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Former Sooner Kelly apologizes for rant against OU strength staff
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NORMAN — Former Oklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly went on a Tyler, Texas, radio station Thursday evening to apologize for publicly ripping the Sooner strength staff after his pro day.
"I should've went to the guy I was mad at rather than put it in the media like that," Kelly said, referring to OU strength and conditioning coach Jerry Schmidt. "That was a mistake on my part."
Kelly was upset Wednesday after running the 40-yard dash in a disappointing 4.68 seconds.
Kelly blamed the OU strength staff for changing the testing surface from AstroTurf to field turf the morning of the pro day.
Schmidt said it was the more than 35 pro scouts in attendance who asked him to move the testing to field turf.
"I can't say I was prepared as I should've been," Kelly said. "I hadn't ever run on that surface as far as my training goes.
"But I want to make one thing clear: I'm not blaming anyone for the time that I ran."
Kelly told David Smoak of KTBB that he was thinking about his family when he ranted about the OU staff.
"This isn't just about me. I don't want my parents to work again in their lifetime," he said. "That can be the difference between running this and running that. I was thinking about my family when I said all of that stuff.
"You never saw me say stuff after a game, like, why didn't they throw me the ball, I was open on every play. I never want to portray myself as a guy that complains. The other guys who were training wanted to say the same things I did, but I went out and said it."
When asked if Wednesday's incident would affect his allegiance to OU, Kelly said no.
"Right now, I'm down about it," he said. "But Oklahoma did put me on the field, they did give me the opportunity for scouts to see me on film. So I can't take that away from coach (Bob) Stoops. He believed in my ability to go out there and play. I was a Sooner when I got up there and I'll be a Sooner when they put me in my grave.
"I support the whole coaching staff, the whole strength staff and (what happened) is not going to affect my allegiance to the program."