Player Dossier

2021-2025

Oklahoma State

Aden Kelley

DT • 6'3" • 315 lbs • Thomas, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Aden Kelley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.3

Efficiency

9.1

Consistency

3.3

Season Value

6.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Oklahoma State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Aden Kelley, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State. Aden Kelley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.1 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Oklahoma State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.1

Usage

2.3

Consistency

3.3

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Oregon: 0. Tulsa: 0. Baylor: 0. Arizona: 0. Houston: 0. Texas Tech: 2. Kansas State: 0. UCF: 0. Iowa State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 0 by 0. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 2 by 28.3. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Losses0.2 · n=9
First Half0 · n=5 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · n=5 · +0.4 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · n=10

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 11/29vs Iowa StateL 13-2022000
Sat 11/22@ UCFL 14-1710000
Sat 11/15vs Kansas StateL 6-1410000
Sat 10/25@ Texas TechL 0-4221110
Sat 10/11vs HoustonL 17-3941000
Sat 10/4@ ArizonaL 13-4110000
Sat 9/27vs BaylorL 27-4521000
Fri 9/19vs TulsaL 12-1910000
Sat 9/6@ OregonL 3-6931000
Thu 8/28vs Unknown00000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Oklahoma State

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State04.20.6
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State126.771
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State04.20.7-1
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma State04.20.80
2025 Regular SeasonOklahoma State29.12.32

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas Tech

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.6 takeover score.

#3

Houston

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#4

Oregon

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#5

Iowa State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

35

#2

2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9006

Thomas-Fay-Custer · Thomas, OK

Committed To
Oklahoma State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

24

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 14 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Aden Kelley quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
24