Michael 'Bo' Kelly (born June 27, 1972) is a retired arena football player who was a

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in the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

(AFL) for twelve seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Kelly played

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for East Texas State University. He played professionally for the

Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League ...

and Carolina Cobras of the AFL. During his long professional career, he became the AFL's all-time rushing leader, breaking the record formerly held by Bob McMillen, (later broken by

Derrick Ross ''For the National Football League running back, see Derek Ross'' Derrick Lewis Ross (born December 29, 1983) was an American football/arena football running back for the Jacksonville Sharks of the National Arena League (NAL). He played one sea ...

in 2013) and played for one ArenaBowl-winning Arizona Rattler team.

Early life

Born in

Overton, Texas Overton is a city in Rusk and Smith counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Overton lies in two counties as well as two metropolitan areas. The Rusk County portion of the city is part of the Longview Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Smi ...

, Kelly earned all-district honors at

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four times while starting both ways for West Rusk High School as well as lettering in basketball, track, and baseball.

College career

Kelly played at

Cisco Junior College Cisco College is a community college in Cisco, Texas located in Eastland County between Fort Worth and Abilene, where Highways 183, 206, and 6 intersect Interstate 20. The main campus is outside of Cisco, and the Abilene Educational Center ...

where he earned second-team All-Conference honors. After graduation from Cisco, Kelly became a second-team All-Conference selection in his senior season at East Texas State University, Kelly was second on the team in rushing, third in receiving, and second in scoring with six touchdowns as a fullback. Kelly earned Snow Bowl Most Valuable Player honors in 1994.

References

External links

AFL bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Bo 1972 births Living people American football fullbacks American football linebackers Cisco Wranglers football players Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football players Arizona Rattlers players Carolina Cobras players People from Overton, Texas