Isaac Keys

Isaac Keys

Born:	(1978-06-06) June 6, 1978 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Morehouse
Career history
As player
2001	Minnesota Vikings
2003	Green Bay Packers*
2003	Scottish Claymores
2004–2006	Arizona Cardinals
2007	Edmonton Eskimos
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Isaac Keys (born June 6, 1978) is an American actor and former professional football player. He served as a National Football League (NFL) linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers. In 2007, he played for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Early life

Keys attended Hazelwood Central High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and won varsity letters in football and baseball. He is an alumnus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Post-football career

In 2010, Keys appeared as one of the 12 contestants on the TV One reality television dating game show The Ultimate Merger, which starred former Apprentice contestant Omarosa.

He returned to his hometown of St. Louis in 2011 to star in the hit stage play Issues of Love, written and directed by Joel P.E. King, where he played the character Tye, who had compassion for his sister Bridgette, was preyed on by a married woman and was disliked by her husband.

From 2017 to 2019, Keys had a recurring role as Ed, a gang enforcer, on the TV series Get Shorty.

In 2022, Keys debuted the character Diamond in the Starz show and Power spin-off Power Book IV: Force.