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Keelan Crimmins

Senior punter for Illinois. From Melbourne, VIC — one of 83 Australians punting in FBS this season.

P · Illinois · Sr. · #40

6′3″ · 225 lb · Melbourne, VIC

The numbers

43.9

yards per punt · 2025

Best game: 8 punts, 48 avg, at Indiana

Inside the 20 · 25%

0%field median 33%60%

9 of his 36 punts died inside the 20. The field median is about one in three, among 156 FBS punters with 5+ punts this season.

His full recruiting profile

The story

Senior punter for Illinois. From Melbourne, VIC — one of 83 Australians punting in FBS this season.

  • Signed as a 2-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2023.
  • Transferred from Purdue to Illinois in 2025.
The full story, with sources

How he plays

Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.

The full scouting read

Keelan Crimmins

P · Illinois · Sr · #40

Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Keelan Crimmins has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

  • positional archetype classification
  • head-coach lineage
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology