Honors
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2024
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
2024
Played in all 12 games with 6 starts ... Logged 25 catches for 406 yards and 3 touchdowns as a senior ... Ranked 5th in MVFC and 47th nationally in yards per reception (16.24) ... Had season-highs with 5 catches for 91 yards in win at UT Martin (9/21/24) with a 35-yard TD reception ... Had 81 receiving yards on a pair of catches at No. 16 Illinois State, including a 62-yard TD catch ... Had 5 catches for 70 yards in season finale vs. South Dakota State (11/23/24), in addition to a 14-yard carry ... Also notched a 13-yard TD reception in home win over Southern Illinois (11/2/24) ... Earned spot on MVFC Honor Roll ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.
2023
Played in all 11 games with 8 starts for his junior season ... Completed season with 14 receptions for 152 yards and a touchdown ... Was 6th on the club in receptions and 7th in all-purpose yards (277) ... Also averaged 17.3 yards on 7 kickoff returns ... Had multiple receptions in 5 games, including season-high 32 yards on 2 catches at UT Martin (9/9/23) with a 24-yard TD reception from Jacob Clark ... Had 2 receptions for 23 yards in season opener at Kansas (9/1/23) with an 18-yard kickoff return ... Matched season-long pass reception with a 24-yard snag vs. Utah Tech (9/23/23) ... Also pulled in 2 passes in games at Western Illinois (10/14/23), Illinois State (11/4/23) and at No. 1 South Dakota State (11/18/23) ... Also had a 4-yard carry vs. SDSU ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2024 semester.
2022
Played in 8 games as a third-year sophomore in 2022 ... Became squad’s primary kickoff returner when teams stopped kicking to Montrae Braswell ... Had 5 returns for 121 yards (24.2), including a long of 28, at North Dakota (10/1/22) ... Had 2 returns for 71 yards vs. South Dakota St. (9/24/22), including a 55-yarder ... Posted 7 receptions for 122 yards, including a 49-yarder, in Maroon & White Spring Game (4/15/23).
2021
Played in 9 games in his second season in Springfield while racking up 4 receptions for 48 yards ... Had his first catch of the season in home win over South Dakota (9/25/21) with a 14-yard reception ... Posted a season-long 17-yard reception two weeks later at Youngstown State (10/9/21) ... Also had a 10-yard catch and a 17-yard run from scrimmage in win at Dixie State (11/20/21) in addition to a 15-yard kickoff return ... Logged 23 all-purpose yards vs. Indiana State (10/16/21) with a 16-yard run and a 7-yard pass reception in homecoming victory.
2020-21
Played in 7 games as a true freshman ... Pulled in first career pass reception vs. North Dakota State (3/6/21) with a 3-yard catch in league home opener.
High School
First-team all-state wide receiver at Raytown (Mo.) High as a senior (2019) for coach Logan Minnick … Also earned all-district and all-conference first-team honors in 2019 after helping the Blue Jays to a 9-3 season … Raytown was 8-2 his junior season while he earned all-state laurels as a wide receiver and kick returner, in addition to all-district and all-conference distinction … Earned all-state honors in track his sophomore year as part of a state championship 4x100 relay team.
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Personal
D’Vontae Xavier Key was born 4/29/02 in Kansas City, Mo. … Has a brother, Da’Veone … Majoring in Public Relations.
