Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly
Wins his gap play after play. Michael Kelly has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Charlotte. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Florida Atlantic — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Charlotte, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 27–26
vs Gardner-Webb
5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 INT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Bo Maile’s 2023 season.
Matches Bo on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nathan Reichert's graduate season at Ball State (2024).
Matches Nathan on