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Matt Keller

Position:
Long Snapper
Height:
5-11
Weight:
207
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Willow Street, Pa.
High School:
Penn Manor

Career Overview: Syracuse’s top long snapper for four seasons … Appeared in 42 games from 2015-18, including 29 straight as the snapper for both punts and placement kicks prior to injuring his collarbone as a senior at Clemson ... Worked with current New York Giants punter Riley Dixon, All-ACC punter Sterling Hofrichter and All-America placekicker Andre Szmyt during his career ... Treasurer for the Syracuse University chapter of Uplifting Athletes ... Nine-time member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and four-time ACC Honor Roll selection ... Enrolled in January 2015 … Four letters.

Senior Year (2018): Winner of the team's Pat Miller Award (Outstanding Athlete, Student, and Citizen) ... Appeared in six games as the team’s snapper for both punts and placement kicks ... Missed the last seven regular-season games because of a collarbone injury he suffered in the fourth quarter at Clemson (9/29) … Returned to play the final game of his career versus West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl ... Contributed to a Syracuse punting operation that led the ACC in net average (39.3) for the second year in a row and a PAT/field goal team that was a perfect 61-for-61 on extra points ... Special teams game captain versus Florida State (9/15) ... Central New York chapter of the National Football Foundation (NFF) Scholar-Athlete ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... Member of the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Junior Year (2017): Played in all 12 games as the team’s snapper for punts and placement kicks ... Critical component of an Orange punting operation that was No. 1 in the ACC (10th nationally) in net average (41.3) and led the conference (fourth nationally) in punt return yardage defense (2.67 avg.) ... Had one tackle versus Middle Tennessee (9/9) ... Served as special teams captain at NC State (9/30) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District selection ... Member of the ACC Honor Roll … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.

Sophomore Year (2016): Played in all 12 games as SU’s snapper for punts and placement kicks ... Initiated a Syracuse punting operation that ranked fifth in the ACC in net average (38.8) and third in yardage (3,380) ... Served as special teams game captain versus Colgate (9/2) ... Made one tackle at Boston College (10/22) ... At Clemson (11/5), named special teams captain for the second time and had one tackle ... ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.

Freshman Year (2015): Played all 12 games as the team’s punt snapper ... Helped Syracuse rank third in the ACC in net punting average (40.1) … Recorded three tackles, including solo stops versus LSU (9/26) and at USF (10/10) … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor both semesters.

High School: Played for head coach Todd Mealy … 2014 Under Armour All-American … 2014 Eastern Pennsylvania Big School First Team selection … Received 2014 All-Lancaster-Lebanon League Section I honors at center and was an honorable mention choice at defensive end … As a senior captain, had 26 tackles, including three for a loss, 1.5 sacks and one fumble recovery … 2013 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section I Honorable Mention at center … 2013 Kohl’s Kicking First Team All-American.

Personal: Matthew Allen Keller … Born in March 1997 in Cleveland, Ohio … Son of Dale and Tammi Keller … One brother … Earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting ... Studied accounting as a graduate student in 2018.