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Casey Kelly TE ECU 2025 Tropical Bowl

  • Position Tight End
  • Class Graduate Studnet
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 230
  • Hometown Niagara Falls, NY.
  • Highschool Mallard Creek HS

Graduate student in the classroom with one year of athletic eligibility remaining … Mid-year transfer from University of Oregon who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2024 and participated in spring drills … Earned four letters (Oregon/1, Ole Miss 3) … Played in 48 career games making nine starts … Caught 33 career passes for 325 yards (9.8 ypc) with five touchdowns … Hauled down at least one pass in 16 games (multiple five times) … Set career-highs in receptions (7) and receiving yards (81) against Auburn in 2021 … Career-long reception was 57 yards versus LSU in 2020 … Spent four seasons at Ole Miss (2019-22) before transferring to Oregon (2023) … Named a 2024 Preseason Fourth Team All-AAC selection by Phil Steele Magazine.
 
2023 (Oregon): Played in 13 games (no starts) … Hauled in five passes for 43 yards (8.6 ypc) with two touchdowns… Caught at least one pass in four games with a season-best two against Hawai’i for 12 yards … Had a one-yard pass against Colorado, one pass for 19 yards at Arizona State and one against Washington in the Pac-12 Championship … Scored touchdowns against Colorado and Arizona State.
 
2022 (Ole Miss): Appeared in 11 games making two starts for the Rebels … Caught three passes for 17 yards (5.7 ypc) with one touchdown … Receptions went for three yards (Kentucky), 13 yards (Auburn) and one-yard (Texas A&M) … Lone touchdown was at Texas A&M … Played 368 total offensive snaps.
 
2021 (Ole Miss): Experienced action in 12 of 13 contests making six starts … Set season-highs in receptions (17) and receiving yards (150) … Scored one touchdown against LSU (two yards) … Averaged 8.8 yards per catch … Played 611 total offensive snaps earning a 70.6 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus … Caught at least one pass in five games (multiple four times) … Hauled down seven passes for 81 yards (11.6 ypc) with a long of 19 against Auburn … Had four receptions (21 yards) against Texas A&M, three for 31 yards at Tennessee and two for eight yards against LSU … Also had a nine-yard grab versus Vanderbilt … Logged 77 offensive plays at Mississippi State and 76 (68 offensive) against No. 7 Baylor in the Sugar Bowl.
 
2020 (Ole Miss): Played in nine contests with one start … Tallied eight receptions for 115 yards with one score … Hauled in at least one catch in three games (multiple once) … First career catch came against No. 5 Florida for nine yards … Blocked at an 88.6 percent against Vanderbilt per Pro Football Focus … Caught career-long pass of 57 yards against LSU … Recorded a then career-best six receptions for 49 yards against No. 7 Indiana with a five-yard touchdown pass.
 
2019 (Ole Miss): Appeared in three games during redshirt season … Did not record any stats.
 
High School: Threw for 2,155 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior helping lead Mallard Creek to a conference championship … Also rushed for 389 yards and eight TDs … Named all-state and all-conference as a senior … Also lettered in lacrosse and basketball … Won three conference titles in lacrosse … Was a member of Team USA lacrosse team … Originally started prep career at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute in New York before transferring Mallard Creek … High school teammate of current offensive lineman Parker Moorer at Mallard Creek.
 
Personal: Brother of former Ole Miss and NFL quarterback Chad Kelly … Nephew of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly (Buffalo Bills) … Majoring in university studies at East Carolina.

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