Player Dossier

2024-2025

BYU

Jack Kelly

LB • 6'2" • 242 lbs • Kearns, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jack Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Jack Kelly built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Kearns, UT wearing No. 17, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Jack Kelly's career was his defensive production: 102 tackles,...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 193
NFL Team
New York Giants

Jack Kelly, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · BYU. Jack Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
102
TFL
23.5
Sacks
15
QB hurries
20
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Jack Kelly quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · LB
Career Tackles
102
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · BYU
Top game
Houston
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 6 · Pick 12 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
52 tackles · LB 270th (top 22%) · Big 12 58th (top 8%) · National 561st (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonBYU132-02-071.4
2024 Regular SeasonBYU1348105111071.4
2025 Regular SeasonBYU115213.51071072.5

Related Context

Jack Kelly played LB for BYU. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jack Kelly recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

BYU paired 31.5 primary output with 45.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 37.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Win with 6.5 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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2024 Postseason · BYU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

37.6

Usage

14.7

Consistency

52.8

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 2. Southern Illinois: 1.5. SMU: 5.5. Wyoming: 2. Kansas State: 4. Baylor: 2. Arizona: 1. Oklahoma State: 3. UCF: 0. Utah: 1. Kansas: 0. Arizona State: 1.5. Houston: 6.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 2 by 28.3. Southern Illinois: 5 by 35.8. SMU: 5 by 70.8. Wyoming: 3 by 32.5. Kansas State: 4 by 56.7. Baylor: 2 by 28.3. Arizona: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma State: 5 by 50.8. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 7 by 39.2. Kansas: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 3 by 27.5. Houston: 7 by 79.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.6 · Games = 11 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · -1.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Houston

Result
Sun 12/29@ ColoradoSplash gameW 36-1422000
Sun 12/1vs HoustonSplash gameW 30-18742.50110
Sat 11/23@ Arizona StateL 23-28320.5000
Sun 11/17vs KansasL 13-1744000
Sun 11/10@ UtahW 22-2173100
Sat 10/26@ UCFW 37-2422000
Sat 10/19vs Oklahoma StateSplash gameW 38-3555110
Sat 10/12vs ArizonaW 41-1911000
Sat 9/28@ BaylorSplash gameW 34-2821001
Sun 9/22vs Kansas StateSplash gameW 38-942210
Sun 9/15@ WyomingSplash gameW 34-1432110
Fri 9/6@ SMUSplash gameW 18-15521.5010
Sun 9/1vs Southern IllinoisW 41-13530.5000

Player Story

Jack Kelly story

Jack Kelly built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Kearns, UT wearing No. 17, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Jack Kelly's career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with BYU. 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 Jack Kelly's production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.

The arc is straightforward: Jack 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.

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    BYU

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonBYU3037.614.7
2024 Regular SeasonBYU3037.614.70
2025 Regular SeasonBYU31.545.215.51.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 14 · W 30-18 · Conference game

Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 76 UCF

Week 14 · W 41-21 · Conference game

7.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 3 Texas Tech

Week 11 · L 7-29 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

6

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#4

@ SMU

Week 2 · W 18-15

5.5

Havoc Plays

85.1 takeover

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.1 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 112 Stanford

Week 2 · W 27-3

4.5

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · BYU

31.5 primary output · 45.2 efficiency · 15.5 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · BYU

71.4

30 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 14.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · BYU

71.4

30 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 14.7 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games