{"id":38318,"date":"2017-03-16T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=38318"},"modified":"2017-03-16T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T18:31:12","slug":"has-chad-kellys-career-hit-the-end-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/has-chad-kellys-career-hit-the-end-of-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Chad Kelly&#8217;s Career Hit the End of the Road?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Is <strong>Chad Kelly<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytopsportsbooks.com\/free-picks\/ncaa-college\/favorites-for-2017-heisman-trophy\">Mr. Irrelevant<\/a>? One website thinks so and with the 2017 <strong>NFL Draft<\/strong> nearing, he is picked to go late sixth round, possibly even in that heralded last spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytopsportsbooks.com\/free-picks\/ncaa-college\/favorites-for-2017-heisman-trophy\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kelly_01-650.jpg?resize=150%2C238\" alt=\"Chad Kelly (Swag) - Photograph by Shelby Rayburn - \u00a9 2015 The Local Voice.\" width=\"150\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kelly_01-650.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kelly_01-650.jpg?resize=646%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 646w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kelly_01-650.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>At <strong>Ole Miss<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/mtt\/chad_kelly_946513.html\">Kelly<\/a> led the Rebels to instant success before suffering a season ending injury mid-way through his senior year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In his first season with the Rebels,\u00a0Kelly finished with a 10\u20133 record and became the first Ole Miss quarterback to lead the Rebels with victories over <strong>Alabama<\/strong>, <strong>Auburn<\/strong>, and <strong>LSU<\/strong> in the same season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The second year didn\u2019t go as planned, with the defense blowing big leads to <strong>Florida State<\/strong> and Alabama early on and the Rebels never recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After Kelly left Ole Miss, he was <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/news\/former-ole-miss-qb-chad-kelly-barred-from-nfl-combine-165731839.html\">barred<\/a> from the NFL Combine with sources citing his off the field record for the league\u2019s non-interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As Ole Miss football awaits its destiny from the <strong>NCAA<\/strong> for the Kelly years, one thing is apparent, no one believes in Chad Kelly, and that\u2019s the way he likes it. The former Rebel signal caller has always been a buck the system type of guy and it would not surprise many in Oxford to see him become successful at the professional level. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14544 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Chad Kelly Mr. Irrelevant? 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