Cole Kelley
Cole Kelley (born October 27, 1997) is an American football quarterback for Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana prior to signing with the Commanders as an undrafted free agent in 2022.
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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Lafayette, Louisiana | October 27, 1997
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Teurlings Catholic (Lafayette) |
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Undrafted: | 2022 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Career
Kelley played football and basketball at Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana. He joined the University of Arkansas as a four-star recruit in 2016. He started four games as a redshirt freshman in 2017 and two games the following year before transferring to Southeastern Louisiana University in 2019. Kelley won the Walter Payton Award for the 2020–21 FCS season, given to the top offensive player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.[1] He received first-team All-American FCS honors in both 2020 and 2021.[2][3]
Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
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Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
2017 | 87 | 151 | 1,038 | 57.6 | 8 | 4 | 127.5 | 53 | 74 | 1.4 | 2 |
2018 | 35 | 67 | 455 | 52.2 | 5 | 5 | 119.0 | 28 | 73 | 2.6 | 3 |
2019 | 69 | 93 | 810 | 74.2 | 10 | 2 | 178.5 | 89 | 200 | 2.2 | 10 |
2020–21 | 210 | 305 | 2,662 | 68.9 | 18 | 4 | 159.0 | 76 | 46 | 0.6 | 7 |
2021 | 284 | 388 | 3,634 | 73.2 | 31 | 6 | 175.1 | 113 | 390 | 3.5 | 12 |
Career | 685 | 1,004 | 8,599 | 68.2 | 72 | 21 | 151.8 | 359 | 783 | 2.2 | 34 |
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | ||||
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6 ft 7+3⁄8 in (2.02 m) |
249 lb (113 kg) |
33+3⁄4 in (0.86 m) |
9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) | 5.14 s | 1.70 s | 3 s | 4.98 s | 8 s | ||||
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Kelley signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2022.[6]
References
- "Southeastern's Cole Kelley Wins Stats Perform FCS Walter Payton Award". Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "2020-21 Stats Perform FCS All-America Team announced". NCAA. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- "2021 AP FCS All-America team". AP News. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- "Cole Kelley Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- "Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana, QB, 2022 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- "Washington Commanders announce list of undrafted free agents". Commanders.com. May 2, 2022.
External links
- Cole Kelley on Twitter
- Washington Commanders profile
- Southeastern Louisiana Lions profile
- Arkansas Razorbacks profile