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Born: | Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. | 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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Position: | Quarterback |
Undrafted: | 2022 |
Career history | |
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
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.
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 | ||||||||||
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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 |
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 | 3.00 s | 4.98 s | 8.00 s | ||||
Sources: [5] [6] |
Kelley signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2022, but was released on August 7, 2022. [7] [8]
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]
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