Jude Kelley

NIL OPPORTUNITIES - Enrolled in January 2023 - Transfer from Georgia Tech where he spent three seasons - Two years of eligibility remaining - December 2024 graduate (Applied Science) Career Stats (entering 2025) 2023: 8-10 FG (Long: 48) | 17-18 PAT | 41 Points | 20-29: 6-6 | 30-39: 1-1 | 40-49: 1-2 | 50+: 0-1 2024: 16-23 FG (Long: 49) | 36-36 PAT | 84 Points | 20-29: 3-4 | 30-39: 4-6 | 40-49: 9-12 | 50+: 0-1 Totals: 24-33 FG (Long: 49) | 53-54 PAT | 125 Points | 20-29: 9-10 | 30-39: 5-7 | 40-49: 10-14 | 50+: 0-2 Awards - All-SoCon: 2024 (2nd) - SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week (3x): Sept. 18, 2023; Oct. 14, 2024; Oct. 21, 2024 2024 (RS Junior) - Kicked in all 12 games...also served as a left-footed option at punter despite his right-footedness on placekicking. - 2nd team All-SoCon by the league...3rd team per Phil Steele. - 2-time SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week...scored 11 points at Furman making field goals from 24 and 42 yards as well as a spotless 5-5 record on PATs...added in a couple of touchback kickoffs after taking over those duties mid-game. - Also won for career-high 13 points in the win over VMI going 3-3 on field goals and 4-4 on PATs...good from 31, 48 and 44 yards out with the 48-yarder tying for his career long at the time. - 16-23 overall on field goals...long of 49 came against Samford...9-12 on kicks 40 or longer. - 16 FG made ties for third most in school history. - 12 punts for a 38.6 average...seven faircatches and four inside the 20...one punt of 50 yards. - Preseason All-SoCon per Phil Steele (3rd team). - Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll student. 2023 (Junior) - Played in four games before injury ended his season...scored 41 points going 8-10 on FG and 17-18 on PATs. - SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 18)...came after a 12-point performance in the SoCon-opening win over The Citadel going 6-6 on PATS and 2-2 on FGs...also reached double-digit points (11) in the win at Samford. - Long of 48 yards came in his final appearance at Samford. - 7-7 inside 40 yards and 1-3 beyond it. - Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll student. Prior to Chattanooga - Transfer from Georgia Tech with two years eligibility…played in 15 career games for the Yellow Jackets making three field goals (long of 45 yards) and 11-12 PATs. - Went 5-5 on onside kick attempts…that included a pair – one with 1:16 remaining in the game and one with 20 seconds to go – that helped GT nearly erase a 21-point deficit in the final four minutes of a 48-40 defeat at Virginia in 2021. - Hit a game-winning 32-yarder with 8:56 left on the clock in a 16-13 triumph over Florida State in his collegiate debut in 2020. - Prepped at Allatoona High School for Gary Varner…All-American and All-State as a senior, All-Region and All-County as a junior. - Chris Sailer National Kicker of the Year as a senior making 19-25 with a long of 54…made multiple 50 yarders in his high school career. - Also lettered in golf and soccer Personal - Born Nov. 22, 2001…son of Simon Kelley and Kim Kelley…younger brother, Gray, joined him on the Mocs kicking roster in 2024. - Business Management major.