Grady Kelly

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-2
Weight:
285
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Navarre, Fla.
High School:
Navarre

Awards and Honors

Freshman All-American (College Football News, 2022)

At Colorado State

Redshirt Sophomore, 2023 (12/12):
• Started all 12 games at nose guard
• Totaled 35 tackles, including 10 solo stops
• Registered 6.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks
• Recorded a season-high 1.5 TFLs and 1.0 sack against Utah Tech

Redshirt Freshman, 2022 (12/10):
• Earned a starting spot in the season opener at Michigan
• Tied for seventh on the team for total tackles with 43
• Tallied one sack, two pass breakups and two QB hits, as well as one fumble recovery
• The first freshman defensive lineman to earn All-American honors since Nordly Capi in 2011

Freshman, 2021 (2/0):
• Appeared in final two games of the season
• Had first tackle against Nevada
• Redshirted

Personal/High School

• Played for coach Jay Walls
• Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports composite
• A two-sport letterwinner, including weightlifting
• Also played basketball and competed in track
• Finished his career with 133 tackles, including 47.0 for loss
• 26.0 career sacks, a school record
• Also holds the school records for sacks in a season and a game
• Forced two fumbles and blocked a kick in his career
• Named defensive MVP and a team captain
• Born in Greeley, Colo
• Parents are Blake and Lisa
• Has three brothers, Liam, Ashton and Jaxson, and two sisters, Emma and Harper