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ACCOLADES

• 2021 - Phil Steele & PFF Preseason Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2021 - Athlon’s Preseason Fourth Team All-Sun Belt Conference
• 2020 - PFF All-Sun Belt Second Team
• 2020 - Phil Steele All-Sun Belt Fourth Team
• 2020 - All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention (coaches/media)

Career
Served as Texas State's full-time punter from 2019 to 2023 ... Texas State record holder in career punts (301) and career punt yardage (11,943) ... Ended his career as one of 9 punters in FBS since 2000 to have 300+ career punts.

2023 (Senior)
Played in all 13 games … Only punter who saw game action for Texas State throughout the season … Also served as the holder on field goals and extra-points … Career-low 45 punts … Averaged 40.8 yards (Long: 55 yards) … 20 fair catches (44 percent) … 9 inside the 20-yard line … 6 punts of 50+ yards ... Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List.

2022 (Junior)
Played in all 12 games as punter and holder … 73 punts … Average of 40.5 yards per punt (2,953 total yards)… Long of 68 yards (Oct. 1 at JMU) … 35 of the 73 punts were fair caught (48 percent) … 13 inside the 20-yard line … 8 punts of 50+ yards … Net punt of 37.84 yards.

2021 (Sophomore)
Played in all 12 games … 60 punts … Average of 38.4 yards (2,303 total yards) … Long of 53 yards … Generated the second-most fair catches in the Sun Belt … 5th in the conference with 17 punts inside the 20 … 2 punts of 50+ yards.

2020 (Sophomore)
Named Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference punter by PFF ... Fourth-Team All-Sun Belt selection by Phil Steele...tabbed Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt punter by Sun Belt coaches and selected media...Played in 12 games...averaged 41.0 yards on 57 punts...led the Sun Belt with 17 punts inside the 20-yard line tied for second with just one touchback...had a long punt of 65 yards at Troy…recorded punts of 59 and 52 yards against Arkansas State...had a 53-yard punt against South Alabama and Louisiana...added a 50-yard punt against No. 16-ranked Coastal Carolina...18 of his punts resulted in a fair catch.
 
2019 (Freshman)
Played in 11 games as Texas State’s punter … averaged 38.1 yards on 66 punts … his longest punt was 59 yards against ULM ... had a 57-yard boot against the Warhawks … placed 20 of his punts inside the 20-yard line … 26 punts resulted in a fair catch.
 
High School
Played Australian football before training at Prokick Australia ... attended Iona College in Brisbane.

Personal
Son of Tom and Alison O’Kelly… has two brothers, Thomas and Harry, and a sister, Ruby… his cousin, Scotty James, is a two-time Olympic snowboarder and X Games gold medalist… his cousin, Marc Pittonet, plays for the Carlton Football Club of the Australian Football League… His brother Harry, was a punter at James Madison... His father, Tom, is an accomplished musician who plays percussion all over the world.