Keanu Williams holds the RDT · Starter spot in Penn State Nittany Lions’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Keanu Williams is a 6'5", 317-pound defensive tackle from Clovis, California, who prepped at Clovis High School. A four-star recruit in the 2021 class, he played for Oregon (2021-22) before transferring to UCLA (2023-25). In 2023, he appeared in all 13 games with 10 starts, recording 14 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and one fumble recovery. During the 2024 season, he started the first two games before a season-ending injury; he posted one sack in the opener. In 2025, Williams played in all 12 games and started 11, totaling 39 tackles, 1.5 sacks and one pass breakup with at least one tackle in each contest. He now plays for Penn State.

Oregon2021 – 2022

UCLA2023 – 2025

Penn State2026 — present