#17

Kyu Blu Kelly

Former cornerback at Stanford. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Stanford · Sr. · #17

6′1″ · 188 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 30 · #251 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceBaltimore — drafted 2023, Rd 5, Pick 23, #157 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 730 nationally · Signed with Bishop Gorman

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Stanford. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bishop Gorman in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Baltimore in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Stanford, 127 tackles — drafted at #157 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201912 games

Recruited3-star out of Bishop Gorman

202111 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202210 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

2023

Drafted by Baltimoreround 5, pick 157

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#730 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #157

Baltimore · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019

David Shaw

Stanford

2021–2022

David Shaw

Stanford

Played his entire career under David Shaw.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 4th NFL season

#157Rd 5 · Pick 23

BaltimoreEntering 4th NFL season

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2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under David Shaw — 10-26 over that span.

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #251 of 322?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#166 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#747 / 2755 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1101 / 2755 · 59th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2352 / 2755 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #251 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #251 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Stanford	34	25	0.0	0.0	6	--	--
2021	Stanford	58	42	0.0	0.0	11	2	--
2019	Stanford	35	29	1.5	1.0	5	1	--
Career		127	96	1.5	1.0	22	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. McKee — 288 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.9 · -4 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-10vs Colgate	3	1	—	0
Wk 2	L 28-41vs USC	1	1	—	0
Wk 4	L 22-40@ Washington	4	4	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-45@ Oregon	3	3	—	1
Wk 7	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	3	2	—	2
Wk 8	W 15-14vs Arizona State	3	2	—	1
Wk 9	L 13-38@ UCLA	7	4	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	L 14-52vs Washington State	1	0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-42@ Utah	2	2	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-27@ California	7	6	—	1
Total		34	25	—	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kyu Blu Kelly

201912 games

202111 games

202210 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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