University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Will compete to serve as the Jaguars’ punter in the fall ... Also expected to hold on extra-point and field-goal attempts ... Handled the punting duties for both teams in the annual spring contest, averaging 39.4 yards per punt with two of five kicks downed inside the 20-yard line.

As A Junior (2015): Saw action in all 12 games ... Had an average of 39.8 yards on a team-leading 39 punts ... Led USA with 11 kicks of 50 or more yards and has six punts downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line ... Recorded a team season-best 47.2 average on four punts in win at Mountain West Conference champion San Diego State, with two of those more than 50 yards ... Averaged 45.7 yards — including four kicks of 50-plus yards — on a season-high seven attempts the following week against North Carolina State ... Lone punt in Homecoming victory over Idaho covered 53 yards ... Posted a 43.0-yard average at Georgia Southern, matching a season high with a long kick of 54 yards ... Recorded an average of 41.5 yards at Texas State ... Averaged 40.3 yards with two of six punts downed inside the 20-yard line in win at Troy.

As A Sophomore (2014): In his first season as the Jags’ punter, kicked 73 times while averaging a school season-record 42.34 yards per effort ... Ranked fifth in the Sun Belt Conference and 45th in the nation in punting average ... Also set a season standard with 28 punts downed inside the opposition’s 20-yard line ... Averaged a school game-record (minimum four attempts) 52 yards per kick in regular-season finale against Navy, with three of four boots covering 50-plus yards ... Recorded a 48.4 yard average at the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl against Bowling Green, downing four of seven punts inside the Falcon 20-yard line, with three kicks of 50 or more yards ... Had an average of 48.8 yards at South Carolina, including a school-record 76-yard effort, while having all four of his punts end inside the USC-20 ... In his first game handling full-time punting duties, set a school game record with 10 kicks while averaging 42.9 yards per effort to receive the coaches’ weekly special teams award following a win at Kent State ... Finished with a 43.3 yard average in Troy victory, downing two of three punts inside the 20-yard line ... Also had a pair of kicks end inside the opponent 20-yard line in road defeat of Idaho, averaging 43.2 yards per punt in the contest ... Had an average of 42.7 yards at Arkansas State, with two kicks of 50-plus yards ... Posted a 42.0-yard average and three kicks inside the GS-20 against league champion Georgia Southern ... First tied the school game standard for four punts inside the opposition’s 20-yard line in home opener against Mississippi State.

As A Freshman (2013): Played in seven games his first season at the collegiate level ... Kicked off 29 times with an average of nearly 52 yards per effort ... Also had a 32-yard punt at Navy ... Had season-best average of 63 yards per kickoff in Jag debut at Tulane ... Recorded a season-high seven kickoffs in wins over Western Kentucky and Sun Belt Conference co-champion Louisiana-Lafayette ... Averaged 54.4 yards per kickoff at Tennessee and 53.5 yards in victory at Georgia State.

High School Highlights: Earned two letters in football at South Forsyth HS; he didn’t play football until his junior season ... Named first-team all-state, all-region and all-county as a senior after averaging better than 45 yards per punt ... Missed just one field goal his final year, connecting on 8-of-9 attempts, and was successful on all 25 extra-point tries while 80 percent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks ... Against Alpharetta High kicked six times for an average of 50 yards with two punts downed inside the 10-yard line ... Also lettered twice for the War Eagles in soccer.

Personal: Full name is Brandon Stanley McKee ... Born Aug. 14, 1995, in Athens, Tenn. ... Son of Stan McKee and Tracy Farrington ... Is the oldest of five boys ... Grandfather, Bob McKee, served 16 years in the Tennessee House of Representatives ... Favorite movie is “The Avengers” ... Favorite book is “The Kite Runner” ... Favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers ... Favorite athletes are LeBron James and Tim Tebow ... Favorite musical artists are Lil Wayne, the Zac Brown Band and Journey ... Favorite foods are pizza, tacos and chicken ... Favorite subject is history ... Would like to have a professional career in the sports management field ... A sports and recreation management major.