Player Dossier

2021-2025

Michigan State

Grady Kelly

DL • 6'2" • 295 lbs • Navarre, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Grady Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.8

Efficiency

16.9

Consistency

52.9

Season Value

22.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Colorado State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Colorado State • Florida State • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

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.

Grady Kelly, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Colorado State. Grady Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Colorado State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado State, Florida State, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

16.9

Usage

5.8

Consistency

52.9

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 1.5. Boston College: 1. Unknown: 0.5. USC: 0. UCLA: 1. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 1.5. Penn State: 1. Iowa: 0. Maryland: 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. Western Michigan: 2 by 23.3. Boston College: 2 by 18.3. Unknown: 3 by 17.5. UCLA: 4 by 26.7. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 23.3. Penn State: 6 by 35. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

35 vs Penn State

Result
Sun 11/30vs MarylandW 38-2821000
Sat 11/22@ IowaL 17-2022000
Sat 11/15vs Penn StateL 10-28600.500.500
Sat 11/1@ MinnesotaL 20-23210.5001
Sat 10/25vs MichiganL 20-3121000
Sat 10/11vs UCLAL 13-38400.500.500
Sun 9/21@ USCL 31-45
Sat 9/13vs Unknown300.5000
Sat 9/6vs Boston CollegeW 42-4022100
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganW 23-6200.5001

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Colorado State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Michigan State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonColorado State04.20.7
2022 Regular SeasonColorado State5.519.565.5
2023 Regular SeasonColorado State820.56.12.5
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State4.5123.8-3.5
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State6.516.95.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Hawai'i

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Primary metric

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.8 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

2.5

Primary metric

Game with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

#3

SMU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

#4

Minnesota

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.

#5

Western Michigan

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Colorado State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

35

#2

2023 Regular Season · Colorado State

24.2

8 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

22.6

6.5 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8259

Navarre · Navarre, FL

Committed To
Colorado State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

3

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

119

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 43 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Grady Kelly quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
3
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
119