Chad Kessler

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Chad Kessler
No. 80
Position Punter
Personal information
Born: (1975-06-24) June 24, 1975 (age 49)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight197 lb (89 kg)
Career history
College LSU (1993–1997)
High school Lake Mary (Lake Mary, Florida)
Career highlights and awards

Chad Stephen Kessler (born June 24, 1975) is an American former college football punter who played for the LSU Tigers. He was a consensus All-American in 1997.

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Early life

Chad Stephen Kessler was born on June 24, 1975, in Orlando, Florida. [1] He attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida. [2] He was a placekicker, punter, and quarterback in high school. [1]

College career

Kessler played college football for the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University from 1994 to 1997. [3] He redshirted in 1993. [1] He was named first-team All-SEC in 1995. As a senior in the 1997 season, Kessler set the NCAA Division I record for single-season punting average at 50.28 yards per punt, standing until it was broken by Texas A&M punter Braden Mann in 2018. [4] [5] Kessler was also the first punter in NCAA history to have a single-season average of over 50 yards. [1] He was again named first-team All-SEC in 1997 and was a consensus All-American selection in 1997. [2] [6] Kessler finished his college career with totals of 187 punts for 7,976 yards and a 42.7 average. [3] He was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1997 as well. [7] He graduated with a 3.91 grade point average in microbiology. [1]

Professional career

Kessler signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on April 20, 1998, after going undrafted in the 1998 NFL draft. [8] He was waived on August 5, 1998. [9]

Personal life

Kessler later graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and became an ear, nose and throat doctor. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "#80 CHAD KESSLER". Louisiana State University . Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Chad Kessler Bio". LSU Athletics. Louisiana State University. July 25, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Chad Kessler". Sports Reference . Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "UAB at Texas A&M by the numbers". November 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ "A&M's Mann officially breaks NCAA punting record".
  6. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "CHAD KESSLER". National Football Foundation . Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Transactions". Tallahassee Democrat . April 21, 1998. pp. 2B. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bucs notebook". The Orlando Sentinel . August 5, 1998. pp. C7. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  10. ↑ "CHAD S. KESSLER, MD". CEENTA. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
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