Bio

BRETT KEISEL

TEAM: Pittsburgh Steelers

POSITION: RDE

Brett Keisel attended Greybull High School in Wyoming. He was a four-year letter winner in football and basketball. He also lettered twice in track. Brett was a four-time All-Conference selection and earned All-State honors playing tight end and linebacker. Some of his high school awards include winning Wyoming Player of the Year from USA Today, Sportslink Player of the Year, and Conference Player of the year.

Keisel was red shirted his freshman year at BYU. He played defensive end his sophomore year and then the following year transferred to Snow College. He then returned to BYU to finish his college football career. Keisel had a total of 66 tackles, with 39 being solo tackles, 9 quarterback sacks, and 19 stops behind the line of scrimmage. Keisel racked up more athletic awards during college. He was a Super Team Selection (The NFL Draft Report),and he received All-Mountain West Conference Honorable Mention.

Brett was drafted in 2002 by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Steelers fans took notice as he made 7 solo special teams tackles. He also recovered a fumble on a punt, which led to a Steelers TD. Since then he continued to excel for the Steelers. He missed one season due to an injury, but came back the next year playing both on both defense and special teams. He continues to play RDE and is a big part of the Steelers defensive attack.

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Keisel was recently selected as an inductee into the 2007 class of the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame, as athlete of the year for football.

All of this information was obtained through the Pittsburgh Steelers official website, the BYU athletic website, and the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame website.