Kenny Kelly

Attended the University of Miami on a football scholarship ... was the Hurricanes starting quarterback in 1999, completing 141 of 259 passes (54.4 percent) with 15 touchdowns ... Miami finished the season ranked 15th in both national polls and posted a 28-13 victory over Georgia Tech in the 2000 Gator Bowl ... averaged 212.6 passing yards per game in 1999 ... his teammates included current NFL players Clinton Portis, Santana Moss, Reggie Wayne and Dan Morgan ... played both football and baseball for three seasons at Miami ... is a 1997 graduate of Catholic High School in Tampa ... as a senior, was rated by Baseball America as the 20th-best high school prospect in the country ... was named Most Valuable Player of the Florida High School state baseball playoffs as a junior.

2006

Spent the season with Class AAA New Orleans in the Washington Nationals organization ... batted .264 (62-235) vs. right-handers but .216 (25-116) vs. lefties ... his best month came in June when he hit .288 (21-73) with seven stolen bases ... went 4-4 on 4/13 vs. Memphis ... stole two bases in a game three times.

2005

Played in 24 games with Cincinnati (seven) and Washington (17) ... collected his first major-league hit on 6/12 vs. Baltimore, a two-run single off Todd Williams ... made his first major-league start on 6/17, going 1-3 in left field ... was claimed off waivers by the Nationals from the Reds on 7/20 ... was used primarily as a pinch-runner with Washington after his contract was purchased from Class AAA New Orleans on 9/2 ... Played with Class AAA Louisville and Class A Sarasota in the Cincinnati organization, as well as Class AA Harrisburg and Class AAA New Orleans in the Nationals system ... stole 23 bases in 96 total games ... his longest stint came with the Redbirds, where he hit .326 with three home runs and 17 RBI in 60 games.