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Joe Kelly (American football)

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Joe Kelly
No. 58, 57, 52, 56
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1964-12-11) December 11, 1964 (age 60)
Sun Valley, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:Thomas Jefferson
(Los Angeles, California)
College:Washington
NFL draft:1986 / round: 1 / pick: 11
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Washington MVP (1985)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:542
Sacks:6.0
Interceptions:6
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Joseph Winston Kelly, Jr. (born December 11, 1964) is a former American football linebacker who played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for six different teams. He played college football at the University of Washington under head coach Don James and was team's MVP as a senior in 1985. In his junior season in 1984, the Huskies finished second in the polls after upsetting Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.

Kelly was selected in the first round as the eleventh overall selection of the 1986 NFL Draft, taken by the Cincinnati Bengals.[1] After four seasons with Cincinnati, he played three more with the New York Jets, then one each with the Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, and Philadelphia Eagles.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.