{"id":435032,"date":"2024-11-10T20:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T01:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=435032"},"modified":"2024-11-10T20:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T01:45:04","slug":"former-ole-miss-qb-chad-kelly-sustains-horrific-leg-injury-during-cfl-action","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/ole-miss-football\/former-ole-miss-qb-chad-kelly-sustains-horrific-leg-injury-during-cfl-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly sustains horrific leg injury during CFL action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly led the Toronto Argonauts to a Grey Cup \u2014 the CFL&#8217;s championship \u2014 in 2022 but came up short of a repeat in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Argos are headed back to the final in 2024, though, after a 30-28 win over the Montreal Alouettes in Saturday&#8217;s East Division championship game. But their thoughts are certainly with Kelly, who suffered one of the most horrific leg injuries you&#8217;ll ever see.<\/p>\n<p>It happened late in the third quarter with Toronto up 24-16. Here is the video (<strong><em>warning: viewer discretion is advised<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WARNING: This is difficult to watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Argos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Argos<\/a> quarterback Chad Kelly essentially trying to hold his right leg together. Listen to the anguish from the offensive lineman after he looks at Kelly. Sad. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TSN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreyCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GreyCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Leafs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/po1aVEIRtU\">pic.twitter.com\/po1aVEIRtU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Howard Berger (@Berger_BYTES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Berger_BYTES\/status\/1855459582216110559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is an absoultely catastrophic injury. Hearing such a reaction from his teammates makes it even more devastating.<\/p>\n<p>According to TSN&#8217;s Dave Naylor, Kelly underwent surgery at a Montreal hospital on Saturday to repair what was ultimately ruled a tibia injury, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TSNDaveNaylor\/status\/1855406874587267472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;anticipated 6-9 month rehab&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly had thrown for 2,451 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions in 9 regular season games for the Argos in 2024, adding 214 yards and 5 touchdowns on 48 carries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2024\/08\/18\/argos-qb-chad-kelly-reinstated-with-ongoing-conditions-in-last-chance-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He sat out the first 9 games of the CFL season, though,<\/a> after a third-party investigation found he had violated what the league refers to as its gender-based violence policy. Kelly returned to play in August albeit under what&#8217;s called a &#8220;last-chance agreement&#8221;, meaning he&#8217;ll have to &#8220;meet a number of ongoing conditions&#8221; moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly suffered an absolutely catastrophic injury during a CFL playoff game on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348993,"featured_media":435033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-435032","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-ole-miss-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/435032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}