#11

Chad Kelly

Former quarterback at Ole Miss. 2016: 2,758 passing yards, 19 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Ole Miss · #11

6′2″ · Buffalo, NY

Denver — drafted 2017, Rd 7, Pick 35, #253 overall

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 187 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Ole Miss. 2016: 2,758 passing yards, 19 TD, 8 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2012.
Drafted round 7 by the Denver in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ole Miss, 6,800 passing yards — drafted at #253 overall by Denver.

His career

2012

Signed with Clemson4-star out of St. Joseph School

201513 games

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

2017

Drafted by Denverround 7, pick 253

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#187 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #253

Denver · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 10th NFL season

#253Rd 7 · Pick 35

DenverEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Hugh Freeze, all balanced offenses — 15-10 over that span.

2015Ole Miss10-3HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2016Ole Miss5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (82nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (25th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#28 / 167 · 82nd pct

8.4

Completion %#36 / 167 · 78th pct

62.5%

Rush yards#42 / 167 · 75th pct

332

Pass yards#46 / 167 · 73rd pct

2758

Rush TDs#43 / 167 · 72nd pct

Pass TDs#49 / 167 · 69th pct

Interceptions#92 / 167 · 40th pct

Fumbles lost#113 / 163 · 25th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	329	2.2	9.4	0.3
Road3g	261	2.0	7.0	2.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	308	2.3	8.8	0.8
Weeks 8+3g	303	1.7	8.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Ole Miss	205	328	62.5%	2,758	8.4	19	8	147.4	--	--	--
2015	Ole Miss	298	458	65.1%	4,042	8.8	31	13	155.9	--	--	--
Career		503	786	64.0%	6,800	8.7	50	21	152.3	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Ole Miss	81	332	4.1	5	--
2015	Ole Miss	107	500	4.7	10	--
Career		188	832	4.4	15	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week