Keith Kostol

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-4
Weight:
201
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tigard, Ore.
High School:
Tigard HS

OREGON STATE – CAREER: Keith Kostol (pronounced Cost-ul) finished his career as a three-year starter at punter … good leg strength and solid directional punting skills … finished his career with two of the longest punts in school history (67 yards) – the only punter with more than one on OSU’s top 10 list … ended his career ranked fifth on Oregon State’s all-time list for punting average at 40.6 yards per punt … of his 180 career punts he has forced 69 fair catches, placed 70 punts inside the opposition’s 20-yard line and has booted it more than 50 yards on 22 occasions. 2014: Entered the season as one of the top punters in the Pac-12 Conference … named to the preseason Ray Guy Watch List, given annually to the top punter in the nation … played in all 12 games as the punter and holder on field goals and PATs … booted seven punts 50+ yards and placed the ball inside the 20-yard line 23 times. 2013: Awarded a scholarship beginning in the fall … named to the preseason Ray Guy Watch List, given annually to the top punter in the nation … suffered sprained ankle leading up to the season opener and missed the Eastern Washington game … performed as the first-string punter in the final 12 games … tied his career-long with a 67-yard rocket against Colorado … of his 52 punts 22 were fair catches and 23 were inside in the opponents’ 20-yard line … recorded six punts of 50+ yards … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention. 2012: Starting punter for the entire season after earning the job in fall camp … 41.9 average on 59 punts … struck the ball for a career-long 67-yarder at Stanford … placed the ball inside the opponents’ 20-yard line 24 times and forced 23 fair catches … earned Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week following the Beavers’ win at UCLA – 7 punts, 4 inside the 20. 2011: Was the back-up punter … did not play. 2010: Redshirt.

TIGARD: Two-year letterman and starting kicker and punter … first team all-conference kicker as a junior … lettered four years in track, placing fourth as a senior at the state championships in the high jump … also played soccer.

PERSONAL: Born June 2, 1992 … son of Carl and Pat Kostol … has one brother, Brian, who was a goalkeeper in soccer for Pacific Lutheran … chose OSU because of the “outstanding engineering program” … majoring in electrical and computer engineering with a minor in computer science.