2026 Football Roster

Jersey Number 54
Shay O'Kelly
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- Woodside, Calif.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Prep
- Previous School:
- Utah
- Concentration:
- Applied Math - Computer Science
2025: Did not see game action.
2024: Appeared in the Bears’ game at Rhode Island (10/12).
2023 (at Univ. of Utah): Did not see game action.
Before Brown: 247 Sports three-star recruit out of Sacred Heart Prep in the class of 2022…Led the state in tackles (191) as a junior in 2021…Finished his career with 326 tackles over two varsity seasons…Two-time Cal-Hi Sports First Team All-State selection…Two-time MaxPreps Second Team All-State honoree…Peninsula Athletic League-Bay Division Defensive Player of the Year…Two-time PAL-Bay Division Linebacker of the Year…Two-time News Group First Team All-Bay Area honoree…Two-time West Coast Preps First Team All-Bay Area…Two-time San Francisco Chronicle First Team Defense selection…Also a member of the track and field team as a sprinter.
Personal: Son of Lisa and Ciaran O’Kelly…Has three siblings, Finn, Beck and Liam.
Why Brown?: “I chose Brown because of the world-class education the school offers, while also allowing me to play football at a high level.”
2024: Appeared in the Bears’ game at Rhode Island (10/12).
2023 (at Univ. of Utah): Did not see game action.
Before Brown: 247 Sports three-star recruit out of Sacred Heart Prep in the class of 2022…Led the state in tackles (191) as a junior in 2021…Finished his career with 326 tackles over two varsity seasons…Two-time Cal-Hi Sports First Team All-State selection…Two-time MaxPreps Second Team All-State honoree…Peninsula Athletic League-Bay Division Defensive Player of the Year…Two-time PAL-Bay Division Linebacker of the Year…Two-time News Group First Team All-Bay Area honoree…Two-time West Coast Preps First Team All-Bay Area…Two-time San Francisco Chronicle First Team Defense selection…Also a member of the track and field team as a sprinter.
Personal: Son of Lisa and Ciaran O’Kelly…Has three siblings, Finn, Beck and Liam.
Why Brown?: “I chose Brown because of the world-class education the school offers, while also allowing me to play football at a high level.”
Penner Field House
Tuesday, January 20
Brown vs Dartmouth Football Cinematic Recap
Wednesday, November 26
Brown vs Dartmouth: Football Highlights
Monday, November 24
Trevor Foley on Receives You Got Mossed! Gloves
Monday, November 24








.png&width=60&height=60&type=webp)


















































