When Andre Kelly gently broke the news that he didn’t intend to play football as a sophomore, his high school coach worried that he might be making a mistake.
Brian Gray tried to make sure Kelly understood how much he would be walking away from if he focused exclusively on basketball.
Kelly was the rare athlete with immense potential in two sports. During football season, he was a tight end with the size and strength to open a hole for a running back yet possessed the sure hands and agility to shed a linebacker and pluck passes out of the air.