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Joshua Kelley
26-Year-Old
Free Agent
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2024 Rush/Rec Stats
ATT
107
YDS
405
TD
2
YDS
32
TD
0
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
A fourth-round pick of the Chargers in 2020, Kelley's career 3.6 yards per carry in sporadic work over four years was as much a product of his frequent usage in short-yardage situations as it was a mark of his lack of explosiveness. Even when Austin Ekeler struggled last year, Kelley couldn't take advantage and establish himself as a reliable backfield option. Los Angeles remade its running back room in the offseason for new head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman, and Kelley wasn't re-signed after his rookie contract expired, putting his NFL future in question. Read Past Outlooks
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Cut by Giants
The Giants released Kelley on Sunday, Art Stapleton of The Bergen Record reports.
ANALYSIS
Kelley was a free agent for most of the offseason after playing in all 17 regular-season games for the Chargers in 2023, finishing with 405 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 107 carries. He caught on with the Giants on Aug. 15, and in his last preseason outing Saturday against the Jets, he rushed for 40 yards on eight carries. Kelley will look to sign with another team in need of backfield depth.
Kelley was a free agent for most of the offseason after playing in all 17 regular-season games for the Chargers in 2023, finishing with 405 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 107 carries. He caught on with the Giants on Aug. 15, and in his last preseason outing Saturday against the Jets, he rushed for 40 yards on eight carries. Kelley will look to sign with another team in need of backfield depth.
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Measurables Review
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How do Joshua Kelley's measurables compare to other running backs?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
Height
5' 11"Weight
212 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.49 secShuttle Time
4.28 secCone Drill
6.95 secVertical Jump
31.0 inBroad Jump
121 inBench Press
23 repsHand Length
9.63 inArm Length
31.63 in
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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After a brutal first two seasons with the Chargers, Kelley finally gained some traction in his third year. The 2020 fourth-round pick from UCLA was bottled up for just 456 yards and two touchdowns on 144 carries entering last year -- a mere 3.2 yards per carry -- so his still-mediocre 2022 box score of 287 yards and two touchdowns on 69 carries (4.2 YPC) marked a significant improvement. The Chargers seemingly played Kelley ahead of 2022 fourth-round pick Isaiah Spiller mostly because of blitz pickup and scheme familiarity. Losing that edge this season with a new offensive coordinator coming in could cost Kelley his job, even though Spiller is coming off an unimpressive rookie year with only 21 touches. The good news for Kelley is soft competition behind Austin Ekeler, with those two and Spiller joined by last year's fourth-stringer, Larry Rountree, and a few undrafted rookies.
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Latches on with G-Men
The Giants signed Kelley on Thursday, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports.
ANALYSIS
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Roster spot uncertain for '24
Kelley tallied two carries for one yard in Sunday's 13-12 loss to the Chiefs. He finished the season with 107 carries for 405 yards and two touchdowns to go along with an additional eight receptions for 32 yards.
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Low snap share again
Kelley tallied two carries for two yards in the 16-9 loss to the Broncos on Sunday.
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Negative yards on lone carry
Kelley lost two yards on his lone carry in Saturday's 24-22 loss to the Bills.
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A bit more playing time in blowout
Kelley tallied five carries for 22 yards and caught his lone target for six yards in Thursday's 63-21 throttling at the hands of the Raiders.
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Likely to get Week 4 start
Kelley, who's started the last two games for an injured Austin Ekeler, appears set to reprise his role as the No. 1 back in Sunday's Week 4 matchup against the Raiders with Ekeler listed as doubtful for the contest due to his ankle injury.
ANALYSIS
Kelley hasn't been able to capitalize on his opportunities, gaining a scant 51 yards on 24 carries and only adding one reception for five yards as a receiver in that pair of starts. However, those two games came against the stout run defenses of the Titans and Vikings. In contrast, Sunday's matchup versus the Raiders sees Kelley get a crack at a unit surrendering a more palatable 122.8 rushing yards per contest at 4.3 yards per carry.
Kelley hasn't been able to capitalize on his opportunities, gaining a scant 51 yards on 24 carries and only adding one reception for five yards as a receiver in that pair of starts. However, those two games came against the stout run defenses of the Titans and Vikings. In contrast, Sunday's matchup versus the Raiders sees Kelley get a crack at a unit surrendering a more palatable 122.8 rushing yards per contest at 4.3 yards per carry.