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Jersey Number 16
Grady Kelly
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 295
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Navarre, Fla.
- High School:
- Navarre
- Prev School:
- Colorado State/Florida State
Career Bio (PDF)
Played in 49 collegiate games in his career, including 27 starts . . . spent three seasons at Colorado State (2021-23) before transferring to Florida State in 2024 and ending his collegiate career at Michigan State in 2025 . . . recorded 123 tackles, including 15.0 TFLs (38 yards), adding 4.5 sacks (17 yards), five pass break-ups and two fumble recoveries, in his career . . . earned Freshman All-America honors from College Football News in 2022 at Colorado State . . . married to Eliana Kelly, and the couple had a baby boy, Shiloh Gray Kelly, born during the week of the Indiana game in 2025.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in 11 games, with five starts, including starting last four games of the season . . . logged 25 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss (10 yards), 1.0 sack (5 yards), two pass break-ups, one fumble recovery and one QB hurry in posting 394 snaps, which ranked second among interior defensive linemen and ninth overall on the defense . . . Academic All-District selection . . . had two tackles while starting against Maryland at Ford Field in his last collegiate game . . . opened Iowa contest on defensive line for third straight start, and tallied two solo tackles while charting 33 snaps, which ranked third among all defensive linemen and ranked ninth overall on defense . . . started Penn State game and registered career-high six stops, bettering his previous career-best of five tackles . . . started game at Minnesota and posted a pair of stops, including 0.5 TFL, adding one pass break-up, in charting 45 snaps . . . tallied two tackles in Michigan game, notching 38 snaps . . . did not play at Indiana due to the birth of his first child, Shiloh Gray Kelly . . . registered four stops with a half sack while logging 33 snaps in UCLA game . . . made first start as a Spartan in opening game at Nebraska at defensive tackle and logged 33 snaps . . . posted 32 defensive snaps at USC and recovered a fumble that led to a Spartan touchdown in the third quarter . . . notched three tackles with 0.5 TFL in the Youngstown State game, charting 30 snaps, which led the defensive linemen and ranked eighth overall on the defense . . . tallied two tackles and 1.0 TFL in the Boston College contest, notching 36 snaps, that was second among defensive linemen and tied for ninth overall on defense . . . made Spartan debut in season opener vs. Western Michigan, tallying two tackles with 0.5 tackle for loss, adding one pass break-up and one QB hurry, in logging 27 snaps, which tied for tops among defensive linemen and tied for ninth overall on defense.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT FLORIDA STATE): Played in all 12 games for the Seminoles . . . played 204 snaps along the defensive interior . . . recorded 19 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs (9 yards) and one sack (6 yards) . . . had a season-high five tackles and a half tackle for loss vs. North Carolina (11/2).
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT COLORADO STATE): Started all 12 games at defensive tackle while playing a career-high 536 defensive snaps . . . earned second-team All-Mountain West honors by Phil Steele . . . collected 35 tackles for loss, including a career-high 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks . . . had at least 0.5 tackle for loss in seven of the 12 games . . . graded the No. 2 interior defensive lineman in the Mountain West by Pro Football Focus (72.2 grade).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT COLORADO STATE): Played 493 defensive snaps in all 12 games, including 10 starts at defensive tackle . . . earned Freshman All-America honors from College Football News . . . tied for seventh on the team with 43 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs and one sack . . . broke up two passes and recovered one fumble . . . collected at least five tackles in a game five times.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT COLORADO STATE): Played in final two games (vs. Hawai’i on Nov. 20 and Nevada on Nov. 27) to preserve his redshirt season . . . recorded his first collegiate tackle against Nevada.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Jay Walls at Navarre High School . . . also competed in weight lifting, basketball and track at Navarre . . . holds school records for most sacks in a game (8), season (17) and career (26) . . . totaled 133 tackles, including 47 for loss with a school-record 26 sacks, along with two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal in three seasons at Navarre . . . recorded 45 tackles, including 15 TFLs with eight sacks, and two forced fumbles his senior year to lead Raiders to regional quarterfinal round of 7A state playoffs . . . named defensive MVP and a team captain as a senior . . . earned all-area recognition following junior season with 61 tackles, 22.0 TFLs and 17 sacks, while blocking one blocked field goal . . . sacks total included single-game school-record eight sacks vs. Lincoln . . . recorded 27 tackles, including 10 TFLs and one sack, in sophomore season to help Raiders advance to regional final round of 6A state playoffs . . . son of Blake and Lisa Greely . . . married to Eliana Kelly.
Played in 49 collegiate games in his career, including 27 starts . . . spent three seasons at Colorado State (2021-23) before transferring to Florida State in 2024 and ending his collegiate career at Michigan State in 2025 . . . recorded 123 tackles, including 15.0 TFLs (38 yards), adding 4.5 sacks (17 yards), five pass break-ups and two fumble recoveries, in his career . . . earned Freshman All-America honors from College Football News in 2022 at Colorado State . . . married to Eliana Kelly, and the couple had a baby boy, Shiloh Gray Kelly, born during the week of the Indiana game in 2025.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR AT MICHIGAN STATE): Played in 11 games, with five starts, including starting last four games of the season . . . logged 25 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss (10 yards), 1.0 sack (5 yards), two pass break-ups, one fumble recovery and one QB hurry in posting 394 snaps, which ranked second among interior defensive linemen and ninth overall on the defense . . . Academic All-District selection . . . had two tackles while starting against Maryland at Ford Field in his last collegiate game . . . opened Iowa contest on defensive line for third straight start, and tallied two solo tackles while charting 33 snaps, which ranked third among all defensive linemen and ranked ninth overall on defense . . . started Penn State game and registered career-high six stops, bettering his previous career-best of five tackles . . . started game at Minnesota and posted a pair of stops, including 0.5 TFL, adding one pass break-up, in charting 45 snaps . . . tallied two tackles in Michigan game, notching 38 snaps . . . did not play at Indiana due to the birth of his first child, Shiloh Gray Kelly . . . registered four stops with a half sack while logging 33 snaps in UCLA game . . . made first start as a Spartan in opening game at Nebraska at defensive tackle and logged 33 snaps . . . posted 32 defensive snaps at USC and recovered a fumble that led to a Spartan touchdown in the third quarter . . . notched three tackles with 0.5 TFL in the Youngstown State game, charting 30 snaps, which led the defensive linemen and ranked eighth overall on the defense . . . tallied two tackles and 1.0 TFL in the Boston College contest, notching 36 snaps, that was second among defensive linemen and tied for ninth overall on defense . . . made Spartan debut in season opener vs. Western Michigan, tallying two tackles with 0.5 tackle for loss, adding one pass break-up and one QB hurry, in logging 27 snaps, which tied for tops among defensive linemen and tied for ninth overall on defense.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT FLORIDA STATE): Played in all 12 games for the Seminoles . . . played 204 snaps along the defensive interior . . . recorded 19 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs (9 yards) and one sack (6 yards) . . . had a season-high five tackles and a half tackle for loss vs. North Carolina (11/2).
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT COLORADO STATE): Started all 12 games at defensive tackle while playing a career-high 536 defensive snaps . . . earned second-team All-Mountain West honors by Phil Steele . . . collected 35 tackles for loss, including a career-high 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks . . . had at least 0.5 tackle for loss in seven of the 12 games . . . graded the No. 2 interior defensive lineman in the Mountain West by Pro Football Focus (72.2 grade).
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT COLORADO STATE): Played 493 defensive snaps in all 12 games, including 10 starts at defensive tackle . . . earned Freshman All-America honors from College Football News . . . tied for seventh on the team with 43 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs and one sack . . . broke up two passes and recovered one fumble . . . collected at least five tackles in a game five times.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT COLORADO STATE): Played in final two games (vs. Hawai’i on Nov. 20 and Nevada on Nov. 27) to preserve his redshirt season . . . recorded his first collegiate tackle against Nevada.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Jay Walls at Navarre High School . . . also competed in weight lifting, basketball and track at Navarre . . . holds school records for most sacks in a game (8), season (17) and career (26) . . . totaled 133 tackles, including 47 for loss with a school-record 26 sacks, along with two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal in three seasons at Navarre . . . recorded 45 tackles, including 15 TFLs with eight sacks, and two forced fumbles his senior year to lead Raiders to regional quarterfinal round of 7A state playoffs . . . named defensive MVP and a team captain as a senior . . . earned all-area recognition following junior season with 61 tackles, 22.0 TFLs and 17 sacks, while blocking one blocked field goal . . . sacks total included single-game school-record eight sacks vs. Lincoln . . . recorded 27 tackles, including 10 TFLs and one sack, in sophomore season to help Raiders advance to regional final round of 6A state playoffs . . . son of Blake and Lisa Greely . . . married to Eliana Kelly.
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