Nyjalik Kelly

EDGE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

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Nyjalik Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.

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Major defensive role

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Impact Production

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

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Career Arc

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9609

Dillard · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To: Miami
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2022

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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%)

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.

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20252025 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionhonorable mention
20242024 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionhonorable mention

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