Kareem Kelly

Kareem Kelly (born April 1, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC.

He has also been a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League, the Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears of the National Football League, and the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.

Early years

Football

He played football at the high school level at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. He was a 1998 Super Prep All-American, Prep Star Dream Team Top 100, ESPN Top 100, The Sporting News 101 Prime Prospects, Rivalnet Top 100, USA Today All-USA honorable mention, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-Western, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team (unanimous selection), Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Las Vegas Sun Super 11 first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-CIF Southern Section first team, All-CIF Division I first team, Los Angeles Times All-South Coast/Southeast and Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team first team as a senior at Long Beach (Calif.) Poly High. In 1998, he had 50 receptions for 1,096 yards (21.9 avg.) and 17 TDs. He had one game with 8 catches for 181 yards and 3 TDs. Long Beach Poly was a CIF Division I finalist.

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