2021-22 Football Signing Day
Roster
Kieran Colahan
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Earlville, Australia
Graduate transfer from Coastal Carolina with two seasons of eligibility remaining … Enrolled at Gardner-Webb in January 2022 … Will be one of two international kickers on GWU’s spring roster … Capable of handling PAT kicks, field goals, kickoffs or punting … Is the third Australian to play football at Gardner-Webb, joining former offensive lineman Jordan Stalker (Wollongong) and kicker Tommy Torzsok (Gold Coast).
2021 at Coastal Carolina: Handled kickoff duties for the Chanticleers in all 13 games … Helped team to a 11-2 record and a win in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl … Kicked off 76 times for 4,506 yards and 12 touchbacks … Had at least one touchback in nine different games … Went 7-of-7 on PAT kicks, making three chances each against UMass and Louisiana-Monroe … Made a 38-yard field goal vs. UMass … Punted once for 35 yards at Arkansas State, pinning that kick inside the 20-yard line. 2020 at Coastal Carolina: Played in one game, making an extra point at Texas State … Also had a 50-yard kickoff in that game. 2019 at Coastal Carolina: Awarded a redshirt … made three PAT kicks in lone appearance vs. Norfolk State.
High School: Originally from Melbourne, Australia … Rated as a five-star punter by Ray Guy Kicking and ProKicker.com … Worked with ProKick Australia before coming to the United States … Veteran rugby player who played in the Cairns & District Rugby League with the Southern Suburbs Club … Voted the team’s best forward as a 17-year old … Team captain for the U18 team … Led team to four championship appearances … Represented Victoria at the state level athletically as a swimmer.
