Usage / Role
8%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Eastern Michigan
Desmond Kelly
DL • 6'1" • 311 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Desmond Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Desmond Kelly, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Eastern Michigan. Desmond Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 0.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Desmond Kelly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · DL
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · DL 463rd (top 54%) · Mid-American 226th (top 40%) · National 2,572nd (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 11 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 20 |
Related Context
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Desmond Kelly played DL for Eastern Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmond Kelly recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Eastern Michigan paired 0 primary output with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
9.3
Usage
1.8
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Illinois: 1. Central Connecticut: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Toledo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 1 by 14.2. Central Connecticut: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Illinois
Career Arc
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Eastern Michigan
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 9.7 | 1.5 | -2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 9.7 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northern Illinois
Week 9 · L 27-30 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Toledo
Week 6 · L 15-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 3 · W 34-31
1
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Central Michigan
Week 6 · L 16-42 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 10 · W 56-14 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
0 primary output · 9.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
40.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
40.6
0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
36.6
2 primary · 9.9 efficiency · 2.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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