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Show Jeff Steel gamers All - American honors di m w He was moved to defensive tackle as a freshman at SUSC. Neither the position change nor his freshman status hampered him. He has started nearly every game for four years for the T-Bird team. "Jeff hag been a major factor fac-tor In our defense and it has been a very respectable defense de-fense for four years now; it will be extremely difficult to replace him," Tom Kingsford, SUSC head football coach said. The "All-American" label di-?sn't come often to athletes, but Southern Utah State College's Col-lege's Jeff Keel has earned the title thlg season for his football foot-ball ability. Kel was named to the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Inter-collegiate Athletics) honorable mention all-America list just released. 3 6-1. 210 lb. defensive end with exceptional speed and determination. Late in the '73-74 season one press box observer from an opposing op-posing school voiced the feeling of many Thunderbird fans: "This school Is going to have a very tough time coming up with another defensive end as tough as that number 88 . . . Keel." Jeff has been named to the all-Rocky Mountain Athleteic Conference and the all- NAIA District Seven teams for each of the last two seasons. He came to SUSC from Millard High School in Fillmore after winning all-state honors as an offensive fullback and defensive defen-sive linebacker. JEFF KEEL. Outstanding defensive star for the SUSC T-Birds for four years wins honorable mention on the NAIA Ail-American team. |