2019
• Saw action in all 12 games, and started the Miami game (10-19).
• Tallied 12 tackles on the season, six solo.
• Earned three tackles for loss, including one each against Illinois State (8-31) and at Vanderbilt (9-28)
• Posted a season-high four stops at Central Michigan (11-2).
• Added a pass break up at Ohio (10-12).
• Recorded two tackles, both solo, and a sack, the first of his career, at Vanderbilt (9-28).
2018
• Made his first career start in the season opener at Iowa (9-1) and played in every game as part of the rotation at defensive tackle.
• Finished his junior year with a career high 15 stops, seven solo.
• Registered a career-high five tackles versus Iowa.
• Totaled three tackles and broke up a pass at Florida State (9-22).
• Recorded two tackles vs. CMU (9-15) and vs. Toledo (11-7).
• Part of record-setting defense led by the Huskie front seven.
• Contributed solo tackles vs. Ohio (10-13) and at BYU (10-27).
2017
• Played in each of the last four games of the season.
• Made a tackles against Western Michigan (11-15).
2016
• Recorded his first career tackle versus Buffalo (10-22).
• Played in five of the last six games of the season at defensive tackle, beginning with the Central Michigan game and missing only Toledo (11-9).
2015
• Redshirted.
High School
• Three-year letterwinner at one of Wisconsin’s best prep football programs.
• As a senior, tallied 99 tackles and nine sacks and played in the Wisconsin Division 2 state title game.
• Recorded five sacks in one game to set a Waukesha West school record.
• 2014 first team All-State selection by the Wisconsin coaches.
•
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first team All-Area honoree in 2014.
• Made 85 tackles and notched nine sacks as a junior.
• Also competed in track & field at Waukesha West.
Personal
• Born April 8, 1997, in Brookfield, Wis.
• Son of Gary and Terri Kelly.
• Kinesiology major
Kelly's Single Game Highs
Tackles: 5 (Iowa 9-1-18)
Pass Break-ups: 1 (FSU 9-22-18)
Tackles for Loss: 1 (twice, last at Vanderbilt, 9-28-19)
Quarterback Sacks: 1.0 (Vanderbilt, 9-28-19)
