PRONUNCIATION

HONORS:
Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2021)

2022 • JUNIOR SEASON: Kicked off 71 times and tied for first in the nation with a 64.6 yards average • recorded 59 touchdowns and ranked third in the nation with an 83.1% touchback success rate. Game-by-Game: Kicked off seven times and recorded seven touchbacks against New Mexico State • kicked off 10 times against Western Illinois and record eight touchbacks • seven of his eight kickoffs against Colorado went for touchbacks • all seven of his kickoffs at Michigan State were touchbacks • kicked off three times against Purdue and notched two touchbacks • kicked off three times at Illinois and recorded two touchbacks • all three kickoffs at Penn State resulted in touchbacks • recorded five touchbacks on six kickoffs against Rutgers • recorded five touchbacks on five kickoffs at Nebraska • kicked off six times and recorded four touchbacks • kicked off three times against Iowa and recorded three touchbacks • kicked off five times and recorded five touchbacks at Wisconsin • kicked off five times against Syracuse and notched one touchback.

2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played in 12 games and served as the team's kickoff specialist • recorded 42 touchbacks on 66 kickoffs (63.6%). Game-by-Game: Kicked off six times and recorded five touchbacks against Ohio State • recorded five touchbacks on six kickoffs against Miami • five of his six kickoffs at Colorado were touchbacks • all three kickoffs against Bowling Green were touchbacks • kicked off five times and recorded four touchbacks at Purdue • notched four touchbacks on five kickoffs against Nebraska • kicked off seven times and recorded six touchbacks against Maryland • kicked off eight times at Northwestern and had two touchbacks • did not play against Illinois • kicked off five times at Iowa and averaged 61.4 yards • four of his five kickoffs at Indiana were touchbacks • kicked off six times and recorded three touchbacks against Wisconsin • kicked off four times and recorded one touchback against West Virginia in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.

2020 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in five games • kicked off 24 times and recorded 10 touchbacks. Game-by-Game: Made his Minnesota debut and kicked off seven times at Illinois • kicked off twice against Iowa and six times against Purdue • kicked off five times at Nebraska and four times at Wisconsin.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Oak Creek High School in Oak Creek, Wis. • wore No. 99 for the Knights • earned 2019 All-State honors as a kicker and punter • All-Conference and All-Region in 2018 and 2019 • finalist for the Wisconsin Sports Awards Kicker of the Year Award in 2019 • finished high school with 96% of his kickoffs resulting in a touchback • five-star recruit and the No. 7 ranked kicker in the country by Kohl’s Kicking Camp.

PERSONAL: Son of Miroslav and Andjelka • has one sibling (Nikola) • brother, Nikola, played soccer at University of Wisconsin-Parkside and was a two-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion • relative, Milan Lucic, plays in the National Hockey League.

Dragan Kesich