Joshua Kelley is an RB out of UCLA. The tier model reads him as a role player — 2% elite, 4% starter.
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Physical, downhill runner best-suited for gap-scheme rushing attack.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He's a tough runner with short-yardage ability and maybe even third-down value.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a rotational-RB.
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“…Physical, downhill runner best-suited for gap-scheme rushing attack. On most carries, it feels like Kelley is playing a game of chicken against defenders when he ducks his head and hits the accelerator into contact. He's going to create some yardage after contact and break tackles here and there, but he tends to become a tackle magnet who is not able to make tacklers miss. He's a tough runner with short-yardage abili…”
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