Chad Kessler (American football)
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Position: | Punter |
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Born: | Orlando, Florida | June 24, 1975
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 197 lb (89 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Lake Mary (FL) |
College: | LSU |
Undrafted: | 1998 |
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Chad Stephen Kessler (born June 24, 1975) is a former American football punter who played college football at Louisiana State University and attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida.[1] He was a consensus All-American in 1997.[2] Kessler was named first-team All-SEC in 1995 and 1997.[1] He was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.[3] He now is an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. His family includes; wife and three children.
Kessler's 50.28-yard single-season punting average from his 1997 LSU season was the SEC and NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision record until it was broken by Texas A&M punter Braden Mann in 2018.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b "#80 Chad Kessler". lsusports.net. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Chad Kessler" (PDF). lsusports.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "UAB at Texas A&M by the numbers". 17 November 2018.
- ^ "A&M's Mann officially breaks NCAA punting record".
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1975 births
- Players of American football from Orlando, Florida
- American football punters
- LSU Tigers football players
- All-American college football players