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Brian Kelly (cornerback)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}}

{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Brian Kelly

| number = 25

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|14}}

| birth_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 193

| high_school = Overland {{nowrap|(Aurora, Colorado)}}

| college = USC

| draftyear = 1998

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 45

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 426

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 3.5

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 2

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 5

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 22

| statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 1

| pfr = KellBr21

}}

Brian Patrick Kelly (born January 14, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft. Kelly earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII and also played for the Detroit Lions. His son, Kyu Blu Kelly, also played in the NFL.

Early life

Kelly is a high school graduate from Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado. Overland won the 1993 6A state championship in his senior year.

College career

Kelly graduated from the University of Southern California in 1997.

Professional career

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 11 1/8

| weight = 192

| shuttle = 3.82

| cone drill = 7.25

| vertical = 33.5

| broad ft = 10

| broad in = 0

| bench = 8

| arm span = 32 1/8

| hand span = 9 1/8

| note = All values from the NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=22677 |title=Brian Kelly, Combine Results, CB - Southern California |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=April 27, 2023}}

}}

=Tampa Bay Buccaneers=

Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2nd round of the 1998 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1998 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/draft.htm |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KELLYBRI01

|title=Brian Kelly

|publisher=databaseFootball.com

|access-date=December 21, 2012 |url-status=usurped

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014094350/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KELLYBRI01

|archive-date=October 14, 2012 }} In 2002, he helped the Bucs win the Super Bowl, during that same season he had 8 interceptions, which tied for the league lead along with Rod Woodson. On February 15, 2008, he exercised a buyout option in his contract and became a free agent.

=Detroit Lions=

On March 8, 2008, he signed a three-year deal with the Detroit Lions. He appeared in 11 games (all starts) for the Lions in 2008, recording 26 tackles and a pass defensed. The team released him on December 9 after signing cornerback Dexter Wynn.

=NFL statistics=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Team

! colspan="2" |Games

! colspan="5" |Tackles

! colspan="6" |Interceptions

! colspan="2" |Fumbles

GP

!GS

!Cmb

!Solo

!Ast

!Sck

!Sfty

!PD

!Int

!Yds

!Avg

!Lng

!TD

!FF

!FR

1998

!TB

|16

|3

|27

|25

|2

|0.0

|0

|5

|1

|4

|4

|4

|0

|0

|1

1999

!TB

|16

|3

|34

|29

|5

|0.0

|0

|12

|1

|26

|26

|26

|0

|0

|0

2000

!TB

|16

|3

|48

|44

|4

|0.0

|0

|11

|1

|9

|9

|9

|1

|0

|2

2001

!TB

|16

|11

|57

|46

|11

|1.5

|0

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

2002

!TB

|16

|16

|65

|57

|8

|1.0

|0

|21

|8

|68

|9

|31

|0

|1

|0

2003

!TB

|5

|5

|15

|13

|2

|0.0

|0

|5

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

2004

!TB

|16

|16

|58

|51

|7

|0.0

|0

|21

|4

|101

|25

|75

|0

|0

|1

2005

!TB

|16

|16

|50

|41

|9

|1.0

|0

|17

|4

|19

|5

|14

|0

|1

|0

2006

!TB

|2

|2

|12

|11

|1

|0.0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

2007

!TB

|11

|4

|21

|19

|2

|0.0

|0

|7

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

2008

!DET

|11

|10

|26

|23

|3

|0.0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

colspan="2" |Career

!141

!89

!413

!359

!54

!3.5

!0

!104

!22

!227

!10.0

!75

!1

!2

!5

colspan="17" |Source: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KellBr21.htm pro-football-reference.com]

Personal life

Kelly's son, Kyu Blu Kelly, played cornerback at Stanford and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2023 NFL draft.{{Cite web |last=Gorcey |first=Ryan |date=October 21, 2017 |title=Kyu Kelly has family connection to Cal staff |url=https://247sports.com/college/california/Article/2019-Las-Vegas-Nev-Bishop-Gorman-DB-Kyu-Kellys-father-and-Gerald-Alexander-go-back-to-NFL-days-109239398/ |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=247Sports}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Buccaneers1998DraftPicks}}

{{Super Bowl XXXVII}}

{{NFL season interception leaders}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Brian}}

Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:American football cornerbacks

Category:Detroit Lions players

Category:Players of American football from Nevada

Category:Sportspeople from the Las Vegas Valley

Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players

Category:USC Trojans football players