Chad Kelly in the NFL, 2023
In the NFL, 2023. Photo: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
4,042
Passing yards, 2015 (Ole Miss, 10–⁠3)
Best game
465 yards
Vs. Auburn, week 9, 2016: No. 3 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 8
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2015
Drafted
No. 253
Round 7, 2017 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

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, 2015

Honors

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Clemson101758.8583.400
2015Ole Miss29845865.14,0428.83113
2016Ole Miss20532862.52,7588.4198
Career51380363.96,8588.55021

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Clemson161177.3138
2015Ole Miss1075004.71043
2016Ole Miss813324.1541
Career2049494.71643

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Clemson11QB
2013Clemson11QB
2015Ole Miss11QB
2016Ole Miss11QB6′2″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Clemson300.07––2.08%––
2015Ole Miss5570.4898th (n=151)0.24265.857%0.590.51
2016Ole Miss4080.4191st (n=152)0.25167.761%0.490.37

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
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Florida StateL 34–⁠4521393134315
Sep 10vs.WoffordW 38–⁠1320272193013
Sep 17vs.AlabamaL 43–⁠4826404213043
Sep 24vs.GeorgiaW 45–⁠1418242822053
Oct 1vs.MemphisW 48–⁠283044361110
Oct 15atArkansasL 30–⁠3418392531189
Oct 22atLSUL 21–⁠3820332181256
Oct 29vs.AuburnL 29–⁠4036594653140
Nov 5vs.Georgia SouthernW 37–⁠2716232261023
2015 Ole Miss 13 games, 4,042 passing yards, 31 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.UT MartinW 76–⁠39152112120
Sep 12vs.Fresno StateW 73–⁠2120253464026
Sep 19atAlabamaW 43–⁠3718333413021
Sep 26vs.VanderbiltW 27–⁠16244232112−10
Oct 3atFloridaL 10–⁠3826402591140
Oct 10vs.New Mexico StateW 52–⁠324333843132
Oct 17atMemphisL 24–⁠37334737222−11
Oct 24vs.Texas A&MW 23–⁠326412412323
Oct 31atAuburnW 27–⁠1933513812221
Nov 7vs.ArkansasL 52–⁠53243436830110
Nov 21vs.LSUW 38–⁠1719342802081
Nov 28atMississippi StateW 38–⁠2721302362074
Jan 1 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateW 48–⁠2021333024173
2013 Clemson 5 games, 58 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7vs.South Carolina StateW 52–⁠132611006
Sep 28vs.Wake ForestW 56–⁠7116003
Oct 5atSyracuseW 49–⁠141160028
Nov 2atVirginiaW 59–⁠1057270056
Nov 14vs.Georgia TechW 55–⁠311280024

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′1¾″
Weight224 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan76⅝″W
20-yard shuttle4.08 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.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2018Denver Broncos100000−1

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

YearsLeagueTeam
2022–CFLToronto 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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