Oklahoma State University Athletics
2024 Cowboy Football Roster
Roster
Aden Kelley
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Thomas, OK
- High School:
- Thomas-Fay-Custer
2024 Academic All-Big 12
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12 (4.0 GPA)
A strong player who has played a role on special team and defense ... A versatile athlete who played on both sides of the ball in high school and excelled at basketball and track and field.
2024 (Junior): Honored on the Academic All-Big 12 team for a third straight year and on the CSC Academic All-District team for a second straight year ... Played in all 12 games, making one solo tackle that came in the season finale at Colorado.
2023 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team member ... Played in 11 games, seeing time on special teams and the defensive line ... Recorded a solo tackle at UCF ... Served as a game captain against Kansas.
2022 (Freshman): One of three Cowboys and 14 total Big 12 players honored as a first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree while maintaining a 4.00 grade point average ... Played in six games, recording four tackles, all of which came against UAPB and were solo stops ... Had one tackle for loss ... Also appeared against Kansas State, Kansas, Iowa State, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
2021: Redshirt ... Played in the season opener against Missouri State and again in the Kansas game ... Made one assisted tackle in the season opener.
High School: Played for coach Bob Ward at Thomas-Fay-Custer … Led the Terriers to a 13-2 record and state runner-up finish as a senior … Racked up more than 80 tackles … Garnered 71 tackles in 2019 leading his team to an appearance in the Class A quarterfinals … A three-sport athlete who also excelled at basketball and track and field … Finished third in Oklahoma’s Class A shot put championship and fifth in Oklahoma’s Class A discus championship in 2019 … A member of Future Farmers of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the FBC Youth Group in his community … Rated as a four-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … Ranked a top-five player in the state of Oklahoma by major recruiting services … Tabbed the No. 12 defensive tackle in the nation by 247Sports … The Oklahoman put him at No. 11 in its Super 30 Rankings for the state’s top recruits in the 2021 class … Committed to play in the 2021 All-American that was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Chose Oklahoma State over TCU, Iowa State and many other Power Five schools.
Personal: Born in Oklahoma City … Son of Martin and Jennifer Kelley … An aspiring auctioneer ... Studying in the agricultural college at OSU.
