Todd Kelly

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Anybody remember this guy? He was my favorite player growing up, and for some reason, I can't really remember why. What are your favorite Todd Kelly memories, and who are your favorite "unsung heroes"?

(also have to add that Tori Noel was the man!)
 
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Todd Kelly isn't really ringing any bells for me... As for Noel I will always remember that hit he put on Alabama in 95
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
i know an Andy K. but not Todd, maybe before my time
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Think he played like 89-92 or something.
 
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former DE, around 1992. Drafted by the 49ers.

edit: I'm 26, i was 11 at the time, don't remember a lot about him, just him. Am i old?
 
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I have a Todd Kelly 58 jersey. I got it at my first game in Neyland vs. Ark. in 92. We lost. We also lost the next two weeks to bama and scar. I never wore the jersey again after the losing streak. That losing streak ended Majors career...I am getting that jersey back out.
 
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Also, my aunt worked on the playground near world's fair park with Todd Kelly. She said he was a really nice guy.
 
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I had the great honor of meeting Mr. Kelly and let me say he was a wonderful man to meet. He still lives in Knoxville and I think he is a medical distributor if Im not mistaken.

He was a captain on the 1992 team and had to help the team thru all the political stuff (Majors vs Fulmer) happening then.
 
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I'm only 28, but I remember Todd Kelly and Tori Noel. Everything I rmemeber about Todd has alreayd been said. Noel was, if memory serves, a heck of a safety. He played the run really well and had decent coverage skills. He played with the Broncos for a few years and he hurt his neck in training camp in the late 90's. They found out it was a recurring herniated disc and he was forced to retire.
 
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I remember Tori Noel, he wasn't the guy you wanted to meet going across the middle. Heath Shuler was my childhood favorite for all the obvious reasons. I still have my #21 hat that he signed for me.
 
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I remember that 92 UF game. We had some great D linemen during those years.
 
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i saw tori noel coaching one of the memphis teams a couple of yeard ago. i think it was Ridgway maybe.
 
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ledhed43 said:
I remember Tori Noel, he wasn't the guy you wanted to meet going across the middle. Heath Shuler was my childhood favorite for all the obvious reasons. I still have my #21 hat that he signed for me.
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Noel could definitely lay the wood. If my memory seves me correctly, I remember him laying out one of bama's receivers in the '95 game and then doing the same thing to Shaun Alexander in '97 when Ut went back to Legion field.
 
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Todd Kelly and Chuck Smith made up one heck of a combination at DE.
 
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Tyrone Hines was from Brownsville- played for Haywood Co. Tomcats
Saved us from defeat by returning a fumble for a TD against Vandy.

Earnest Fields was from Milan as was John Fisher (center).
Jeff Smith TE is also Milan alum and former Vol-caught a TD against Miami in the '85 Sugar Bowl. 2nd score of the night if memory serves.
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
i know an Andy K. but not Todd, maybe before my time
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if you know andy k. then todd kelly wasn't before you're time. todd kelly was a monster at defensive end in the early 1990's, especially his senior year in '92. spent a little time with 49ers in the nfl.
 
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