TULANE: A returning letterwinner... secured the No. 2 tight end position entering fall camp.

2006: Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams.

2005: Saw action in 10 games as a true freshman, primarily on special teams.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-time (2003, 2004) first team all-District 15-4A selection at tight end who enrolled at Tulane in January 2005... listed on the Dallas Morning News' Top 100 state list and among the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Top 50 recruits... earned honorable mention Academic All-State honors... caught 31 passes for 465 yards and six touchdowns as a tight end in 2004, an average 15 yards per catch... was also credited with 28 pancake blocks... as a junior, recorded 32 catches for 510 yards, a 15.9-yard average and five TDs while adding 24 pancake blocks... compiled 17 catches for 238 yards and three scores as a sophomore... totaled 80 catches for 1,208 yards and 14 touchdowns in his prep career... also lettered in basketball and track and field, where he ran the hurdles and the 4x400-meter relay, and threw the shot put and the discus... earned first team all-district honors in basketball in 2004... holds the season and single-game school records for rebounds, blocks, field goal percentage and triple-doubles... qualified for the regional meet in the discus and the shot put... member of the "A" Honor Roll in 2003 and 2004 and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class with a 3.95 grade point average.

PERSONAL: Majoring in organizational information technology... born November 24, 1986, in Wichita Falls, Texas... the son of Michael and Rhonda Kessler... named to Tulane's 2007 3.0 Club.