Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Michigan 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 17.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado State • Florida State • Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Grady Kelly built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Navarre, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with Colorado State, Florida State, and Michigan State. The clearest part of Grady...
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- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Grady Kelly, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State. Grady Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 119
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Grady Kelly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 119
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Navarre · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Navarre · 10 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 248th (top 23%) · Big Ten 196th (top 25%) · National 1,686th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado State | 12 | 43 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 11 | 35 | 6.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 53.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 9 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 10 | 25 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State to Michigan State | P4 to P4 | 81.4 | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 2024 | Colorado State to Florida State | G5/FCS to P4 | 82.1 | Dec 16, 2023 |
Grady Kelly played DL for Colorado State, Florida State, and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Grady Kelly recorded 119 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Colorado State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Colorado State paired 8 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.9 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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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: Western Michigan
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
17.9
Usage
5.2
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 2.5. Boston College: 1. Youngstown State: 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 33.3. Boston College: 2 by 18.3. Youngstown State: 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
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.4 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
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
35 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Maryland | W 38-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa | L 17-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Penn State | L 10-28 | 6 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Minnesota | L 20-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Michigan | L 20-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UCLA | L 13-38 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | @ USC | L 31-45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Youngstown State | W 41-24 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Boston College | W 42-40 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Western MichiganSplash game | W 23-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Grady Kelly story
Grady Kelly built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Navarre, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with Colorado State, Florida State, and Michigan State. The clearest part of Grady Kelly's career was his defensive production: 119 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Grady Kelly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Colorado State
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Florida State
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Michigan State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Colorado State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado State | 7.5 | 21.2 | 5.8 | 7.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 8 | 20.5 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 4.5 | 12 | 3.2 | -3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7.5 | 17.9 | 5.2 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 8 · W 17-13 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Utah Tech
Week 5 · W 41-20
2.5
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#3
@ SMU
Week 5 · L 16-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 1 · W 23-6
2.5
Havoc Plays
58 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 98 UCLA
Week 7 · L 13-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
8 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 5.2 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Colorado State
51.7
7.5 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
51.3
7.5 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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