Tyrone Keys

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Tyrone Keys

| caption = Keys in 2011

| number = 79, 98, 93

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|24}}

| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 272

| high_school = Callaway {{nowrap|(Jackson, Mississippi)}}

| college = Mississippi State

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 113

| pastteams =

• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1981}})*
• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1981|1982}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1983|1985}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1986|1987}})
• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1988}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XX)
• 3× Second-team All-SEC (1978, 1979, 1980)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 9.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 1

| pfr = K/KeysTy20

}}

Tyrone Keys (born October 24, 1960) is an American former professional football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season.{{Cite web |date=1986-01-27 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. In high school Keys was a member of the Callaway High School Chargers of Jackson, Mississippi which won all 12 of their 1975 season games and won the Big 8 Conference championship (the Big 8 was at the time the conference of Mississippi's largest high schools).{{Cite web|url=http://hottytoddy.com/2015/09/16/cleveland-on-tyrone-keys/|title = Cleveland: On Tyrone Keys|date = 16 September 2015}} In college at Mississippi State University Keys played four years at defensive tackle. In 1980 Keys made a last minute tackle of Alabama quarterback Don Jacobs, causing a fumble which sealed the Bulldogs' 6–3 upset of the #1 Crimson Tide.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/11/14/tyrone-keys-recalls-msu-victory-bama/19030431/|title = Alabama-Mississippi State: Tyrone Keys recalls 1980 MSU victory}}