2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 1
Eddie Kelly Jr.
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 288
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Orlando, Fla.
- High School:
- West Orange
- Prev School:
- Missouri
- In 37 career games (nine starts), compiled 77 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, five pass breakups, one fumble recovery and three QB pressures
- Posted 30 games with one-plus tackle and 12 contests with three-plus tackles, including a career-best nine against South Carolina State (2023) and Clemson (2023)
- Carded at least one tackle for loss in eight contests, including a career-high two versus Auburn (2024)
- Logged a career-high one sack twice against Ole Miss (2023) and Arkansas (2024)
- Secured one PBU in contests with Howard (2022), Virginia (2023), UCF (2023), Auburn (2024) and Arkansas (2024)
- Recorded lone fumble recovery against Houston (2022)
- Played 246 career snaps at Mizzou
2024 (Jr.) - Missouri
- Played defensive end for coach Eliah Drinkwitz at Missouri
- Saw action in all 13 games
- Compiled 20 tackles, one sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and one quarterback pressure
- Tied for sixth on the team in tackles for loss
- Registered one-plus tackle in 10 games and three-plus tackles on four occasions, including a year-best four stops against Oklahoma
- Secured one tackle for loss three times, including a season-high two versus Auburn
- Carded one sack in a contest with Arkansas
- Notched one PBU against Auburn and Arkansas
- Logged one QB pressure opposite Auburn
2023 (So.) - Georgia Tech
- Lettered for coach Brent Key at Georgia Tech
- Saw action in 13 career games (five starts), and carded 38 tackles, 1.5 sacks, five tackles for loss, two pass breakups and a quarterback pressure
- Finished third on the team in tackles for loss
- Registered one-plus tackle on 11 occasions and three-plus tackles five times, including a season-best nine stops against South Carolina State and Clemson
- Posted one tackle for loss in four games, including a season-high 1.5 in contests with Bowling Green and Clemson
- Notched a season-high one sack against Ole Miss
2022 (Fr.) - USF
- Lettered for coach Jeff Scott at USF
- Saw action in 11 career games, making four starts
- Compiled 19 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one pass breakup, one fumble recovery and one quarterback pressure
- Registered one-plus tackle on nine occasions, including a season-high four stops against Houston
- Recorded a season-high one tackle for loss in a contest versus Houston
- Posted lone PBU against Howard
- Tallied one fumble recovery versus Houston
High School
- Lettered two years (2019-20) at Orlando Jones under coach Elijah Williams and one year (2021) at West Orange under coach Mike Granato
- Helped West Orange to an 11-2 record and an appearance in the FHSAA Class 8A State Championship quarterfinals
- During lone season, compiled 71 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 23 tackles for loss, six QB pressures, one interception, five pass breakups, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble
- Returned one fumble recovery for a touchdown
- On offense, logged 23 receptions for 383 yards (16.65) with six touchdowns
- While at Jones, helped lead the Fightin’ Tigers to a 22-3 two-year ledger, including a FHSAA 5A State Championship game showing in 2019
Personal
- Son of the late Lashira Benn
- One of two children (1 sister)
- Enrolled in integrated studies
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