AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN — 2020-21
Season: Appeared in five games…Hauled in two rebounds in 12 minutes of action.
at No. 15 Virginia Tech (12/8): Played three minutes in collegiate debut. Purdue (2/26): Grabbed a pair of offensive rebounds in four minutes of action.
AS A FRESHMAN — 2019-20
Utilized a redshirt year.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Lettered in both basketball and football...Selected for all-conference honors in both sports at Virginia Episcopal School (VES) and was the Bishops’ MVP...Earned all-state honors in football...Posted 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and one block per game at VES as a junior as team advanced to state championship semifinals...Won “Coaches Award” following his junior season...Played final year of basketball at IMG Academy and served as team captain...Finished career with 223 points at IMG for more than 1,000 total...Averaged 7.5 points, four rebounds and two assists per game as part of Ascenders’ national tournament team...Started high school career at Pinnacle High School in Arizona with 295 points (11.3 ppg), and averaged six rebounds per game with a 0.8 per game blocked shot average as a sophomore...Helped Pioneers to state championship semifinals that year...Earned all-conference honors...Voted “Most Improved” player and selected for leadership academy...Played for AAU Team Loaded for two years and was a member of the 2018 AAU national championship team...Was also a member of the 2016 AAU Las Vegas Invitational championship team during his three years with AAU Arizona Prospects...Invited to Elite 100...Rated by Rivals.com as a three-star prospect...Selected by students and faculty, and appointed by the headmaster, to serve on Consular Body and Alpha Order at VES, a group of seniors who represents the best of the institution and served as an ambassadors for VES as a resident advisors and duty team member.
PERSONAL
Full name is Patrick Joseph Kelly III...Son of Kari and the late Patrick Kelly II...Father played football at Syracuse and was a member of the Orange’s 1987 undefeated squad before playing in the NFL (1988-1993) for the Denver Broncos and New York Jets...Participates in the Big Brother program...Intends to major in business...Born on November 10, 1999, in Salem, Massachusetts.