Chad Kessler
No. 8
Position:Punter
Personal information
Born: (1975-06-24) June 24, 1975
Orlando, Florida
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:Lake Mary (FL)
College:LSU
Undrafted:1998
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards

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

  1. 1 2 "#80 Chad Kessler". lsusports.net. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Chad Kessler" (PDF). lsusports.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "UAB at Texas A&M by the numbers". 17 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "A&M's Mann officially breaks NCAA punting record".
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