Charleston Southern University Athletics

2016

• Utilized his strong leg to serve as CSU’s primary kickoff specialist in the 2016 season
• Finished the season with 62 kickoffs for 3,565 total yards, averaging 57.5 yards per kickoff
• Finished the season with eight touchbacks
• Led a unit that finished 15th in the NCAA in kickoff return defense at 17.55 yards per return

2015

• Handled kickoff duties for the Bucs, and averaged 54 yards on 68 kicks
• Notched nine touchbacks
• Also punted six times, averaging 39.8 yards, with a long of 45 yards
• Made his only field goal attempt of the year, a 24-yarder, for CSU’s first points in the FCS Playoff quarterfinals against No. 1 Jacksonville State (12/11)

2014: Played in 12 games and served as CSU''s primary placekicker...Hit on 11-of-18 field goal tries with a long of 45 yards coming at Georgia (11/22)...Connected on 33 of 37 extra-point attempts, and tallied 66 total points for the season...Made 7 PAT''s as Bucs hammered Point (8/28) in opener...Had a pair of key field goals, including a 32-yarder, in CSU'' second straight win over The Citadel (9/20)...Chipped in two field goals each in CSU''s near upset of Vanderbilt (10/11) and the shutout win at Monmouth (11/1).

High School: Voted his team''s MVP and was named First Team All-Lowcountry following his senior season at Summervillle High School…Was 15-of-19 on field goals with a long of 45 as a senior…Made the game winner in the state playoff against Boiling Springs…Averaged 39.8 yards per punt with a long of 62 yards…Had 12 punts downed inside the 20-yard line.

Personal: Son of Kelly and David Kennedy...Born January 9, 1996...Majoring in Criminal Justice.