Timothy Key
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No. 94 Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||
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| Defensive End | |||||||||
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| Place of birth: Tuscumbia, AL | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
| High school: Colbert Heights High School | |||||||||
| College: Florida | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 2022 for the Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||
Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 1, 2025 | |||||||||
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Timothy Key is an American football defensive end who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Florida.
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Early Life
Key was born and grew up in Tuscumbia, Alabama and attended Colbert Heights High School. He quit playing football as a freshman in order to focus on basketball, but returned to football as a junior. He became an immediate starter at defensive end for the Mustangs, leading Alabama high schoolers with 15.5 sacks along with 50 tackles, including 13 for loss, and forced three fumbles and helped lead Tuscumbia to the Class 6A Division I state championship game and was named first-team All-State by the Associated Press. Key was named the defensive MVP of the game after recording two sacks, four tackles for loss, a blocked kick and a forced fumble in the game and making a game-saving tackle at fourth and goal to preserve a 21–14 win over Westlake High School.
As a senior, Key was named the 21-6A district defensive MVP as well as included on the Scout.com All-Midlands team and was invited to the Under Armour All-America Game. In the game he recorded six tackles, five of which were for loss, and tied the game's record with three sacks. Rated a five star recruit by Scout.com and four star by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals, Key committed to play college football at Florida over offers from Alabama and Auburn.
College Career
Recruiting
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Timothy Key DE |
Tuscumbia, AL | Colbert Heights HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | ||
Skill: Potential:
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Statistics
Through the conclusion of the 2021 season, Bryant's statistics are as follows:
| Season | Defense | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Tackles | Int | Sacks | FF | FR | TD | Safeties | |||||
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NCAA Career Totals | 24 | 24 | 83 | 0 | 27.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Professional Career
Pre-draft
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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| 6 ft 2 in | 240 lb | 4.77 s | 4.41 s | 7.33 s | 30.5 in | 33 reps | ||
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Draft
Key was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 3rd overall pick of the 2022 NFLHC Draft
Regular season
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