[1] In his three seasons on the high school football field, he set state records in total yards and touchdowns.

[2] Due to his being named the starter, head coach Butch Davis was increasingly pressuring Kelly to focus exclusively on football.

[5] Kelly led the team to the number 19 ranking in the AP Poll until he was injured during a game against second-ranked Virginia Tech.

[3] Kelly ultimately led the Big East Conference in passing touchdowns and interceptions thrown despite having missed three full games.

[3] Kelly was selected in the second round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

[9] In February 2000, the Devil Rays restructured their agreement with Kelly and signed him to a four-year, $2.7 million contract to incentivize him to step away from football and focus on baseball.

[11] He made his debut on September 7 against the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field as a pinch runner for Aubrey Huff.

[15] Nonetheless, Kelly failed to reach the Major Leagues with the Mariners and was removed from the 40-man roster following the 2002 season.

Seattle re-signed Kelly to a minor league contract in 2003 but sent him at the trade deadline to the New York Mets in exchange for Rey Sanchez.

In the same game, he recorded his first Major League hit, driving in Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn with a single against Todd Williams of the Baltimore Orioles.

[19][20] He appeared in five more games with the Reds before undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus.

[24] Kelly finished the season on the roster and appeared in what would be the final 17 games of his Major League career.

[17] After being drafted by the Devil Rays, Kelly bought himself a 1985 Buick Regal with a VCR and monitor in the dashboard.