Keith English (punter)

{{Short description|American football player (1966–2010)}}

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{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Keith English

| number = 8

| position = Punter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1966|3|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|12|2|1966|3|10}}

| death_place = Littleton, Colorado, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 220

| high_school = Greeley West
(Greeley, Colorado)

| college = Colorado

| undraftedyear = 1989

| pastteams =

• Los Angeles Raiders ({{NFL Year|1989}})*
• Atlanta Falcons (1989)*
• San Diego Chargers (1990)*{{cite book |title=Chargers, 1990 Media Guide |date=August 1990 |page=84 |url=https://archive.org/details/chargers-1990-media-guide-san-diego-c/page/84/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=28 August 2024}}
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1990}})
• Barcelona Dragons (1992)

| highlights =

• Consensus All-American (1988)
• First-team All-Big Eight (1988)

| statlabel1 = Punts

| statvalue1 = 68

| statlabel2 = Punt yards

| statvalue2 = 2,663

| statlabel3 = Longest punt

| statvalue3 = 58

| pfr = EnglKe20.htm

}}

Keith English (March 10, 1966 – December 2, 2010) was an American professional football player who was a punter for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in 1990. He appeared in 15 games for the Rams, punting 68 time for 2,663 yards. His longest punt was 58 yards, and his average was 39.2 yards.{{Cite web |title=Keith English NFL Football Statistics |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EnglKe20.htm |access-date=August 26, 2014 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC}} English played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning consensus All-American honors in 1988.{{Cite web |year=2014 |title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2018 |access-date=August 16, 2014 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |page=6}} He was also a member of the Barcelona Dragons of the World League of American Football (WLAF).

English died on December 2, 2010, in his sleep. He had been working in a human resources role for a restaurant company.{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2010 |title=Former Buff All-American Keith English passes away |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=205043454 |access-date=May 15, 2016 |website=CUBuffs.com}}