Joseph Kessler

Earned D3football.com National Team of the Week honors and SCIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for games through Sunday, Sept. 27. Played a big part of the defensive effort that helped hold Pomona-Pitzer to 10 points, tying for team high honors with 14 tackles. Appeared in seven games at linebacker and on special teams for the Stags ... Finished with nine tackles on the season, six of which were solo ... Had a season-high four tackles in a win at Redlands. Attended Palo Alto High School, where he was a linebacker ... Tallied 160 tackles as a senior, and 175 as a junior ... Served as a team captain ... 4x First Team All-League selection ... 2023 League Defensive Player of the Year ... 2023 2nd Team All-Metro LB ... 2023 BANG Honorable Mention LB ... 2023 Cal-Hi 3rd Team All-State ... 2024 League LB of the Year ... 2024 2nd Team All-Metro LB ... 2024 BANG Honorable Mention LB ... 2024 WCP 2nd Team All-Bay LB ... 2024 WCP 3rd Team All-NorCal LB ... Also played for the Palo Alto baseball team. Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in economics.