Chad Stephen Kessler (born June 24, 1975) is a former American football punter who played college football at Louisiana State University and attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida.
He was a consensus All-American in 1997.
Kessler was named first-team All-SEC in 1995 and 1997.
He was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.Kessler's 50.28-yard single-season punting average from his 1997 LSU season was the SEC and NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision record until it was broken by Texas A&M punter Braden Mann in 2018.