Van Keen

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-4
Weight:
305
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Stow, Ohio
High School:
Stow-Munroe Falls
Major:
Education

2025 (Junior): Played in 12 games, starting 10 contests...started the first eight games at center...also started at center in the playoffs against Yale...started at right guard at UNI...the group banded together to pave the way for QB Beau Brungard, the 2025 Walter Camp FCS Offensive Player of the Year and the MVFC Offensive Player of the Year...YSU offense that averaged 36.6 points per game and had 10 games with 30-or-more points...the unit averaged 459.3 yards a contest...group allowed just 17 sacks with 11 coming in the first six contests.

2024 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games, making 10 starts...started at left guard against Pitt and Valparaiso...started at center for all eight MVFC contests...played every snap in six games as a starting center.

2023 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in six games on the offensive line...started at center against Missouri State and Indiana State.

2022 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: Third-team Division I All-Ohio honoree...first-team All Northeast Inland Division I selection...first-team All-Suburban League National Division selection...helped Stow win the Conference title in 2021...Bulldogs finished the year 9-3...coach was Tom Phillips.

Personal: Is the 2025-26 recipient of the Lee R. Seiple Scholarship, the Sloko Gill Scholarship, and The James D. Briney Penguin Football Education Scholarship.