Kyu Blu Kelly
Los Angeles Chargers·2nd yearKyu Blu Kelly is a CB for the Los Angeles Chargers (updated November 12, 2026).
STM Take
A Day Three corner just now cracking the rankings.
The case for
- Stanford Pac-12 5th-round draft pedigree plus three years of NFL survival gives him basic journeyman veteran value.
- Multi-team experience plus the year-three structural starter reps gives him the developmental runway.
The worry
- Single tier 8 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
- Las Vegas's broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year rebuild compresses the structural support around Kelly.
What to watch: Whether Kelly holds tier 8 or better in 2026 with the Raiders or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Full take and bio
First STTM ranking at tier 8 (#84) in year three for a 157th overall 5th-round pick puts Kelly on the developmental band for Day 3 CB prospects. The Stanford Pac-12 5th-round origin plus the change of scenery to Las Vegas give him basic college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Kelly crosses into tier 7 territory or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Kelly came out of Stanford as the Baltimore Ravens' 5th-round pick (157th overall) in 2023 and bounced through the Ravens before being acquired by the Las Vegas Raiders in 2025. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 8 (#84), the year-three developmental band for Day 3 CB prospects.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Zackary Bowman, Derek Cox, Trumaine Johnson. Built like: Joe Haden, Marcellas Dial, Rock Ya-Sin. Coming out: Kyler Gordon, Jaylon Johnson, Dane Jackson.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 5 starters, 11 backups, 2 didn't stick.
Kyu Blu Kelly Injury StatusNot listed
Kyu Blu Kelly is not on the injury report as of Nov 11. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 157 to the Baltimore Ravens in 2023, out of Stanford (Pac-12). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2019-2022, 42 games: 3 INT, 23 pass breakups, 147 tackles, 2 TFL.
What this pick usually becomes. Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.
Recruited
Class of 2019 · Cornerback · High school: Bishop Gorman, Las Vegas, NV
Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2019 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 67 of 4,453 recruits, and we grade only those boards.
College: Stanford 2019-22