2023 Football Roster

38 Branden Steckel

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position K
  • Hometown Cardington, Ohio
  • High School Cardington Lincoln

Biography

2022

  • Saw action in all ten games as a senior
  • Made 35-of-38 PAT's and 12-15 on FG's
  • Holds the career record for field goals made (33)
  • Set a program record with a  53-yard field goal at Wilmington (10/29/2022)
  • Had 27 kickoffs for a total of 1551 yards and 4 touchbacks
  • Set a program single-game record with five field goals against Marietta (10/22/2022)
  • Named first team All-OAC
  • Named D3football.com All-Region - fist team
  • Named Division III American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American - second team
  • Earned Academic All-OAC and Academic All-District
  • Earned D3football.com All-American - second team

2021

  • Appeared in all nine games as a junior
  • Made 40-of-42 PAT's and 7 on 9 for FG's
  • Nearly 40% touchback rate on Kickoffs 
  • Earned All-OAC second team honors

2020-21

  • Appeared in all five games of the shortened season
  • Made 5-of-9 field goals including a 37-yard long at Otterbein (4/2/21)
  • Was 27-of-27 on PATs
  • Totaled 1,128 yards from 20 kickoffs
  • Selected as OAC Player of the Week (4/6/21)
2019
  • Appeared in all 10 games as a freshman
  • Went 9-for-11 on Field Goals including a 32-yard long at Baldwin Wallace (9/28)
  • Was 49-for-51 on PATs 
  • Had 17 kickoffs for a total of 973 yards
  • Selected as OAC Player of the Week twice (9/23/19, 9/30/19)
High School
  • Earned seven varsity letters for the Pirates - four in football and three in basketball
  • Also participated in track for two years
  • Recipient of the Archie Griffin Award for two seasons
  • Listed as All-District and All-Conference first team as a senior
  • Named All-Ohio special mention, first team All-District, and first team All-Conference as a junior
  • Selected as All-Conference first team as a sophomore
  • Was a two-time recipient of Academic All-Conference honors
Personal
  • Graduate of Cardington-Lincoln High School
  • Son of Brad and Denise
  • Member of National Honors Society

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2019Freshman

    K
    6'0" 165 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2020Sophomore

    K
    6'0" 165 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2021Junior

    K
    6'0" 180 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2022Senior

    K
    6'0" 180 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2023Graduate Student

    K
    6'0" 180 lbs
    38