Texas Football: S Greg Kelley wanting a return to the Longhorns
A familiar name to most Texas football fans for a wrongful conviction in recent years, former Eastern Michigan Eagles safety Greg Kelley is someone who remained in headlines for various reasons of late. Now that his name was cleared of the wrongful conviction and he’s back playing college football, Kelley is an interesting name to watch for Texas fans.
According to a report from Horns247 on May 4 (paid content), Kelley would like to make a return to the Forty Acres after he was admitted to the school in the spring semester last year. But in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas and former head coach Tom Herman didn’t take any walk-ons in spring ball. Thus Kelley wasn’t able to make the team last year.
Once Kelley figured out that the Longhorns weren’t taking on any additional walk-ons last spring, he put his name in the NCAA Transfer Portal. Eventually, he would land at Eastern Michigan, but he wouldn’t really get to play last fall since the program had a shortened season due to COVID-19 and a groin injury he reportedly suffered.
Greg Kelley making a potential return to the Texas football program?
There are no concrete reports at the moment that new Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and his coaching staff are looking into Kelley out of the transfer portal. But he did state in that piece with Horns247 this week that he would like to be closer to home and that the Longhorns would be an ideal landing spot to be close to family.
Moreover, Kelley did get to participate in Eastern Michigan’s spring game this offseason, and he reportedly recorded a pick in the process. That is a good sign potentially of what’s to come for Kelley as he looks to take his talents back to the state of Texas this year.
Kelley still has yet to play an actual down of football in regular season game action. His first opportunity could come this fall, depending on where he lands next.
And if Sark is willing to continue to look in the portal for help this offseason, Kelly could be a name to watch moving forward. This was already a busy offseason in the portal for the Longhorns, with their most recent addition coming in the form of former New Mexico State Aggies redshirt sophomore linebacker Devin Richardson.
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Texas finished up last season with a record of 7-3 (5-3 Big 12) under the direction of the former head coach Herman. Back on Jan. 2, the former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Sark replaced Herman as head coach.