Defensive end, UCF (from Miami), 2022–25
Nyjalik Kelly
Lettered 2022–23 at Miami (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Born
- Oct 29, 2004
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Nyjalik Kelly played defensive end at Miami (2022–23) and UCF (2024–25).
Career highs
9tackles, career highat West Virginia, 20242sacks, career highvs. Utah, 2024Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
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.
Game by game
2025 UCF 12 games, 45 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Jacksonville State | W 17–10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | vs. North Carolina A&T | W 68–7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. North Carolina | W 34–9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Kansas State | L 20–34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Kansas | L 20–27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Cincinnati | L 11–20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. West Virginia | W 45–13 | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 1 | at Baylor | L 3–30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Houston | L 27–30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Texas Tech | L 9–48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 17–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at BYU | L 21–41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 UCF 12 games, 53 tackles, 5.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. New Hampshire | W 57–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Sam Houston | W 45–14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | at TCU | W 35–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Colorado | L 21–48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Florida | L 13–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Cincinnati | L 13–19 | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Iowa State | L 35–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs.BYU | L 24–37 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Arizona | W 56–12 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Arizona State | L 31–35 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | atWest Virginia | L 21–31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Utah | L 14–28 | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Miami 3 games, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 38–3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Texas A&M | W 48–33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atNorth Carolina | L 31–41 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Miami 8 games, 11 tackles, 4 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Bethune-Cookman | W 70–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Southern Miss | W 30–7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.North Carolina | L 24–27 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Virginia Tech | W 20–14 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Virginia | W 14–12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Florida State | L 3–45 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at Clemson | L 10–40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 16–42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2026 Senior Bowl (American team, won 17–9).
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅜″ | |
| Weight | 256 lb | |
| Arm length | 35⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 82½″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 s | |
| Vertical jump | 37″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.62 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.76 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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