Oregon Football Tight End Casey Kelly Plans to Enter the Transfer Portal

One of the Ducks veteran tight ends plans to leave the program after one year in Eugene.

The Oregon Ducks will lose another player to the transfer portal following their bowl win over Liberty.

Oregon tight end Casey Kelly plans to enter the transfer portal, according to a Thursday report from Pete Nakos of On3 Sports. 

Oregon tight end Casey Kelly plans to enter the transfer portal, @On3sports has learned.

The brother of Chad Kelly and a nephew of Jim Kelly, Casey has 33 career catches for 325 yards and five touchdowns. Started career at Ole Miss. https://t.co/VNvB2Ek6qR pic.twitter.com/ftPhY1HnKh

— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) January 4, 2024

Kelly is the twelfth Oregon scholarship player to leave the program after cornerback Cole Martin entered the transfer portal earlier this week.

The fourth-year tight end spent one season with the Ducks after transferring in from Ole Miss. The 6-foot-3, 245-pound tight end started his collegiate career in the SEC and played for the Rebels for three seasons before transferring to Oregon.

Kelly played at the alma mater of his brother, quarterback Chad Kelly and uncle Jim Kelly (Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback), putting up 282 receiving yards and three touchdowns during his three seasons at Ole Miss.

He didn’t see the field much during his one season at Oregon, as he played behind Terrance Ferguson and Patrick Herbert. Kelly had five receptions for 43 yards and two touchdowns.

Oregon Ducks tight end Casey Kelly celebrates a touchdown catch against the Colorado Buffaloes :: Darby Winter/Ducks Digest

Oregon Ducks tight end Casey Kelly against the Arizona State Sun Devils :: Darby Winter/Ducks Digest

The fourth-year tight end spent one season with the Ducks after transferring in from Ole Miss. The tight end was a former three-star recruit out of Mallard Creek High School in Buffalo, New York and entered the transfer portal once again as a three-star prospect.

Kelly will have one season of eligibility remaining and will likely look for a bigger role and find a home where he can make an impact.

As of Thursday, the Ducks project to have Ferguson and Herbert as their top two tight ends going into next season, however neither player has officially announced their plans. Former four-star tight end recruit Kenyon Sadiq will look to have a bigger role in the offense as well and the Ducks signed a pair of tight ends in the 2024 class in North Medford's A.J. Pugliano and Orem's Roger Saleapaga.

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