Former defensive lineman at Charlotte. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 262 lb · Graham, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former defensive lineman at Charlotte. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMichael Kelly
Wins his gap play after play. Michael Kelly has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Charlotte. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Florida Atlantic — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Charlotte, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 27–26
vs Gardner-Webb
5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 INT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With M. O'Shaughnessy — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 73 LONG · T. Ivey — 142 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.7
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-30vs James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-26vs Gardner-Webb | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-24vs East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-51@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-33@ Memphis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-27@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 29-27vs UAB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Bo Maile’s 2023 season.
Matches Bo on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nathan Reichert's graduate season at Ball State (2024).
Matches Nathan on
Player DNA