Cole Kelley
American football player (born 1997)
American football player
- Arkansas (2016–2018)
- Southeastern Louisiana (2019–2021)
- Washington Commanders (2022)*
- Memphis Showboats (2023)
- Walter Payton Award (2020)
- First-team FCS All-American (2020, 2021)
- SLC Offensive Player of the Year (2020)
- Second-team All-SLC (2020)
- NFLPA Collegiate Bowl MVP (2022)
Cole Kelley (born October 27, 1997) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana. Kelley signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent in 2022 but was released prior to the season.
College 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 (FCS).[1] He received first-team All-American FCS honors in both 2020 and 2021.[2][3] He was invited to the January 2022 edition of the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, and was named the game MVP.[4]
| Season | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Att | Yds | Pct | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Arkansas Razorbacks | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| Southeastern Louisiana Lions | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | 69 | 93 | 810 | 74.2 | 10 | 2 | 178.5 | 89 | 200 | 2.2 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3.00 s | 4.98 s | 8.00 s | ||||
| Sources:[5][6] | ||||||||||||
Washington Commanders
Kelley signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2022, but was released on August 7, 2022.[7][8]
Memphis Showboats
On January 28, 2023, Kelley signed with the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL).[9] He was released on March 12, 2024.[10]
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.
- ^ "About the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl". nflpa.com. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on May 2, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ "Commanders sign LB Nathan Gerry, S Steven Parker, TE Eli Wolf amid multiple roster moves". Commanders.com. August 7, 2022.
- ^ @USFLShowboats (January 28, 2023). "Free Agent Signing" (Tweet). Retrieved January 28, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ @UFL_PR (March 12, 2024). "The United Football League has announced the following transactions:" (Tweet). Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Twitter.
External links
- Cole Kelley on Twitter
- Southeastern Louisiana Lions profile
- Arkansas Razorbacks profile
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Walter Payton Award winners
- 1987: Gamble
- 1988: Meggett
- 1989: Friesz
- 1990: Dean
- 1991: Martin
- 1992: Payton
- 1993: Nussmeier
- 1994: McNair
- 1995: Dickenson
- 1996: Amerson
- 1997: Finneran
- 1998: Azumah
- 1999: Peterson
- 2000: Ivory
- 2001: Westbrook
- 2002: Romo
- 2003: Branch
- 2004: Campbell
- 2005: Meyer
- 2006: Santos
- 2007: Foster
- 2008: Edwards
- 2009: Edwards
- 2010: Moses
- 2011: Mitchell
- 2012: Heinicke
- 2013: Garoppolo
- 2014: Robertson
- 2015: Kupp
- 2016: Briscoe
- 2017: Briscoe
- 2018: Hodges
- 2019: Lance
- 2020: Kelley
- 2021: Barriere
- 2022: Scott Jr.
- 2023: Gronowski
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