Joe Kelly - #58 - LB - Washington - Profile

Continued to be an important part of the defense in his 2nd full season at OLB with the Jets ... will also be used as a MLB in 1992 ... totaled 63 tackles, 2 INT, 1 FF and 2 passes defensed ... was awarded defensive game ball in week 16 playoff-clinching win at MIA for his 4th quarter INT off Dan Marino at the NY3 ... acquired via trade from CIN for WR Reggie Rembert in 1990 ... played 12 games and started 11 in 1990 at RLB ... finished the season 8th on squad with 74 tackles along with 1 FR and 1 pass defensed ... missed the final 3 games with a knee injury ... started 16 games at RILB for CIN in 1989 and was credited with 68 tackles, 1 INT and one sack ... was the starting RILB in 1988 for all 16 games in addition to the playoffs and Super Bowl ... registered 61 tackles that season ... started 10 games at RILB in 1987 totalling 45 tackles and 1 sack ... played 16 games and started the final 7 at RILB as a rookie in 1986 ... was originally chosen by CIN in the 1st round as the 11th player picked in the 1986 draft ... was All-America LB and semi-finalist for the Dick Butkus Award honoring the top LB in the country as a senior at Washington ... enjoys playing dominoes ... currently co-owns New Horizon in Cincinnati (a firm that helps place minorities in jobs) ... would like to get into real estate development when his playing career is over ... has done charity work with burn victims and the United Way ... his uncle, Bob Kelly, played for HOU and CIN in the NFL ... has degree in criminology ... wife Kendra.

From 1992 Jets yearbook.