{"id":221868,"date":"2026-05-06T12:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221868\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:37:06","slug":"new-york-giants-rookie-jack-kelly-could-emerge-as-a-sixth-round-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221868\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants rookie Jack Kelly could emerge as a sixth-round steal"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 6, 2026, 8:03 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

The New York Giants<\/a> selected BYU linebacker Jack Kelly in the sixth round of the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

At 6-foot-2 and 242 pounds, Kelly is a talented linebacker who flashed major potential throughout his college career. The former Cougars standout anchored BYU\u2019s defense over the last two seasons and was widely regarded as a steal by many analysts at his draft position.<\/p>\n

Kelly recorded an impressive 23.5 tackles for loss and 15.0 sacks across those two seasons. He also posted the fastest 20-yard shuttle time among all linebackers at the NFL Combine, running a notable 4.19 seconds despite weighing more than 240 pounds.<\/p>\n

In addition, Kelly recorded a 37-inch vertical leap and a 4.57-second 40-yard dash at the combine.<\/p>\n

With his combination of talent and elite physical tools, the linebacker enters his rookie season in New York motivated to prove himself after sliding to the sixth round.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>\"\"\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 6, 2026, 8:03 a.m. ET The New York Giants selected BYU linebacker Jack Kelly in the sixth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,87161,1941,1942,27744,948,950,930,932,3712,947,1328,949,682],"class_list":["post-221868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sourcegiants-wire","tag-sstssportsnflgiants","tag-sstsngiants","tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-draft","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221868","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=221868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}