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Name: Cole Kelley (Transfer from Arkansas)
College: Southeastern Louisiana
Number: 15
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-7 Weight: 248
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2022
40 Low: 5.07 40 Time: 5.14 40 High: 5.20
> Projected Round: Stock: 
Projected High: 5th Low: HPFA
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Data Scout Notes: X-5-7/73%-44-10/Accurate Big Arm Slow Footed Pocket QB **2021: POYC/1stC...2019: NAC...Transfer from Arkansas...2017: NAC
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 6073
Weight: 248
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Dates: 04/05/22
Hand: 09 7/8 Arm: 34 5/8
Wingspan: 82 1/8
Height: 6073
Weight: 248
40 Yrd Dash: 5.14
20 Yrd Dash: 3.00
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40 Time Range: 5.10-5.18/Projected 5.17
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Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana, Player News
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2021 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern, Sr., Lafayette, La.,...Two Lions earned top individual awards. Senior quarterback Cole Kelley was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year. The Lafayette, Louisiana native is the second Lion to earn that honor, joining Southeastern Athletics Hall of Famer Bryan Bennett, who won the honor in 2013. - Southeastern Louisiana Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022  QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley threw four touchdown passes and Southeastern Louisiana beat Florida A&M 38-14 on Saturday night in the first round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. Southeastern Louisiana (9-3) will move on to play third-seeded James Madison in t he second round. Kelley tossed a 6-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Nolan Givan to cap a 98-yard drive early in the second quarter. Kelley's shovel pass to Taron Jones stretched the Lions' lead to 21-0 with 10 minutes remaining before halftime.K elley threw a strike to Nick Kovacs in the end zone for a 20-yard score that ended another long drive. Kelley then tossed a screen pass to Jones, who broke loose for a 39-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter and the Lions led 38-0. Kelley was 31-of -45 passing for 345 yards. Kovacs also had a 21-yard touchdown run to open the scoring. Jones finished with five catches for 85 yards and added 55 yards rushing. Rasean McKay threw for 238 yards with a pair of late touchdown passes for Florida A&M (9-3). - Southeastern Louisiana/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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2021 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Cole Kelley, Southeastern,...A four-time Offensive Player of the Week, Kelley currently ranks among the top-10 in single-season conference history in completion percentage (1st, 74.2), total offense (3rd, 4,824), passing yards (5th, 4,382), completions (6th, 339) and touchdown passes (7th, 38). In conference play, he completed 240-of-324 passes (74.1 percent) for 3,180 yards, 28 touchdowns and just three interceptions. Kelley also ran for 359 yards and 12 touchdowns against league foes. - Southland Conference Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley threw three touchdown passes and ran for a fourth in the first half and Southeastern Louisiana cruised to a 56-28 win over Northwestern State on Saturday. Kelly threw 39 yards to Anthony Spurlock on the Lions' opening drive, then punched it i n from the 1 to make it 14-0 after one quarter, threw 38 yards to Gage Larvadain and hit Spurlock again from 9 yards out with four seconds left in the half for a 35-7 halftime lead. Kelley threw a fourth touchdown pass in the third quarter, hitting Damie n Dawson from 35 yards out. Kelley finished 19 of 22 for 363 yards and four touchdowns without a turnover for Southeastern Louisiana (8-2, 6-1 Southland). Kaleb Fletcher was 22 of 36 for 226 yards and two touchdowns to lead Northwestern State (2-8, 2-5), but was picked off twice. Fletcher carried 20 times for 52 yards and two touchdowns. Curtis Williams carried 11 times for 96 yards. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score and Southeastern Louisiana beat McNeese 23-20 Saturday night for the Lions' sixth consecutive win. Kelley threw a 1-yard TD pass to Damien Dawson late in the third quarter that capped a 12-p lay 77-yard drive that gave Southeastern Louisiana (7-1, 5-0 Southland Conference) the lead for good at 10-7. McNeese went three-and-out on its ensuing drive and, on the Lions' next play from scrimmage, Kelley dropped an arcing pass into the arms of Aust in Mitchell who raced for a 77-yard touchdown and, after the PAT attempt was blocked, make it a nine-point lead.The Cowboys (3-5, 2-3) again went three-and-out before forcing Southeastern Louisiana to punt but Brennon Dingle forced returner Mason Pierce to fumble and Anthony Spurlock recovered at the McNeese 21. Four plays later, Kelley powered his way into the end zone from 1 yard out on a designed run to give the Lions a 23-7 lead with 8:11 to play. Deonta McMahon scored on a 3-yard run and Cod y Orgeron added a 7-yarder to pull McNeese within three points with 41 seconds left but Southeastern Louisiana recovered the onside kick to preserve the victory. Orgeron was 17-of-32 passing for 195 yards with a 20-yard TD pass to Pierce and finished wit h 20 carries for 95 yards for the Cowboys. - Southeastern Louisiana/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley completed 31-of-38 passes for 396 yards and five touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana beat Houston Baptist 61-24 on Saturday. Kelley completed passes to 13 different receivers and spread his five scores across four recipients. Kelley threw t wo touchdowns to Austin Mitchell. The Lions (5-0, 3-1 Southland Conference), ranked 11th in the FCS, reached double-digit point totals in each quarter: 13, 21, 10 and 17. They outgained the Huskies (0-6, 0-3) in total yards 634-295. Southeastern Louisian a entered the game averaging 556.6 yards and 48.6 points per game while leading the nation in third down conversion percentage (58.1%). The Lions were 8 for 12 on third down. Orion Olivas threw for three touchdowns for Houston Baptist. The Huskies's last win was Oct. 3, 2020 when they beat Eastern Kentucky 33-30. - Southeastern Louisiana/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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OCT 11 STATS FCS NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana, QB, Sr., 6-7, 260, Lafayette, Louisiana,...The reigning Walter Payton Award winner set career bests with five touchdown passes and seven total touchdowns while f ueling SLU's Top 25 win (58-48) over Nicholls in the Southland Conference. He completed 29 of 38 passes for 406 yards with one interception, and had 14 carries for 55 yards and two scores. He has accounted for 2,202 yards of total offense and 25 TDs in t he Lions' 4-1 start. Honorable Mention: Nic Baker, QB, Southern Illinois; Davis Cheek, QB, Elon; Jake Chisholm, RB, Dayton; Malik Grant, RB, Sacred Heart; Ren Hefley, QB, Presbyterian; Peterson Kerlegrand, RB, Indiana State; Isaiah Malcome, RB, Penn; Par ker McKinney, QB, Eastern Kentucky; Antoine Murray, WR, Howard; Xavier Shepherd, QB, Kennesaw State; Pierre Strong Jr., RB, South Dakota State; Mataio Talalemotu, WR, Portland State; Devin Wynn, RB, Furman. - STATS FCS Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley, the reigning Walter Payton Award winner, threw for 406 yards and five touchdowns as Southeastern Louisiana defeated Nicholls 58-48 in a Southland Conference free-for-all on Saturday. Kelley, for the second straight week, was also the Lions l eading rusher with 14 carries for 55 yards and two more touchdowns. Southeastern Louisiana (4-1, 2-0 Southland Conference), ranked No. 14 in the FCS coaches poll, trailed 7-0 just 2-1/2-minutes into the game. But Kelley fired two straight touchdown passe s - an 8-yarder to Nick Kovacs and 1-yard to Damien Dawson - before running into the end zone himself as the Lions grabbed a 21-7 lead and never trailed again.Nursing a 52-42 lead midway through the fourth quarter, Kelley fired his fifth touchdown pass - a 28-yarder to Ivan Drobocky - while being wrapped up in an imminent sack. Lindsey Scott kept Nicholls (2-3, 1-1) in the hunt with 298 yards passing with three touchdowns as well as rushing 16 times for 108 yards and another TD. It was Scott's fo urth-straight 100-yard rushing game. Dai’Jean Dixon had 11 catches for 171 yards for the Colonels, becoming just the 10th player in Southland history to reach 200 career receptions. He also set a program record with his twelfth 100-yard receiving game, passing Mark Carrier, who went on to an NFL career. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley threw for 391 yards and three touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana held off a late-charging McNeese 38-35 in a Southland Conference clash on Saturday. Kelley was 36-for-49 passing and overcame an interception on his first pass attempt of the game. McNeese turned the pick into a touchdown four plays later when Stephon Henderson ran in from the 1. Kelley knotted the score at 7-7 with a 13-yard scoring toss to Nick Kovacs on the Lions next possession and, after a McNeese three-and-out, Kelley ran in from the 1.Southeastern Louisiana (3-1, 1-0), ranked No. 15 in the FCS coaches poll, had scored 40 points in a school-record seven straight contests dating to last season. The Lions, ranked third in FCS with 554.7 yards of offense per game, gained 546 on Saturday. McNeese (1-4, 0-2), after trailing by 17 at halftime, scored 28 points in the second half, pulling within 38-35 on Mason Pierce's run from the 3-yard line. The Cowboys tried an onside kick, but Southeastern Louisiana recovered an d ran out the final 3:22, converting a fourth-and-1. Pierce had six catches for 79 yards and two touchdowns. Cody Orgeron went 14-for-23 passing for 246 yards and three touchdowns. Orgeron also ran 13 times for 77 yards. Until Saturday, the home team had won the previous seven meetings between the Lions and the Cowboys. - Southeastern Louisiana/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley threw for 444 yards and four touchdowns to help Southeastern Louisiana beat Central Connecticut 56-10 on Saturday. Kelley was 25-of-33 passing, and he also rushed for a touchdown. Kelley passed for 338 yards and two touchdowns in the first ha lf to help SE Louisiana lead 28-3. Austin Mitchell topped 100 yards receiving by halftime. Mitchell finished with 116 yards and a score, and CJ Turner added 119 yards receiving and two touchdowns for SE Louisiana (2-1), which dropped a 45-42 shootout at FBS foe Louisiana Tech last Saturday.The Lions have scored 40 points or more in seven straight games - the longest such streak in school history - dating to last season. Kelley connected with Mitchell for a 52-yard touchdown for a 14-3 lead. Jessi e Britt capped a four-play, 55-yard drive with a 1-yard score for a 21-3 lead, and Taron Jones ran for a 2-yard score to make it 28-3. Romelo Williams passed for 148 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Central Connecticut (1-2), which trave ls to Miami (Fla.) next week to face its second ACC opponent in program history. - Southeastern Louisiana/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana beat North Alabama 49-28 on Saturday in a season opener. Jaylen Gipson threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Tak Kennebrew to give North Alabama a 21-20 lead with 9:37 left in th e third quarter for its last lead of the game. Southeastern Louisiana proceeded to score three touchdowns in its next four drives and used a pick-6 to seal the deal. Taron Jones crashed in from three yards out, Kelley ran it from nine yards, Ferland Jord an intercepted Gipson and returned it 41 yards and Cephus Johnson III ran it in from 15 yards out to end the scoring. Gipson threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns for the Lions. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Former Arkansas quarterback Cole Kelley won the Walter Payton Award on Saturday as the best offensive player in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision. Kelley, who is in his second season at Southeastern Louisiana, is the 34th player to win the Pay ton Award, which is named for the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back who played college football at Jackson State. Before 1995, the Payton Award was presented to the most outstanding player in the FCS, but was changed to recognize the best offensive player after the Buck Buchanan Award was created for the nation's best defensive player.Past winners of the Payton Award include Steve McNair, Tony Romo, Brian Westbrook and Jimmy Garoppolo. Kelley received 16 first-place votes and edged Eastern W ashington quarterback Eric Barriere for the award. Kelley led the FCS with 2,662 passing yards and was fourth nationally with 18 touchdown passes during the 2020 season, which was played this spring due to the covid-19 pandemic. He also rushed for 7 touc hdowns and caught 2 touchdowns in 7 games. - Northwest Arkansas Times
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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NOV 11 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana, Jr., Quarterback, Lafayette, La.,...Kelley tied a single-game school record with four rushing touchdowns and completed 20-of-24 passes for 273 yards and another score. Ke lley was the catalyst for a Lion offense that racked up 490 total yards and helped Southeastern Louisiana earn its second win over a top-10 FCS team this season. Honorable Mention: Ife Adeyi, Sam Houston State; Shelton Eppler, Northwestern State; Julien Gums, Nicholls. - Southland Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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NOV 11 STATS FCS NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana, QB, Jr., 6-7, 260, Lafayette, Louisiana,...Kelley has been productive off the bench all season, and he came on to lead Southeastern Louisiana to a 34-0 win at th en-No. 7 Central Arkansas in the Southland Conference. The Arkansas transfer accounted for all five of the Lions' touchdowns, tying the school's single-game record with four on the ground and throwing for one more. He completed 20 of 24 passes for 273 ya rds and finished with 312 yards of total offense. With their second Top 10 win, the Lions moved into a four-way tie for first place in the conference.Honorable Mention: Eric Barriere, QB, Eastern Washington; JoJo Binda, RB, San Diego; Jason Brown, QB, Saint Francis; De'Montrez Burroughs, WR, South Carolina State; Ben DiNucci, QB, James Madison; Zane Dudek, RB, Yale; Bailey Fisher, QB, Tennessee Tech; Ulonzo Gilliam, RB, UC Davis; Elijah Ibitokun Hanks, RB, Chattanooga; Joe Logan, RB, Northern Ari zona; E.J. Perry, QB, Brown; JP Shohfi, WR, Yale; Kristian Wilkerson, WR, Southeast Missouri; Devin Wynn, RB, Furman. - STATS FCS Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley passed for a touchdown and ran for four more and Southeastern Louisiana beat Central Arkansas 34-0 on Saturday to move into a four-way tie for first in the Southland Conference standings. Kelley was 20-of-24 passing for 273 yards and added 15 carries for 39 yards. Central Arkansas (7-3, 5-2) was shutout for the first time since a 19-0 loss at Delta State on Oct. 7, 1995.Kelley's 9-yard touchdown run opened the scoring with 5:52 left in the first quarter and the Bears responded with a 12-play, 72-yard drive that stalled inside the 10 before Hayden Ray missed a 27-yard field-goal attempt. Kelley added a pair of 2-yard scoring runs to five Southeastern Louisiana (6-3, 5-2) a 21-0 lead at halftime. The Lions intercepted three passed in t he second half -- two by Ferlando Jordan -- and Kelley added a 6-yard TD pass to Javon Conner in the third quarter and a 1-yard scoring run in the fourth to cap the scoring. Central Arkansas, which went into the game averaging 314.4 yards passing, was li mited to 193. The Bears, who entered the weekend ranked No. 6 in the FCS Coaches poll, and Lions are tied with Nicholls and Sam Houston State atop the conference standings. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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Cole Kelley threw for a touchdown and ran for two more scores as Southeastern Louisiana moved ahead early and led all the way to beat Stephen F. Austin 47-30 on Saturday night. Kelley, who took over for starting quarterback Chason Virgil, had 77 yards pa ssing and 46 yards rushing for the Lions (5-3, 4-2 Southland Conference). Virgil threw for 122 yards and a score. Kelley ran for a touchdown late in the first quarter, but the 2-point conversion run failed, leaving it at 6-0. Following the kickoff, Xavie r Lewis intercepted Trae Self and returned it 15 yards, setting up an 8-yard touchdown run by Ed Magee four plays later.Kelley followed an SFA touchdown with his second scoring run, but the point after was blocked and the Lions led 19-7. The Lumbe rjacks (1-8, 1-5) tacked on a field goal before the break to make it 19-10 at halftime. Stephen F. Austin closed to 19-17 early in the third but would not get closer as the Lions scored four more touchdowns in the second half, including on a 65-yard inte rception return by Ferlando Jordan. Self had 332 yards and two touchdowns passing for the Lumberjacks. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) rSr/2022 QB Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana
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