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  Kyle Keown

Kyle Keown

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Jesup, GA

High School:
Wayne County

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 200

Position:
P

2005
Held punting duties through first three games of season, then made key appearance in season-ending victory at Tennessee... Averaged 35 yards on 16 punts... Season best effort (50 yards) came in win at Arkansas... Put two punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line... Did quality job replacing injured kicker Bryant Hahnfeldt against Tennessee, averaging 38.8 yards on four crucial second half punts..

2004
Punted against Georgia and Eastern Kentucky following a hand injury to Abtin Iranmanesh... Concluded with 37.1-yard average on 11 punts... Team high 62-yarder came versus Eastern Kentucky.

2003
Redshirted.

High School
Four-year starting punter... All-State selection as a senior... Averaged 39.3 yards per punt as senior for Region 3-AAAAA playoff squad... Combines strength with excellent accuracy, as 15 of 41 punts were downed inside the 15-yard-line. Majority of punts were not returned in 20 of 41 downed inside the 20-yard line... Also started on soccer team... A Georgia Merit Scholar, graduated with 4.0 GPA and ranking in Top 5 percent of class.

Academics
Keown is majoring in Human and Organizational Development.

Personal
Son of Dr. Kevin and Judy Keown... Wants to follow in dad's shoes in medicine.