TULANE: A returning letterwinner.

2006: Played in 11 games and missed the UTEP game due to injury... notched 12 tackles (seven solo), one stop for lost yardage, one forced fumble and one pass breakup... made his first career tackle at No. 10 LSU... registered two stops vs. SMU, Army, Southern Miss and Tulsa... came up with a stop for lost yardage at Tulsa... forced one fumble vs. SMU.

HIGH SCHOOL: A finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club's Defensive Player of the Year award... an all-Greater Houston choice as a senior... earned all-district honors in 2004 and 2005... his senior season, made 150 tackles with seven tackles for loss and five quarterback sacks... also blocked three punts and scored one touchdown off a blocked punt... Cy-Creek won the district and bi-district championships in his senior season, compiling an 8-4 record in Class 5A... a four-year letterwinner in baseball who also earned first team all-district honors on the diamond in 2004 and 2005... qualified for the Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: A finance major... born January 21, 1988, in San Antonio, Texas... one of three children of Mike and Terrie Kelley... named to the 2007 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and to Tulane's 3.0 Club.