- Chris Kelsay
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Chris Kelsay No. 90 Buffalo Bills Outside Linebacker Personal information Date of birth: October 31, 1979 Place of birth: Auburn, Nebraska Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight: 261 lb (118 kg) Career information College: Nebraska NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48 Debuted in 2003 for the Buffalo Bills Career history - Buffalo Bills (2003–present)
Career highlights and awards - 2× Second-team All-Big 12 (2001, 2002)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2010 Tackles 347 Sacks 22.5 INTs 3 Stats at NFL.com Christopher Kelsay (born October 31, 1979 in Auburn, Nebraska) is an American football outside linebacker who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Bills in the second round (48th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft and was the 6th defensive end selected in the draft. He played collegiately at Nebraska. Kelsay was married on March 13, 2004; his wife’s name is Natalie and they had a daughter, Harper, on February 9, 2006.
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Early years
He attended Auburn High School, in Auburn, Nebraska. He was an all-state defensive lineman as a senior after recording 142 tackles (69 solos), 14 sacks, 3 fumbles forced, and two fumble recoveries. In 1996 he was an all-state linebacker, leading Auburn to the state semifinals. He also played tight end on offense. In basketball he was a two-time All-Class C-1 basketball selection, averaging 16 points and 8.4 rebounds a game, in helping Auburn to a 17-3 record in 1997-98. In track, he finished fifth in the Class B shot put and had a personal-best throw of 56-11½.
College career
Then he went on to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers for college football. He was inducted into the NCAA scholar-athlete Hall of Fame in 2002. In 43 games at Nebraska, recorded 135 tackles (61 solos) with 13 sacks, 33 stops for losses, 43 quarterback pressures, 9 pass deflections and 2 forced fumbles He earned Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honors in each of his last three seasons and in 2002 was a National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete ($18,000 postgraduate scholarship recipient) As a senior started the first six and final three games at right defensive end and recorded 38 tackles (17 solos) with seven sacks, 13 stops for losses and 18 QB pressures and was Second-team All-Big 12 Conference. As a junior he was a Second-team All-America selection by Football News as well as a Second-team Consensus All-Big 12 Conference pick after starting every game at right defensive end and recording a career-high 52 tackles (27 solos) with five sacks and 17 stops for losses. He graduated in December 2002 with a 3.6 GPA and a degree in finance.
Professional career
Selected in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft (48th overall) by the Buffalo Bills and was the sixth defensive end selected in the draft. As a rookie Kelsey played in 16 games and made 18 tackles, In 2004 he played 16 games and made nine starts and recorded 40 tackles and 4.5 sacks along with 14 QB pressures. In 2005 he started all 16 games and made 41 tackles and 2.5 sacks. Kelsey produced a career season in 2006 where saw career highs in tackles with 88 and sacks posting 5.5.He was about to enter the free agent market in 2007 but was re-signed before free agency started to a 4-year, $23 Million deal. He has played in every game since 2003. In 2007 he was voted as a defensive captain and started the first 11 of the season and missed the rest due to injuries.[1]
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Buffalo Bills 2003 NFL Draft selections Willis McGahee • Chris Kelsay • Angelo Crowell • Terrence McGee • Sam Aiken • Ben Sobieski • Lauvale Sape • Mario HagganBuffalo Bills current roster Active roster 4 Tyler Thigpen | 8 Brian Moorman | 9 Rian Lindell | 13 Steve Johnson | 14 Ryan Fitzpatrick | 16 Brad Smith | 18 Naaman Roosevelt | 19 Donald Jones | 20 Johnny White | 21 Leodis McKelvin | 22 Fred Jackson | 23 Aaron Williams | 24 Terrence McGee | 25 Da'Norris Searcy | 26 Justin Rogers | 27 Reggie Corner | 28 C. J. Spiller | 29 Drayton Florence | 31 Jairus Byrd | 37 George Wilson | 38 Corey McIntyre | 43 Bryan Scott | 44 Terrence Wheatley | 50 Nick Barnett | 51 Chris White | 52 Arthur Moats | 54 Andra Davis | 55 Kelvin Sheppard | 57 Danny Batten | 58 Kirk Morrison | 59 Antonio Coleman | 60 Kraig Urbik | 65 Garrison Sanborn | 67 Andy Levitre | 70 Eric Wood | 71 Sam Young | 72 Kellen Heard | 74 Colin Brown | 75 Chris Hairston | 76 Chad Rinehart | 77 Demetrius Bell | 79 Erik Pears | 82 Ruvell Martin | 84 Scott Chandler | 85 Lee Smith | 86 David Nelson | 90 Chris Kelsay | 91 Spencer Johnson | 92 Alex Carrington | 95 Kyle Williams | 96 Torell Troup | 98 Dwan Edwards | 99 Marcell Dareus
Reserve lists 11 Roscoe Parrish (IR) | 15 Felton Huggins (IR) | 33 Jon Corto (IR) | 36 Bruce Hall (IR) | 53 Reggie Torbor (IR) | 56 Shawne Merriman (IR) | 81 Marcus Easley (IR) | -- Ed Wang (IR)
Practice squad 46 Doyle Miller | 47 Joshua Nesbitt | 62 Keith Williams | 69 Michael Jasper | 83 Mike Caussin | 88 Kamar Aiken | 97 Lionel Dotson | -- Jay Ross
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name Kelsay, Chris Alternative names Short description Date of birth October 31, 1979 Place of birth Auburn, Nebraska Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1979 births
- American football defensive ends
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- Buffalo Bills players
- Living people
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