Isaac Keys
| Date of birth | June 6, 1978 |
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| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| US college | Morehouse |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2001 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 2002 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2004–2006 | Arizona Cardinals |
| 2007 | Edmonton Eskimos |
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Isaac Keys (born June 6, 1978 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor and former American and Canadian football player. He served as a National Football League (NFL) linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers. In 2007, he played for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League.
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.
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