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23 Patrick Kelly

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mount Airy, MD
  • Highschool South Carroll

Biography

Career Summary
- Played in 40 career games.
- Totaled 43 tackles, eight pass breakups and two interceptions.
- Also averaged 31.0 yards on 16 career kickoff returns (31-496-1).
- Graduated with the longest interception return in school history (90) and also co-holder of school record for longest career kickoff return (95).

2019
- Played in 10 games with three starts on the year.
- Earned starts against Randolph-Macon, Juniata and McDaniel.
- Had 16 tackles, including five on special teams, on the year.
- Posted a career-high five tackles in 17-12 season-opening win at Randolph-Macon and matched that in a 57-26 win against Juniata.

2018
- Played in 11 games, including playoff games against sixth-ranked Frostburg St., 23rd-ranked RPI and top-ranked Mount Union. 
- Totaled six tackles, two pass breakups and one interception on the year.
- Averaged 27.3 yards on three kickoff returns on the year (3-82-0) with a season-long return of 47 yards at Susquehanna.
- Had a 90-yard interception return on the final play of the game in a 51-14 win at Gettysburg.  The 90-yard return is the longest in school history.

2017
- Played in 11 games.
- Recorded 19 tackles and had one interception and one pass breakup.
- Averaged 35.6 yards on 11 kickoff returns on the year - the 35.6 yards per return is the highest in school history among players with 10 or more returns in a season.
- 392 KOR return yards on the year are the seventh-highest total in school history.
- Centennial Conference and ECAC South Special Teams Player of the Week after returning a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown against Gettysburg.  KOR is tied for the longest in school history.

At South Carroll
- Three-year letter winner.
- Helped team to a 29-8 record, two county titles, one regional championship, one trip to the state semifinals and two trips to the regional final.
- Two-way standout who totaled 74 receptions for 1,037 yards and seven touchdowns receiving 114 tackles, six interceptions and five fumble recoveries his career.
- Had an interception return, punt return and kickoff return for touchdowns as a senior, when he also had three receiving TDs.
- Earned all-county and all-region honors as a wide receiver as a sophomore before grabbing all-county and all-region honors as a junior and senior as a defensive back.
- Added all-state honors as a DB and all-county honors as a WR as a senior as well.
- Also wrestled and ran track.

Personal
- Patrick Kelly.
- The son of Rachel and Brian Kelly.
- Has a younger sister, Maddie.
- Chief Technology Officer for Upshot.  Responsible for PCB design and development of revolutionary hardware to the game of golf and team won Johns Hopkins' 2019 Business Plan competition for mobile apps.
- Has completed summer internships with Textron Systems in each of the last two summers (2018, 2019).
- Majoring in civil and electrical engineering with a minor in entrepreneurship and management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 47

    2016Freshman

    DB
    5'10" 175 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2017Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    47
  • 23

    2018Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 180 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2019Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    23