Usage / Role
35%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Stanford
Kyu Blu Kelly
CB • 6'1" • 188 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kyu Blu Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Kyu Blu Kelly built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a cornerback from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 17, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Kyu Blu Kelly's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 23
- Overall
- No. 157
- NFL Team
- Baltimore Ravens
Kyu Blu Kelly, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Stanford. Kyu Blu Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 147
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 23
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kyu Blu Kelly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · CB
- Career Tackles
- 147
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Paducah Tilghman
- High school pipeline
- Paducah Tilghman · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 5 · Pick 23 · Baltimore Ravens
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · CB 73rd (top 19%) · Pac-12 110th (top 21%) · National 1,148th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 12 | 35 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 5 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 11 | 58 | - | 0 | - | 11 | 2 | 65.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 10 | 34 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 33.3 |
Related Context
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Kyu Blu Kelly played CB for Stanford. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kyu Blu Kelly recorded 147 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Stanford paired 13 primary output with 33.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
20.2
Usage
2.7
Consistency
44.4
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colgate: 0. USC: 0. Washington: 0. Oregon: 1. Notre Dame: 2. Arizona State: 1. UCLA: 1. Washington State: 0. Utah: 0. California: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colgate: 3 by 12.5. USC: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 4 by 16.7. Oregon: 3 by 22.5. Notre Dame: 3 by 32.5. Arizona State: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 7 by 39.2. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 2 by 8.3. California: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs California
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | @ California | L 20-27 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Utah | L 7-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Washington State | L 14-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | @ UCLA | L 13-38 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Arizona State | W 15-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Notre DameSplash game | W 16-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ Oregon | L 27-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Washington | L 22-40 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs USC | L 28-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs Colgate | W 41-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kyu Blu Kelly story
Kyu Blu Kelly built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a cornerback from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 17, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Kyu Blu Kelly's career was his defensive production: 147 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Kyu Blu Kelly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Stanford
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 9.5 | 20.1 | 3.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 18.7 | 3.3 | -8.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 13 | 33.8 | 9 | 12 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 6 | 20.2 | 2.7 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ USC
Week 2 · W 42-28 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
vs UCLA
Week 8 · L 16-34 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington
Week 6 · W 23-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Oregon
Week 4 · L 6-21 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Notre Dame
Week 7 · W 16-14
2
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Stanford
13 primary output · 33.8 efficiency · 9 usage
65.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · Stanford
34.6
9.5 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Stanford
33.3
6 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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