || 24 || {{yes|14}} || 38 || -- || {{yes|1}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | TB
| 16 / 5 || {{yes|41}} || 11 || {{yes|52}} || -- || 0 || {{yes|4}} || {{yes|9}} || 0 || {{yes|1}} || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | TB
| 14 / 3 || 14 || 4 || 18 || -- || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Career | 84 / 15 | 118 | 38 | 156 | -- | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
{{Cite web |title=Keith Tandy SS for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |url=http://www.nfl.com/player/keithtandy/2534741/profile |access-date=September 6, 2016 |website=NFL.com}}{{Cite web |title=Keith Tandy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TandKe00.htm |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
Coaching career
In 2019, Tandy coached high school football at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School in Pasco County, Florida, before returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 as an assistant special teams coach. He helped win Super Bowl LV with the Buccaneers against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2020 season.{{Cite web |last=Villamarzo |first=Andy |date=March 25, 2020 |title=Ex-Buccaneer Tandy headed back to team |url=http://www.suncoastnews.com/sports/ex-buccaneer-tandy-headed-back-to-team/article_4aa1b8d0-6ecb-11ea-95e5-ab38cf2218c1.html |website=The Suncoast News |accessdate=April 21, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl LV - Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs - February 7th, 2021 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202102070tam.htm |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
Personal life
Tandy is the son of Joyce Jordan. While playing for the Buccaneers, he has helped numerous charities as well as helped support the United States Armed Forces troops. While at West Virginia, he was roommates with teammate and fellow future Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2012 draft pick Najee Goode.
References
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External links
- {{Football stats |nfl=2534741 |espn=15001 |pfr=T/TandKe00}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100828132454/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=101486 West Virginia Mountaineers bio]
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