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Jeff Kellum, LU Athletics
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94 Ben Woodard

  • Position Kicker/Punter
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plano, Texas
  • Highschool Plano East HS

Biography

A 2025 Fred Mitchell Award finalist ... First Team All-Southland Conference ... Three-Time SLC Special Teams Player of the Week ... STATS Perform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week ... Played in 32 games during his career scoring 118 points ... Was a perfect 52-of-52 on PATs and 22-of-26 (.846) on field goals ... Had two-game winning kicks of at least 50 yards during his career ... Graduates tied for the school record long field goal of 57 yards.

2025 (Super Senior): Finalist for the Fred Mitchell Award … One of only 10 kickers named to the ballot … First-Team All-Southland Conference … Two-time SLC Special Teams Player of the Week … STATS Perform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week selection … Led the team and ranked fourth in the Southland with 74 points … Led the Southland with 14 made field goals … Ended the year converting 14-of-18 (.778) field-goal attempts … A perfect 32-of-32 on PATs … Scored a season-high 11 points after converting 3-of-3 field goals and 2-of-2 extra point tries against UT Rio Grande Valley … Set a career long with a 53-yard make heading into halftime and improved upon that by tying the school record with a 57-yarder to win the game against the Vaqueros … Tied his season high the following week with 11 points against Northwestern State …  Was 5-of-5 on PATs and 2-of-3 on field goals against the Demons – one of his two makes against the NSU was a 50-yarder … Was also named SLC Special Teams Player of the Week for scoring eight points – 2-2 on PATs and field goals – in the upset win of No. 4 South Dakota.

2024 (Junior): Played in eight games and was utilized as the primary kicker following an injury up the depth chart midway through the season … Was a perfect 20-of-20 on point after tries and 8-of-8 on field goals … Scored 44 points on the season …  In his first game in the starting role, he went a perfect 3-of-3 on field goals converting kicks of 46, 37 and 51 yards to be named Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week against East Texas A&M … His 51-yard game-winning field goal came with 11 seconds remaining and just 1:44 after East Texas had hit a 52-yarder to tie the game … He finished that game with 11 points … Was a perfect 6-of-6 on PATs in the win at Northwestern State … Scored eight points (2-of-2 field goals) in the regular-season finale win over rival McNeese.

2023 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games utilized primarily on kickoffs … Registered 53 kicks for 3,108 yards (58.6 ypk) … Recorded 17 touchbacks on the year.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 94

    2023Sophomore

    Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 165 lbs
    94
  • 94

    2024Junior

    Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 180 lbs
    94
  • 94

    2025Senior

    Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 180 lbs
    94
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