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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Bowling Green
Dierre Kelly
DT • 6'2" • 285 lbs • Gary, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dierre Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Bowling Green
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Dierre Kelly built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Gary, IN wearing No. 38, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Dierre Kelly's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Dierre Kelly, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Bowling Green. Dierre Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 7
Quick Answers
Dierre Kelly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · DT
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Bowling Green
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Merrillville · Bowling Green
- High school pipeline
- Merrillville · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DT 61st (top 27%) · Mid-American 166th (top 29%) · National 1,683rd (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 6 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 15.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 18.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Bowling Green | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 9 | 25 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 44.7 |
Related Context
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Dierre Kelly played DT for Bowling Green. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dierre Kelly recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Bowling Green paired 10.5 primary output with 14.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
19.3
Usage
6
Consistency
42.6
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Lafayette: 1. Cincinnati: 0.5. Liberty: 0. Louisville: 0.5. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0.5. Buffalo: 1.5. Eastern Michigan: 2. Akron: 1
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. Lafayette: 2 by 18.3. Cincinnati: 2 by 13.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 4 by 21.7. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 5 by 25.8. Buffalo: 4 by 31.7. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Akron: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
31.7 vs Buffalo
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/19 | vs Akron | L 16-19 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Eastern MichiganSplash game | L 21-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Buffalo | L 3-28 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Central Michigan | L 6-27 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Ohio | L 20-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Louisville | L 17-40 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Liberty | W 23-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Cincinnati | L 20-34 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Lafayette | W 26-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dierre Kelly story
Dierre Kelly built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Gary, IN wearing No. 38, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Dierre Kelly's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 5 sacks across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Dierre Kelly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Bowling Green
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 2 | 8.9 | 2.9 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 3.5 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Bowling Green | 10.5 | 14.5 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 10.5 | 14.5 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -10.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 7 | 19.3 | 6 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kent State
Week 11 · W 49-19 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Liberty
Week 1 · L 24-34
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Western Michigan
Week 13 · W 34-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Marshall
Week 3 · W 34-31
2
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 95 Buffalo
Week 10 · L 3-28 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Bowling Green
10.5 primary output · 14.5 efficiency · 4.9 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Bowling Green
47.8
10.5 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green
44.7
7 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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