Red Keith (2018) - Marcy Weston CMU Athletics Hall of Fame - Central Michigan University Athletics

Red Keith

Induction:
2018
Class:
2007

A linebacker who was the linchpin of Central Michigan defenses, helping to lead the Chippewas to Mid-American Conference championships in 2006 and in 2007 ... a four-year starter, led the Chippewas in tackles in each of his seasons and remains second in program history with 474 tackles ... in 2007, when he was named CMU’s most valuable player, he made a MAC-leading 148 stops, which still stands as the third highest single-season total for a Chippewa ... CMU capped that season with a win in the Motor City Bowl, the first bowl victory in program history ... named First Team All-MAC in both 2006 and 2007 after earning second team honors in 2005 ... in 2004, he was named a Freshman All-American ... a national finalist for the Awards and Recognition Association Sportsmanship Award and one of 22 student-athletes from across the nation named to the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team ... earned Academic All-MAC honors three times and twice was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team ... originally from Franklin, Ga.