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Slippery Rock mini-man plays as big as anyone
By Alan Robinson
Assot idled Press
ITITSIIt K< ,11 (Al'l When tiny Tim Kelly reported
to Slippery Koi k University's prose,isnn i amp lour
veers ago the i one lies took one look .it him end dot id
ed he was too smell to he e running bar k
So he liei eine a defensive end
You've heard of Dulles Uowtxiys defensive end I d
' Too Tell" Jones7 Meet Slippers Koi k defensive end
Tim "Too Smell Kelly
At 5-foot t> end 195 pounds Kelly might be the
smallest defensive linemen in i ollege football He's e
funny sized player at the si bool with the funny name
but around the competitive. 14-team Pennsylvania
Conference, lie's no I.mulling matter
Kelly has lf> tackles, ini hiding a team leading eight
for losses, two quarterhai k sacks and two fumble re
eoveries tins season l ast week Slippery Koi k (.11 1|
played a 28-28 tie with unbeaten Shippensburg
(5-0 1). which was fourth ranked in N't '..\A Division II
"A lot ol bigger guys take one look at Tim and sa\.
'I'm gonna whip this guy every play.' Slippery Koi k
coach (,1'orge Mihalik said When they realize they
i an t. it frustrates them, and that gives I im a psycho
logli .ll edge
A senior who is Slippery Koi k's defensive laptain.
Kelly never gives his size a thought Maybe it s Im
t ausr he never gave ■' swtmd thought to not playing
"I've grown up in .1 footlrall family said Ki'llv.
who played ,tt Ducpiesne High School. .1 perennial
I’lttshurgli lin’d sin.ill school power "I never thought
.1I1011I playing I ve enjoyed it for so long
Kelly was .1 hlor king hack and linehai ker in high
s< I100I. .ind Slippers Kock's coaches were initially re
Iik taut to oven let him prai tic e on the defensive line
"We thought about asking him to liei ome .1 student
manager, Slihalik said
Hut. Kelly said. "After I got a shot, nobody said a
thing
Kelly got Ins first start as a sophomore against Kdin
horo University, and played so well he was named the
Rockets' "Player of the Week lie's been lining up
against players as much as a foot taller and 130
pounds heavier ever sim e
In one of the more bizarre matchups of this season.
Kells fat ed a 0 foot 7 130 pound tai kle from the Uni
versity of the District of Columbia in Slippery Roc k s
opener
"I looked at it as another game to play, no matter
who was out there." Kelly said "I don t look .it am
hods as being better or worse The attitude I take is no
matter how big or small they are I don't underesti
mate them or overestimate them "
Hcc a use he is strong and cpiic k he can bene h-pross
130 pounds Kelly's size ac tuallv gives him an advan
tage against some imic h linemen
"I'm quii k off the ball. .mil. playing defensive end.
the biggest thing is gi'ttmg < nntrul." In' s.nd I fire off
the hall and sta\ low and that makes it tough fur gins
to get at mv shoulder pads I get leverage and con
Irnl
Kelly has a< tually heen laughed at by bigger players.
Mihalik said.
"A lot of guys talk and laugh the first couple of
plays.” Kelly said "Then they figure out they're go
ing to tie m for a long game, and the laughter stops.
"One guv told me. 'You’re too small, why don't you
give it up?' Hut I heat him a couple of times, and he
got frustrated, a little guy heating him all over the
held He talked less and less as the game went on."
List year. Kelly lined up against three-time all-con
ference light end Terry O'Shea, a t>-4, 230-pounder
from California (Pa ) University who now plavs for the
Pittsburgh Steelers
"lie was so highly rated, I think I kind of got to him
the first couple of plays." Kelly said "He was shell
shocked
Because of his size. Kelly says opposing players of
ten relax more than they would against a larger player,
"and that puts the game in my hands. II they relax 20
percent of the time, I'm going to get them, because I
always play 100 percent
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