Fresno State Athletics
2015 Football Roster
Roster
Anthoula Kelly
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Galena Park, Texas
- High School:
- Galena Park HS
Last updated on Jan. 21, 2019
2018 (Senior): Named an All-Mountain West First-Team selection … played in all 14 games with 12 starts ... registered 22 passes defended, ranking third in the FBS … tied for a team-best four interceptions and returned two of the four for touchdowns … the four interceptions tied for the most in the MW, which included being tied with teammate Juju Hughes … returned one interception 39 yards for a TD in Fresno State’s season opener versus Idaho on Sept. 1 and the second 70 yards in the season finale against Arizona State on Dec. 15 in the Las Vegas Bowl … registered two INTs in the season opener versus Idaho on Sept.1, one more at Nevada on Oct. 6 and the fourth in the season finale versus Arizona State in the bowl game … logged a season-high four pass breakups in the 27-3 win over Wyoming (Oct. 13) … recorded 62 tackles (48 solo) … had a career-high nine tackles against Boise State on Nov. 9 … logged one forced fumble on Sept.8 at Minnesota … logged a blocked field goal on Sept. 1 versus Idaho that led to a 74-yard TD return by teammate Jaron Bryant .
2017 (Junior): Made 10 starts, including nine-straight to close the season, and played in all 14 games … was the team’s seventh leading tackler with 45 on the season, 37 were solo stops … recorded first career interception on Nov. 11 at Hawai’i, a game-clinching interception with 2:14 remaining in the game … registered first three career tackles for loss in 2017, starting with Sept. 2 vs. Incarnate Word (1.0), followed by at No. 6 Washington on Sept. 16 (1.0) and at Boise State in the Mountain West Championship on Dec. 2 (1.0) … tallied a team-high eight pass breakups, including a single-game high three on Nov. 4 at BYU … with six tackles in the season-opener, set a single-game career-high against Incarnate Word on Sept. 2 that would be matched with two more six tackle outputs in games against New Mexico (Oct. 14) and UNLV (Oct. 28).
2016 (Sophomore): Played in seven games and made one start … first career start was at Utah State on Oct. 22 … recorded eight tackles and two pass breakups in 2016 … tallied a single-game season-high four tackles at Colorado State on Nov. 5 … returned one kickoff for 13 yards at Nebraska on Sept. 3.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in nine games on the season … posted 16 tackles on the year … his season-high was five stops in week two at No. 14 Ole Miss.
2014 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Played quarterback, wide receiver, cornerback and safety while also seeing time as a punt and kick returner for the Yellowjackets ... was the 2013 24-4A District Offensive MVP at quarterback ... rushed 156 times for 1,320 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior while also throwing for 922 yards and seven more TDs under coach Dave Handal ... was a first-team All-District 34-4A wide receiver during junior season of 2012 under coach Ray Zepeda ... had 998 all-purpose yards and nine total touchdowns ... caught 20 passes for 348 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for 237 yards and two scores in 2012 ... also had two interceptions during his junior season ... was also a guard on the basketball team who averaged 7.4 points, had 143 assists, 73 steals and 25 blocks during junior season.
Personal: Born in Houston, Texas ... son of Tangernika and Anthoula Kelly, Sr. ... has one younger brother, Amarion ... communication major at Fresno State.
