Chad Kessler (American football)


Chad Stephen Kessler is a former American football punter who played college football at Louisiana State University and attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida. He was a consensus All-American in 1997. Kessler was named first-team All-SEC in 1995 and 1997. He was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.
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.