Jack Kelly: LB · BYU · #17.
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Jack Kelly
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the BYU linebacker corps. The first career honor came in 2025: All-Big 12. On tape: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Texas Tech, Week 11, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| 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 No. 23 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@ No. 9 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 7-34vs No. 5 Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 40 | 13.5 | 10.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
26%14 TFLSack rate
19%10 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups52 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 10 sacks.
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake, all run-leaning offenses — 23-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 1.6 | 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
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
43.5%
401 pass / 520 run
Plays / game
65.8
14 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #17 at the position.
One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›
How it ended
Two seasons at BYU, 102 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #193 overall by the New York Giants.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Next stop · NFL
New York Giants2026 NFL rookie season
New York Giants2026 NFL rookie season
