ODESSA, Texas – Graduate Student Hayden Kelly has been named to the Associated Press Division II All-American football team.  He was selected to the second team, the fourth time in the last six years that a Falcon has earned all-american honors.

Kelly had 68 solo tackles with 46 assists for 114 total tackles, 13.5 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, recovered a fumble and forced a fumble.  He had six double-figure tackles games including four in  a row.  Kelly also became just the third player in program history to have 200 career tackles.

Kelly was a two-time Lone Star Conference (LSC) Defensive Player of the Week, LSC Linebacker of the Year, All-LSC first team, Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas Non-FBS team and NCAA DII Conference Commissioners Association (CCA) All-Super Region 4 first team.  He currently ranks 4^th in solo tackles per game (5.7) and 13^th in total tackles per game (9.5) in the country.

- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN -