A round of applause to the first BYU football alumnus off the board in the 2026 NFL Draft, Jack Kelly! Kelly, a standout and source of terror for opposing quarterbacks across the Big 12 Conference during his years in Provo, was snagged in the sixth round by the New York Giants (I wiped the sweat off my forehead after initially believing he had gone to the cursed Jets).
A moment of celebration for the Cougars' top linebacker for the past few seasons (with all due respect to the incredibly dangerous Isaiah Glasker, whom I believe will be incredible in his final season at BYU), and may your NFL career emulate that of other Cougar greats -- Fred Warner comes to mind -- while blazing a trail all your own.
He began his stay with BYU after starring at Weber State under then-head coach Jay Hill, and joined his coach in the move to Utah Valley (the place, not the football-less university). Thank you for your time with BYU, go be great at the next level.
Joining the New York Giants means he'll be teaming up with another Utahn from his high school class, Jaxson Dart, but he's catching momentum for his comparisons with another New York Football Giant, a player he once battled with on the Big 12 gridiron.
The Giants just drafted the Cam Skattebo of linebackers ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/TIkGKrMCCr
— evin (@EvinKnowsBall) April 25, 2026
Cam Skattebo, the Giants' running back, took flight with Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State before taking his talents to the pros. Skattebo, a hard-nosed, stout-built maniac in the backfield has a killer instinct, and the competitive drive to literally run through a brick wall, should the NFL rulebook accomodate for installing that archetectural feature at the goal line, as I've been requesting for years.
Skattebo is a psycho, and I mean that in the best possible way.
Kelly shares a similar build to Skattebo, and though he likely won't carry the ball much or do anything off the field that could be classified as mentally unstable, Kelly is an absolute killer from the linebacker position, and nothing could stand in his way once he locks eyes with the quarterback.
Jack Kelly had 10 sacks & 12.5 TFL????? Hell ya!
— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) April 25, 2026
Jack Kelly is a shark. A merciless predator who hunts down anything and everything that looks vulnerable on the field, and the natural enemy of all quarterbacks. Behind shocking closing speed and exceptional focus, Kelly has all the beef and physicality you'd want in a pro-level linebacker, and he proved that year after year in Jay Hill's excellent defense. He'll get the same chance to prove that in New York.
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