2023 Football Roster
Oct 4 (Sat)
10:00 am MT
Zion Kelly
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenville, SC
- High School:
- Southside
- Position:
- CB
2022 – Did not see any action.
2021 – Played in 13 games, starting the first six games of the season ... one tackle vs. Louisville in bowl game ... four tackles vs. Utah State ... one tackle and a half-sack at Navy ... tied for team lead with a career-best five tackles vs. Lafayette in his first-career start.
2020 – Played in five games, starting two … starts came vs. Boise State and at Utah State … recorded six total tackles and a pass breakup … season-high two tackles vs. Navy … matched his season high with two tackles vs. Boise State … one tackle each at Utah State and Army.
2019 – Did not see any action.
High School – Lettered three years in football, two in track and one in baseball … three-time first-team all-conference and all-region selection in football … served as team captain three years … was the baseball most valuable player in 2017 … high school football coach was Jeremy West … member of the National Honor Society and beta club … was a high honors graduate.
Personal – Parents are Ted and Kayla Kelly … has two siblings … majoring in political science … minor is business administration … would like to become a lawyer and open his own business … hobbies are working out, any outside activity and spending time with friends ... attended a black student-athlete summit at Rice University last summer with teammate Haaziq Daniels, along with two other cadet-athletes from the Academy ... the group attended a Houston Astros game and presented manager Dusty Baker a jersey for his 2,000th win.
Career Highs
UT:....... 4, Lafayette, 2021
AT:....... 1, Utah State, 2021
TOT:..... 5, Lafayette, 2021
TFL:...... 0.5, Navy, 2021
Kelly Career Statistics
Tackles
Year G UT-AT TOT TFL Sacks INT
2021 13 8-4 12 0.5-3 0.5-3 0-0
2020 5 4-2 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0
2019 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0
Total 18 12-6 18 0.5-3 0.5-3 0-0
