#31 Nathan Dibert Season 2026
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Freshman All-SEC (Coaches)
2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
LSU’s kickoff specialist in his first 2 years with the program … Appeared in 1 game as a junior in 2024 before entering transfer portal in December of 2024 … In 3 years at LSU, played in 24 games … Kicked off 161 times with 93 going for touchbacks … Made an immediate impact as a true freshman in 2022 when he became LSU’s primary kickoff specialist in week 4 vs. New Mexico … Also served as the backup placekicker for 2 years … Twice named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Freshman All-SEC as a kickoff specialist in 2022 … Suffered knee injury on kickoff coverage in the regular-season finale against Texas A&M in 2023 … Returned to full strength in time for the 2024 season opener … Majoring in construction management.
JUNIOR SEASON (2024)
Appeared in 1 game, handling kickoff duties for the Tigers in win over Nicholls … Kicked off 7 times against Nicholls with 5 going for touchbacks.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023)
Handled kickoff duties for the Tigers in all but 1 game … Injured in third quarter of Texas A&M contest and missed the bowl game vs. Wisconsin … Had 94 kickoffs for a 61.03 average … 50 of the 94 kickoffs went for touchbacks … Season-high 11 kickoffs in wins over Grambling and Army … Had 8 of his 11 kickoffs go for touchbacks against Army and 7 of 10 against Florida … Had 6 touchbacks on 8 kickoffs at Ole Miss … Made his only PAT – against Grambling … Had a tackle on kickoff coverage vs. Auburn.
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2022)
Appeared in 11 games, handling kickoff duties for the Tigers … Named to the Freshman All-SEC team by the league’s coaches … Made LSU debut in win over New Mexico in week 4 … Had a total of 60 kickoffs with 38 going for touchbacks … Averaged 63.8 yards on his kickoffs … In bowl game win over Purdue, set career-highs for kickoffs (10), touchbacks (7) and yards (643) … Kicked off 8 times against Florida and Ole Miss … Had 6 touchbacks vs. Ole Miss and 5 vs. Florida … 5 touchbacks vs. UAB and 4 vs. Georgia in SEC Championship Game.
HIGH SCHOOL
One of the best kickers in the Class of 2022 out of Hartland, Michigan… Left-footed … Ranked the No. 6 kicker in the nation and No. 52 in Michigan per 247sports… The No. 2 kicker in the country according to Kohl’s 2022 kicker rankings… Won Kohl’s 2021 National Scholarship Camp kick-off charts.
Nathan Dibert’s Career Highs
Kickoffs: 11 vs. Army, 2023
Touchbacks: 8 vs. Army, 2023
Kickoff Yards: 705 vs. Army, 2023