#17

Jack Kelly

Former linebacker at BYU. 2025: 52 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks.

LB · BYU · Sr. · #17

6′2″ · 242 lb · Kearns, UT

CFB Index 89 · #17 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by New York — Rd 6, Pick 12, #193 overall

How he plays

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

Sacks: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

13.5 TFL · 10 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 7 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks, at Texas Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at BYU. 2025: 52 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks.

Drafted round 6 by the New York in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Two seasons at BYU, 102 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #193 overall by New York.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202511 games

All-Big 12first

2026

Drafted by New Yorkround 6, pick 193

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

BYU

2024–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #193

New York · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2025)

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New York2026 NFL rookie season

#193Rd 6 · Pick 12

New York2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all run-leaning offenses — 23-4 over that span.

2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

89All-Conference level #17 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#13 / 2975 · 100th pct

10.0

Tackles for loss#36 / 2975 · 99th pct

13.5

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#212 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	1.0	0.7	0.0
Road5g	6.0	1.5	1.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	1.3	0.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	1.2	1.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #17 of 583 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #17 at the position.

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	BYU	52	40	13.5	10.0	1	--	--
2024	BYU	50	33	10.0	5.0	1	1	--
Career		102	73	23.5	15.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Utah

7 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Bachmeier — 166 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.4 · 64 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · S. Vander Haar — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 69-0vs Portland State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 27-3vs Stanford	5	4	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 4	W 34-13@ East Carolina	7	4	2.0	2.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	W 24-21@ Colorado	6	6	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-24vs West Virginia	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Utah	7	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-27@ Iowa State	7	6	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-29@ Texas Tech	7	5	2.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 12	W 44-13vs TCU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-21vs UCF	6	4	2.5	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 15	L 7-34@ Texas Tech	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		52	40	13.5	10.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology