Player Dossier

2019-2022

Ohio

Kyle Kelly

LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Newport, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kyle Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

40

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

51

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fordham

Player Story

Kyle Kelly built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Newport, KY wearing No. 48, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Kyle Kelly's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles,...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8056

Newport Central Catholic · Newport, KY

Committed To
Ohio
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Kyle Kelly, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio. Kyle Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
3.5
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kyle Kelly quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · LB
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Ohio
Top game
Fordham
Recruit profile
3-star · Newport Central Catholic · Ohio
High school pipeline
Newport Central Catholic · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 48 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
28 tackles · LB 469th (top 38%) · Mid-American 121st (top 23%) · National 1,429th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOhio11-0--038.3
2020 Regular SeasonOhio24-0--040.7
2021 Regular SeasonOhio511-0--040.3
2022 PostseasonOhio110-0--040.1
2022 Regular SeasonOhio11283.50.5-1040.1

Related Context

Kyle Kelly played LB for Ohio. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kyle Kelly recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ohio.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Ohio paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Ohio

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.2

Usage

3.6

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 0. Western Kentucky: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Sat 9/7@ Western Kentucky53001
Sat 8/31@ Mississippi State30000

Player Story

Kyle Kelly story

Kyle Kelly built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Newport, KY wearing No. 48, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Kyle Kelly's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 31 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kyle Kelly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOhio04.21.3
2020 Regular SeasonOhio08.31.70
2021 Regular SeasonOhio09.21.40
2022 PostseasonOhio515.23.65
2022 Regular SeasonOhio515.23.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Fordham

Week 4 · W 59-52

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Kentucky

Week 2

1

Havoc Plays

65.4 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Kent State

Week 5 · L 24-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 10-46

1

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Akron

Week 6 · W 55-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Ohio

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage

40.7

#2

2021 Regular Season · Ohio

40.3

0 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Ohio

40.1

5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games