
Quarterback, Ole Miss (from Clemson), 2012–16
Chad Kelly
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Buffalo, NY
- Born
- Mar 26, 1994, in Buffalo, New York
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Chad Kelly played quarterback at Clemson (2012–13) and Ole Miss (2015–16). The Denver Broncos took Kelly in round 7, No. 253 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
465passing yards, career highvs. Auburn, 20164touchdown passes, career highthree times; last vs. Florida State, 2016110rushing yards, career highvs. Arkansas, 20153rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Arkansas, 2015Honors
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Clemson | 30 | 0.07 | – | – | 2.0 | 8% | – | – |
| 2015 | Ole Miss | 557 | 0.48 | 98th (n=151) | 0.24 | 265.8 | 57% | 0.59 | 0.51 |
| 2016 | Ole Miss | 408 | 0.41 | 91st (n=152) | 0.25 | 167.7 | 61% | 0.49 | 0.37 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2016 Ole Miss 9 games, 2,758 passing yards, 19 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | L 34–45 | 21 | 39 | 313 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 38–13 | 20 | 27 | 219 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | L 43–48 | 26 | 40 | 421 | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 45–14 | 18 | 24 | 282 | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 48–28 | 30 | 44 | 361 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at | L 30–34 | 18 | 39 | 253 | 1 | 1 | 89 |
| Oct 22 | at | L 21–38 | 20 | 33 | 218 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| Oct 29 | vs. | L 29–40 | 36 | 59 | 465 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 37–27 | 16 | 23 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
2015 Ole Miss 13 games, 4,042 passing yards, 31 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 76–3 | 9 | 15 | 211 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 73–21 | 20 | 25 | 346 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Sep 19 | at | W 43–37 | 18 | 33 | 341 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 27–16 | 24 | 42 | 321 | 1 | 2 | −10 |
| Oct 3 | at | L 10–38 | 26 | 40 | 259 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 52–3 | 24 | 33 | 384 | 3 | 1 | 32 |
| Oct 17 | at | L 24–37 | 33 | 47 | 372 | 2 | 2 | −11 |
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 23–3 | 26 | 41 | 241 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Oct 31 | at | W 27–19 | 33 | 51 | 381 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Nov 7 | vs. | L 52–53 | 24 | 34 | 368 | 3 | 0 | 110 |
| Nov 21 | vs. | W 38–17 | 19 | 34 | 280 | 2 | 0 | 81 |
| Nov 28 | at | W 38–27 | 21 | 30 | 236 | 2 | 0 | 74 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 48–20 | 21 | 33 | 302 | 4 | 1 | 73 |
2013 Clemson 5 games, 58 passing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 52–13 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 56–7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 5 | at | W 49–14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Nov 2 | at | W 59–10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 55–31 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¾″ |
| Weight | 224 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 76⅝″W |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.08 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2022– | CFL | Toronto Argonauts |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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