#29

Silas Kelly

Senior linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 109 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

LB · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #29

6′4″ · 230 lb · Mount Airy, MD

CFB Index 83 · #40 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCoastal Carolina 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Coastal Carolina. 2021: 109 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Coastal Carolina in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2859 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Coastal Carolina, 339 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Coastal Carolina2-star out of South Carroll Sr.

202010 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202112 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2859 national

CFB

College

Coastal Carolina

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

2018

Joe Moglia

Coastal Carolina

era →

2019–2021

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jamey Chadwell → Joe Moglia. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Coastal Carolina3-9HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Joe Moglia · Run-heavy

2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #40 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#33 / 2743 · 99th pct

109

Tackles for loss#183 / 2743 · 93rd pct

9.0

Solo tackles#215 / 2743 · 92nd pct

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Sacks#443 / 2743 · 82nd pct

2.5

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road5g	7.8	1.4	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	9.3	0.9	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #40 of 578 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Coastal Carolina	109	43	9.0	2.5	2	1	--
2020	Coastal Carolina	80	39	6.5	4.0	--	1	--
2019	Coastal Carolina	15	11	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Coastal Carolina	60	31	3.0	1.0	3	--	--
2017	Coastal Carolina	75	39	5.5	1.5	1	--	--
Career		339	163	25.0	9.0	6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 52–14

vs The Citadel

5 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 38-point win at home against The Citadel.

With G. McCall — 262 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.6 · 24 rush yds (2 car) · J. Heiligh — 6 rec · 133 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-14vs The Citadel	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 49-22vs Kansas	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-25@ Buffalo	10	9	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 53-3vs Massachusetts	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 59-6vs UL Monroe	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 52-20@ Arkansas State	6	5	1.5	1.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-30@ App State	9	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-28vs Troy	10	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-8@ Georgia Southern	6	2	2.5	0.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 11	L 40-42vs Georgia State	12	6	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 12	W 35-21vs Texas State	11	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-21@ South Alabama	8	3	1.0	1.0	1	0
Total		95	40	8.0	2.5	1	2

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

Silas Kelly

2016

202010 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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