56 Facts About Kareem Kelly

Kareem Kelly was born on April 1,1981 and is an American former professional football wide receiver.

Kareem Kelly was selected by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft.

Kareem Kelly was a member of the Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears of the NFL, the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League, the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, and the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.

Kareem Kelly played football at the high school level at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.

Kareem Kelly had one game with 8 catches for 181 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Kareem Kelly starred on the schools track team, which won the 1997 and 1998 state titles.

Kareem Kelly was the 1999 state champion in the 100 and 200, and ran a leg on the state meet record setting 400 meter relay squad.

In 1999, Kareem Kelly had the best season that any Pac-10 freshman wide receiver ever had.

Kareem Kelly set Pac-10 and USC freshman records for most catches and receiving yards.

Kareem Kelly was third in the Pac-10 in receiving yards.

Kareem Kelly was the only Trojan with a catch in every game in 1999.

Kareem Kelly had 4 outings with 100 receiving yards.

Kareem Kelly was named the 1999 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and to the 1999 The Sporting News Freshman All-American second-team.

Kareem Kelly began his USC career catching 5 passes for a game-best 104 yards at Hawaii.

Kareem Kelly had 5 catches for 87 yards at University of Oregon, 3 receptions for 56 yards against Oregon State, and then 6 catches for 100 yards at Arizona.

Kareem Kelly caught 8 passes for 129 yards against Stanford, then had 9 catches for 170 yards with a 72-yard touchdown at Cal.

Kareem Kelly had 6 catches for 51 yards against Arizona State, added a 10-yard reception at Washington State, had 3 grabs for 32 yards against UCLA and 1 for 7 yards versus Louisiana Tech.

Kareem Kelly started at wide receiver as a sophomore in 2000.

Kareem Kelly started 8 times at split end and once at flanker.

Kareem Kelly missed the Arizona game after spraining his ankle and straining his quadriceps at Oregon State.

Kareem Kelly was the much-used backup in the other 2 games.

Kareem Kelly had 2 catches for 15 yards against Penn State, then a career-best 10 catches for 145 yards against Colorado.

Kareem Kelly had 1 for 11 yards at Oregon State before suffering a strained right quad which sidelined him for the Arizona contest.

Kareem Kelly returned for the Oregon game and had 3 catches for 45 yards.

Kareem Kelly had a team-best 4 catches for 51 yards at Stanford, then a game-high 5 catches for 42 yards against California and 6 receptions for a game-high 85 yards at Arizona State.

Kareem Kelly had a game-high 7 catches for 114 yards against Washington State, then a game-high 6 catches for 91 yards at UCLA and 4 catches for a game-best 91 yards against Notre Dame.

Kareem Kelly started for his third season at wide receiver as a junior in 2001.

Kareem Kelly had a pair of 100-yard receiving games in 2001.

Kareem Kelly was on the "Watch List" for the 2001 Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's top receiver.

Kareem Kelly had 3 catches for 18 yards in the San Jose State opener and returned a punt 10 yards, then added 7 grabs for 75 yards against Kansas State.

Kareem Kelly had 4 catches for a game-high 165 yards at Oregon, including a 93-yard touchdown.

Kareem Kelly had a game-high 6 receptions for 46 yards against Stanford.

Kareem Kelly added 5 receptions for 127 yards versus Arizona State, 2 catches for 16 yards at Notre Dame, 5 grabs for 64 yards at Arizona and 5 catches for 73 yards against Oregon State.

Kareem Kelly caught 2 passes for 3 yards against UCLA and ran 2 reverses for 6 yards.

Kareem Kelly added a team-high 3 receptions for 33 yards against Utah.

Kareem Kelly started for his fourth year at wide receiver as a senior in 2002.

Kareem Kelly did not start 2 mid-season games, but he did play in those contests.

Kareem Kelly missed part of 2002 spring practice with a hamstring strain.

Kareem Kelly caught a game-best 6 passes for 66 yards with a touchdown against Auburn and returned 2 punts for 0 yards.

Kareem Kelly had 4 catches for 36 yards at Colorado and returned 4 punts for 31 yards.

Kareem Kelly had a game-best 8 catches for 66 yards at Washington State.

Kareem Kelly caught 3 passes for 19 yards against California, including a 6-yard touchdown.

Kareem Kelly had 3 receptions for 69 yards at Stanford.

Kareem Kelly had 3 catches for 12 yards against Notre Dame to get a share of the USC career reception record and the Pac-10 and NCAA records for consecutive games with a reception.

Kareem Kelly was invited to play in the 2003 East-West Shrine Game.

Kareem Kelly owns USC's career pass catching record.

Kareem Kelly is second on the USC list for receiving yards, behind Johnnie Morton's 3,201.

Kareem Kelly had a catch in all 48 games he played as a Trojan, tying the Pac-10 record with Keenan Howry of Oregon, which has since been broken by Michael Larkin of Miami University.

Kareem Kelly did not return to the track squad after spring football drills because of a slight hamstring strain.

Kareem Kelly was selected in the 2003 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints.

Kareem Kelly played in all four preseason games, but was released prior to the start of the regular season.

Kareem Kelly was on the practice squads of the Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears.

Kareem Kelly signed a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League on November 2,2005.

Kareem Kelly signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League in May 2006, but was cut.

Kareem Kelly later retired from football but returned to sign a contract with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League in 2010.

Kareem Kelly later opened a full-service laundromat, International Wash, in Compton, California.