{"id":282,"date":"2024-10-12T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T18:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2024-10-12T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T18:15:05","slug":"earl-kelly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/?page_id=282","title":{"rendered":"Earl Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earl Kelly was one of Eunice High&#8217;s fiercest playmakers of all-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his time at EHS, Kelly&#8217;s list of accomplishments on the gridiron are astounding. As a senior, he was first-team all-district as both a receiver and defensive back, first-team all-parish at both positions, an LFCA all-state pick as a defensive back, an honorable menition all-stater at wide receiver, broke Eunice High&#8217;s record for most receptions in a seaon siwth 39 and set the single-game record with four interceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eunice High also seved as Kelly&#8217;s gateway into coaching, which he&#8217;s done for 34 years. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Valentena, for 33 years and has four children: Domonique, Victoria, Olivia and Jordan. He welcomed his first grandchild in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was an assistant during Eunice High&#8217;s superdome run before moving on to Beaumont, where he won three championships in five years. He strongly believes in academics before athletics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he enters retirement, he looks forward to watching his youngest son play wide receiver at Central MIchigan University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly is grateful for the love and life that football has given him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earl Kelly was one of Eunice High&#8217;s fiercest playmakers of all-time. In his time at EHS, Kelly&#8217;s list of accomplishments on the gridiron are astounding. As a senior, he was first-team all-district as both a receiver and defensive back, first-team all-parish at both positions, an LFCA all-state pick as a defensive back, an honorable menition &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/?page_id=282\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Earl Kelly&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}