Pitt’s Kessman Named ACC Specialist of the Week

| October 10, 2017


PITTSBURGH — Pitt redshirt freshman placekicker Alex Kessman has been named the ACC Specialist of the Week for his record-setting performance against Syracuse this past weekend.

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Kessman (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) displayed a long-distance leg while converting each of his four placements at Syracuse. He boomed field goals of 56, 49 and 42 yards, while also making his lone PAT kick for a career-high 10 points.

Kessman’s 56-yard field goal is the longest in Carrier Dome history, eclipsing the 55-yarder by North Carolina’s Dan Orner in 2002. Kessman’s 56-yarder also tied the Pitt school mark originally set by Chris Blewitt in 2015 at Georgia Tech.

Additionally, Kessman was a defensive weapon against the Orange by recording five touchbacks on his six kickoffs.

On the year, Kessman is pacing Pitt in scoring with 34 points (6-of-10 field goals and 16-of-16 PATs). Since missing his initial two field goals in the opener, he has gone on to make 6-of-8 kicks, the two misses coming from 49 and 50 yards.

In addition to his school record-tying 56-yarder, Kessman also owns the second-longest field goal in Pitt history, a 55-yarder at Georgia Tech on Sept. 23.

PITT-DUKE KICKOFF TIME SET

Pitt’s October 21 game at Duke will kick off at 12:20 p.m., and be televised locally by WTAE-TV, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday.


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