Broncos backup quarterback Chad Kelly was charged with first-degree criminal trespassing by police in Englewood, Colorado (Twitter link via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com). The incident took place at 1:17am on Tuesday morning, and may result in serious legal consequences for the Ole Miss product. 
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Kelly was once considered to be one of the top QB prospects in the nation, but fell to the Broncos with the final pick in the 2017 draft due to character concerns. Naturally, the torn ACL and lateral meniscus that prematurely ended his senior season also played a role in his slide, but teams that would have still considered Kelly took him off of the board because of multiple red flags.
In 2014, Kelly was bounced from Clemson’s football program due to “conduct detrimental to the team.” Eight months later, he was arrested for allegedly punching a bouncer at a bar, threatening to open gun fire in said bar, and getting into fisticuffs with police upon his arrest. Kelly went from Clemson to Eastern Mississippi Community College to Ole Miss, and got into a brawl at a high school football game during his time with the Rebels.
There was a groundswell of fan support for Kelly to take the starting job from Case Keenum prior to the Broncos’ blowout of the Cardinals, but that seems extra unlikely to happen now. Depending on the specifics of the arrest, this could mark the end of Kelly’s time in Denver.
Piece of trash Thug
Lol so true. Actually laughing at your comment
You don’t know what you re talking about
Guy has a violent drunken arrest history. He’s a Thug
Sounds more like a punk than a thug.
Threatening to shoot a bar full of people? He’s a thug
Broncos need to clean house, including Elway, so many poor decisions, very sad.
Tigers never change their stripes. The kid is an idiot! He finally got it together. And screws up big time
Million dollar arm, with the pedigree to match. Ten cent head.
Sounds to me like he has lost his mind. He was probably wasted and had no idea what the hell he was doing. Kid needs help. Should be released for sure and if or when it happens I hope he gets the help he needs. Substance abuse or addiction is no joke, makes you do crazy stuff..I’ve been there and I was able to overcome luckily but when I was in that stage of my life I did some unthinkable stuff, stuff I’m not proud of and a lot of it I had no idea I did until people told me about it which was pretty damn scary. Sounds to me like this is one of this incidents. It’s easy to criticize when it’s not you going through it, it’s easy to say he’s a POS or a thug but truth is the guy needs help and I hope he gets it before it’s too late.
This incident will merely provide Roger Goodell with yet another opportunity to bull$— fans about how much the league is doing to help players with these types of issues. His solution will be to create another do nothing program.
Elway sure knows how to pick QBs. If Peyton Manning hadn’t fallen in Elway’s lap when the Colts cut him loose his track record with QBs would be as bad as the Browns
He was Mr. Irrelevant a year ago. It’s not like he was expected to be a starter. He was actually exceeding expectations prior to this incident.
He was the most relevant Mr. Irrelevant though. He was widely considered a first round arm that could shoulder a franchise until his off field, and to a lesser extent, his injury issues dinged his draft prospects.