With the No. 193 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected BYU linebacker Jack Kelly.<\/p>\n
40-Yard Dash: 4.57 Seconds<\/p>\n
10-Yard Split: 1.61 Seconds<\/p>\n
3-Cone Drill: 7.12 Seconds<\/p>\n
20-Yd Shuttle: 4.19 Seconds<\/p>\n
Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year & Defensive Transfer of the Year (College Football Network)<\/p>\n
All-Big 12 First Team (College Football Network, 2024)<\/p>\n
Big 12 All-Conference Third Team (Phil Steele, 2024)<\/p>\n
Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year Honorable Mention (2024)<\/p>\n
BYU record holder for single-season quarterback hurries (14) since 2000<\/p>\n
Named Midseason National Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-American (College Football Network, 2024)<\/p>\n
Garnered the following midseason Big 12 honors from College Football Network: Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Linebacker of the Year, Defensive Newcomer of the Year, All-Conference First Team<\/p>\n
Named to Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (2024)<\/p>\n
Named to Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team (2024)<\/p>\n
Named College Football Network Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (2024)<\/p>\n
Named to East-West Shrine Bowl Watch List (2024)<\/p>\n
Named to Butkus Award Watch List (2024)<\/p>\n
Parents are Mark and Melissa Kelly<\/p>\n
Major: Business Management<\/p>\n
Grew up competing in BMX dirt track racing, BMX dirt track champion<\/p>\n
Has an older sister (Grace)<\/p>\n
Transfer from Weber State after prepping at Kearns High School<\/p>\n
Earned a four-star transfer rating from 247Sports<\/p>\n
Played in 28 games for the Wildcats, totaling 85 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 16.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, seven pass breakups and an interception<\/p>\n
Posted 56 total tackles including 12.0 tackles for loss<\/p>\n
Led the Big Sky Conference with 10.5 sacks<\/p>\n
Also led the Big Sky with four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries last season<\/p>\n
Added an interception and four quarterback hurries, five pass breakups and recorded a safety in 2023<\/p>\n
As a redshirt freshman in 2022, had 28 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks<\/p>\n
Played in four games as a true freshman at Weber State<\/p>\n
Prepped at Kearns High School<\/p>\n
Earned 6A second-team honors as a senior in 2020<\/p>\n
Had 59 tackles with 4.5 sacks and two interceptions during his career<\/p>\n
Also had 66 receptions for 1,299 yards and 13 touchdowns<\/p>\n
Recruited out of high school by Utah State, Air Force, New Mexico, Army, Nevada and Montana State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the No. 193 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected BYU linebacker Jack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34086,2468,9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-209732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-homepage","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}