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Campbell University

2023 Football Roster

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5 Jalen Kelsey

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Gainesville, Fla.
  • Highschool Gainesville HS

Biography

2021: Collected 22 catches for 408 yards and four touchdowns for the season…Played in 10 games on the year, making four starts at wide receiver…Ranked 17th in the Big South in receiving yards as one of 14 conference targets with four or more receiving TDs…Collected 90 or more yards receiving twice, including a high of 97 on four catches with a touchdown against Hampton…Also tallied 90 yards on a season-high six catches at Charleston Southern…Added touchdowns against Presbyterian, North Alabama and Robert Morris…Picked up 65 yards receiving on four catches with a TD in CU’s season finale at Robert Morris…Added 60 yards and another score in a win at Robert Morris…Phil Steele Third Team Preseason All-Big South…

2020: Named Preseason Third Team All-Big South by Phil Steele…Collected 18 catches for a team-high 221 yards and a touchdown…Also returned four kickoffs for 66 total yards…Started all four games for the Camels at wide receiver…Only Camel with double digit catches in 2020…Hauled in six catches for 66 yards in CU’s opener at Georgia Southern, including a 20 yard TD with 15 seconds remaining, bringing Campbell within 27-26 against the FBS Eagles…Tied a season-best with six catches at Wake Forest, adding 62 yards, along with a 29 yard kick return…Made three grabs for 61 yards at Appalachian State…Also made three catches for 32 yards at Coastal Carolina…

2019: Named third team All-Big South by Phil Steele…Big South Freshman of the Week (9/23) after posting two catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Davidson...Hauled in 537 yards, the second-most ever by a CU freshman and sixth-most by a Camel in a single season, and seven touchdowns on 30 catches…His seven TDs are the second-most by a Campbell rookie and third-most ever by a Camel overall…Played in 10 games, making seven starts at wide receiver, including CU’s final five games…Returned 12 kicks for 251 yards, including a long of 36 yards in back to back games at Gardner-Webb and North Alabama…Averaged 20.9 yards per kick return…Three of his first four career catches went for touchdowns…Totaled 166 yards with four catches for 31 yards, adding a TD, and 135 kick return yards on five attempts in a triple OT win at GWU…Topped 100 yards in a win over Hampton, making four catches for 104 yards and two touchdowns…Posted 41 yards with a touchdown on two catches in a win over Shaw…Posted 57 yards on two grabs in a win over Mercer…Tallied 57 yards receiving and 62 kick return yards against nationally ranked Kennesaw State…Registered 91 yards on eight catches against Monmouth, tied for the fifth most catches in CU single game history…Finished the season with five grabs for 75 yards and a touchdown at Charleston Southern…

Prep/Personal: Ranked the No. 129 FCS recruit in the 2019 class by HERO Sports…Named 6A First Team All-State by FloridaHSFootball.com in 2018…Posted 1,124 receiving yards with nine touchdowns, plus two rushing scores, as a senior at Gainesville High School…Earned a spot on the Gainesville Sun’s Super 11 team…Earned first team all-area and second team all-state accolades as a junior, catching 49 passes for 949 yards with nine touchdowns and a long catch of 73 yards…Served as a team captain for the Hurricanes, also lettering in weightlifting and basketball…Coached by Patrick Miller…Full name is Jalen Omri Kelsey…Born Jan. 27, 2001…Son of Keith Kelsey and Yahna Young…Father, Keith Kelsey, Sr. starred at the University of Florida as a linebacker for the Gators’ 1996 National Championship team and spent time on multiple NFL training camp rosters, while his older brother, Keith Kelsey, Jr., also a linebacker, is a current member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, playing collegiately at Louisville…

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    6'2" 180 lbs
    11
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

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    6'2" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Redshirt Junior

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    6'2" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Redshirt Senior

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    6'2" 180 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Graduate Student

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    6'2" 180 lbs
    5