Possible Injury For Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly

This could be bad news for Chad Kelly. The former Ole Miss quarterback left his pro day after just 12 throws, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. It’s not immediately clear whether it’s his throwing hand, but he presumably wouldn’t have shut down his pro day if it were a non-throwing hand injury. Specifically, it’s a wrist injury, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter). He’s currently weighing whether he can return. Chad Kelly (vertical)

Kelly was once viewed as one of the top quarterbacks in the 2017 draft class. Unfortunately, he has major question marks surrounding him due to off-the-field issues and injury problems. A hand injury, if serious, will only hurt his stock even more. Before coming to Ole Miss, Kelly was tossed out of Clemson’s program for conduct detrimental to the team and had to spend a year at a community college. Last month, Kelly had to be held back during a brawl at a high school football game. Incidents like those plus his recent major surgery have put everything into flux.

Kelly recently received a go-ahead from Dr. James Andrews for a “35-45 play script” at the pro day. Kelly, according to his agent, came into today’s audition about 85% recovered from ACL and lateral meniscus tears.

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