Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UCF
Nyjalik Kelly
EDGE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nyjalik Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
88
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Miami • UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Nyjalik Kelly built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Miami and UCF. The clearest part of Nyjalik Kelly's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Nyjalik Kelly, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. Nyjalik Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 115
- TFL
- 22.5
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Nyjalik Kelly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · EDGE
- Career Tackles
- 115
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- Utah
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Dillard · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Dillard · 46 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 45 tackles · EDGE 4th (top 9%) · Big 12 80th (top 11%) · National 751st (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 8 | 11 | 4.5 | 4 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 12 | 53 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 12 | 45 | 7.5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 71.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Nyjalik Kelly played EDGE for Miami and UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nyjalik Kelly recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UCF paired 21.5 primary output with 33.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.6 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, UCF.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCF
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
33.6
Usage
10.5
Consistency
63.5
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 4. North Carolina A&T: 3. North Carolina: 2. Kansas State: 0. Kansas: 2. Cincinnati: 1. West Virginia: 3.5. Baylor: 2. Houston: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Oklahoma State: 2. BYU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 3 by 52.5. North Carolina A&T: 4 by 46.7. North Carolina: 3 by 32.5. Kansas State: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 6 by 45. Cincinnati: 6 by 35. West Virginia: 8 by 68.3. Baylor: 4 by 36.7. Houston: 4 by 26.7. Texas Tech: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 24.2. BYU: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.9 · Games = 5 · +1.9 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 7 · -1.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
68.3 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ BYU | L 21-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 17-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas Tech | L 9-48 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Houston | L 27-30 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ BaylorSplash game | L 3-30 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 45-13 | 8 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Cincinnati | L 11-20 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs KansasSplash game | L 20-27 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kansas State | L 20-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | W 34-9 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs North Carolina A&TSplash game | W 68-7 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Jacksonville StateSplash game | W 17-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Nyjalik Kelly story
Nyjalik Kelly built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Miami and UCF. The clearest part of Nyjalik Kelly's career was his defensive production: 115 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with UCF. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nyjalik Kelly's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami and UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Nyjalik Kelly moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Miami
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 8.5 | 16.4 | 5.1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 15 | 2.9 | -6.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 17 | 32.6 | 9.1 | 15 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 21.5 | 33.6 | 10.5 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Utah
Week 14 · L 14-28 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 93 West Virginia
Week 8 · W 45-13 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 1 · W 17-10
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Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#4
@ West Virginia
Week 13 · L 21-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida State
Week 10 · L 3-45 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UCF
21.5 primary output · 33.6 efficiency · 10.5 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · UCF
54.7
17 primary · 32.6 efficiency · 9.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Miami
38.5
8.5 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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