Omari Kelly

Senior wide receiver for Michigan State. 2025: 47 catches, 626 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Michigan State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 188 lb · Trussville, AL

CFB Index 58 · #142 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Michigan State for 2026

The numbers

626

receiving yards · 2025

47 catches · 2 TD · 13.3 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 133 yds, 1 TD, at USC

Career night9 rec · 239 yds · 3 TDvs Western Kentucky (FBS) · L 21-49

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Michigan State. 2025: 47 catches, 626 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2022.
Transferred from Middle Tennessee to Michigan State in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Explosive rate: 74th percentile.

The full scouting read

Omari Kelly

WR · Michigan State · Sr · #1

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Omari Kelly has played for four head coaches across four seasons and three programs. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 133 rec yds, 13 pass yds against USC, Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy

2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

2025Michigan State4-8HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #142 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (91st percentile). Concern: catch rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#211 / 798 · 74th pct

13.7%

Yards / catch#216 / 798 · 73rd pct

13.7

EPA / target#290 / 798 · 64th pct

0.50

TD rate#489 / 798 · 39th pct

1.4%

Catch rate#599 / 798 · 25th pct

60.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#43 / 558 · 91st pct

Receptions#130 / 558 · 76th pct

Rec yards#137 / 558 · 76th pct

626

Rush yards#84 / 287 · 71st pct

Yards / catch#250 / 558 · 55th pct

13.3

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

85th → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

94th → 74th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 25th percentile

TD rate

60th → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

88th → 73rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

21%15 of his 73 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	46.4	11.2	0.1
Road5g	3.8	60.2	13.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	57.8	13.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	46.5	11.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #142 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #142 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #18 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Michigan State	47	626	13.3	2	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	53	869	16.4	4	--
2023	Auburn	2	45	22.5	0	--
2022	Auburn	3	56	18.7	0	--
Career		105	1,596	15.2	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Michigan State	6	33	--	150	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	3	--	--	83	1
2023	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
Career		9	33	--	233	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 41–24

vs Youngstown State

4 rec · 49 yds

With A. Chiles — 270 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 76.6 · 76 rush yds (8 car) · R. Eckley — 48 AVG · 48 LONG · 1 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · USC · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.78Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 75 yds for a TD USC Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Anthony Lucas) to the USC 0
Week 4 · USC · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.75Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 33 yds to the USC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Boston College · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 30 yds to the BC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Youngstown State · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 20 yds to the YSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Maryland · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.33Omari Kelly 10 Yd pass from Alessio Milivojevic (Martin Connington Kick)
Week 14 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08#11 A.Milivojevic pass complete deep left to #1 O.Kelly caught at MSU49, for 46 yards to the UMD25 (#22 J.Huskey; #32 C.Smith), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY UMD Personal Foul (#57 B.Jenkins) 13 yards from UMD25 to UMD12, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Indiana · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 16 yds to the IU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Minnesota · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.74(11:35) #11 A.Milivojevic pass complete deep right to #1 O.Kelly caught at MINN35, for 23 yards to the MINN35 (#24 J.McMillan), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Indiana · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 20 yds to the MSU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Michigan · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Aidan Chiles pass complete to Omari Kelly for 10 yds to the WMU 32 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-6vs Western Michigan	7	75	10.7	0	21
Wk 2	W 42-40vs Boston College	4	60	15.0	0	30
Wk 3	W 41-24vs Youngstown State	4	49	12.3	0	20
Wk 4	L 31-45@ USC	6	133	22.2	1	75	Season-high 133 yds
Wk 6	L 27-38@ Nebraska	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 7	L 13-38vs UCLA	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 8	L 13-38@ Indiana	3	59	19.7	0	23
Wk 9	L 20-31vs Michigan	3	29	9.7	0	15
Wk 10	L 20-23@ Minnesota	8	94	11.8	0	23
Wk 12	L 10-28vs Penn State	3	15	5.0	0	6
Wk 13	L 17-20@ Iowa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 14	W 38-28vs Maryland	5	76	15.2	1	46
Total		47	626	12.3	2	75