Back in June, erstwhile Clemson quarterback Chad Kelly visited Alabama before heading off to the Mississippi junior college he is playing for in 2014.
Three months later, however, the nephew of former Miami Hurricane and Buffalo Bill great Jim Kelly still has his eyes on the Tide.
In a tweet posted to his personal Twitter account early Friday afternoon, Kelly revealed that he will again be visiting the Tuscaloosa school. Just when and why he will be visiting again is unknown, although he could be in town for the Tide’s home opener against FAU Saturday.
In a subsequent tweet, Kelly also expressed some level of interest in Florida State -- while also stating that he’d picked a very interesting game involving the Seminoles to attend.
Kelly is already has two games into his JUCO career, passing for 385 yards and four touchdowns Thursday night in helping top-ranked East Mississippi push its record to 2-0 on the season. Regardless of how well he performs in this JUCO stint, however, he’ll need to be thoroughly vetted by whichever FBS team ultimately brings him in.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney announced April 14 that Kelly had been dismissed from the team for “conduct detrimental to our program.” Kelly, benched following a couple of interceptions, verbally sparred with assistant coaches during the spring game, which triggered the dismissal.
Kelly, along with Cole Stoudt and DeShaun Watson, had been part of a three-headed competition to replace long-time starter Tajh Boyd prior to getting the wrong end of Dabo’s boot.
A four-star member of the Tigers’ 2012 recruiting class, Kelly was rated as the No. 4 dual-threat quarterback in the country and the No. 1 player at any position in the state of New York. After playing at the JUCO level in 2014, Kelly will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2015.