#38 Jamie Keehn Season 2024

2015 LSU Permanent Team Captain
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 All-SEC Second Team (Coaches)
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER
Three-year starter at punter for the Tigers from 2013-15 … Voted as one of four permanent Team Captain’s for the 2015 team … Capped career ranked No. 3 in school history in total punts (184), No. 3 in punting yards (7,837) and No. 5 in punting average (42.6) … For career, punted 184 times for 7,837 yards and a 42.6 average … Had 66 punts downed inside the 20, 13 go as touchbacks and 39 travel 50 yards or longer … Had a career-long punt of 64 yards against Wisconsin … Had best year as a Tiger in 2014, earning All-SEC Second Team honors after averaging 44.9 yards a punt … Set school record in 2014 with 3,189 punting yards on 71 punts … Two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2014 and 2015 … Terrific athlete who was a high school national champion javelin thrower in Australia … Also won a national title at the high school level in rowing in 2006 … Had never taken a snap of competitive football in a game until the 2012 season-opener versus North Texas … Oldest player on the team as he was 26 years of age when the Tigers opened the 2016 season … Graduated in December of 2015 with a degree in sports administration.

SENIOR SEASON (2015)
Permanent team captain for special teams as voted on by his teammates … Punted 58 times for 2,359 yards and a 40.7 average … Had 18 punts downed inside the 20, five go for touchbacks and six travel 50 yards or longer … Opened season having five of his nine punts downed inside the 20-yard line in win over Mississippi State … Punted seven times for a 42.3 yard average with three fair-catches, two punts of 50-yards or better and two punts downed inside the 20-yard line against Alabama … Booted season-long kick of 63 yards in win over Texas A&M … Had 58 yards punt vs. Mississippi State … Averaged 44.3 yards on six punts vs. Arkansas and 44.5 punts on two punts against Eastern Michigan.

JUNIOR SEASON (2014)
Earned All-SEC Second-Team honors after averaging 44.9 yards a punt, which ranks as the third-best total in school history … Set an LSU record in punting yards with 3,189 in 2014 … As a team, LSU ranked No. 3 in the SEC in net punting with a 41.4 average … Ranked No. 2 in the league in punting with 44.9 yards a punt … Tied for second in the SEC in punts downed inside the 20-yard line with 27 (38.0 percent) … Had 17 of his 71 punts travel at least 50 yards … Had a career-high five punts downed inside the 20-yard line versus No. 14 Wisconsin … Knocked a career-best 64-yard effort during the second quarter against the Badgers … Registered back-to-back career-high averages with 47.8 yards per punt versus Louisiana-Monroe followed by 51.1 yards per punt against Mississippi State … Registered a 62-yard punt during the third quarter of the Mississippi State game … Produced four punts which pinned No. 4 Alabama inside the 20-yard line … Banged a 62-yard punt during the second quarter of the Alabama contest … Dropped two of his three punts inside the 20-yard line versus Notre Dame at the Music City Bowl.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013)
Handled all of the punting duties for the Tigers in all 13 games … Posted a 41.0-yard average over his 43 punt attempts … Had 18 of his 43 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and 10 efforts of 50-plus yards … Notched a career-long 58 yard punt against UAB … Three of his four punts at Ole Miss were downed inside the 20-yard line … Booted two punts inside the 20-yard line highlighted by a 56-yarder against Texas A&M … Punted a career-high 10 times and averaged a career-best 46.9-yard average against Iowa in the Outback Bowl … Had five punts of 50-plus yards and placed four punts inside the 20-yard line versus the Hawkeyes, both career-highs.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012)
Played in two games for the Tigers in 2012 – the season-opener against North Texas and the season-finale against Clemson in the bowl game … Punted a total of 12 times with an average of 43.7 … Six of the 12 kicks traveled at least 50 yards with a long of 58 against Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl … Had three of 12 punts downed inside the 20-yard line … Averaged 44.6 yards on nine punts vs. Clemson and 41.0 on three punts vs. North Texas … Had five of his nine punts travel at least 50 yards vs. Clemson … Had a long of 51 yards vs. North Texas.

HIGH SCHOOL
Did not play high school football, but excelled in two other areas – throwing the javelin and rowing … Claimed Australian high school national titles in javelin in 2005 and 2006 and in rowing in 2006 … Represented his state at the Australian National Championships in track and field (javelin and 110 hurdles) for four straight years … Invited to represent Australia at the World School Games in Greece in 2006 and placed seventh … Won the 2006 Oceania 18-under javelin title … Won a total of 13 state rowing titles during his high school career in Australia … Claimed rowing titles in singles, doubles and quad sculls.

PERSONAL
Full name is Jamie Brian Keehn … Bon August 4, 1989 in Gracemere, Queensland, Australia … Parents are Brian and Anna Keehn … Has two sisters – Emily and Melinda … Majoring in sports administration.

KEEHN’S CAREER HIGHS
Punts: 10 vs. Iowa, 2014 Outback Bowl
Punting Yards: 469 vs. Iowa, 2014 Outback Bowl
Punting Average: 51.1, Mississippi State, 2014
Long: 64, vs. Wisconsin, 2014
50+ Punts: 5, 3x, (Last: Mississippi State, 2014; First: vs. Clemson, 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl)
Inside 20-yard line: 5, two times (Last: Mississippi State, 2015; First: vs. Wisconsin, 2014)

KEEHN’S CAREER PUNTING STATISTICS