Hall of Fame
Paul Keeley, a three-year quarterback of the AU football team (2005-2007), is one of the more talented signal callers to ever don the purple and gold. In 2007, he was a semifinalist for one of college football’s highest honors, the Gagliardi Trophy, which honors the National Player of the Year. Over the course of his career he was a two-time D3Football.com All-Region honoree, three-time Empire 8 All-Conference honoree, two-time ECAC Bowl Championship MVP, team captain and team MVP.
Keeley currently holds the AU football program record for passing yards in a season (3,015 in 2007), passing touchdowns in a season (34 in 2007), passing touchdowns in a game (six vs. Hartwick in 2007), passing efficiency in a season (166.31 in 2007), passing efficiency in a career (145.21), passes completed per game in a career (17.6), passing completion percentage in a game (82.1% vs. Norwich in 2007 going 23-of-28), passing completion percentage in a season (64.4% in 2007 going 221-of-343) and passing completion percentage in a career (59.0% going 580-of-982). He previously set the program record for career passing yards (7,607), career passing touchdowns (80), total yards in a career (7,647) and total yards in a season (2,991 in 2007).
Keeley fondly remembers “playing at Merrill Field (The Pit) with my teammates. We took great pride in making that a difficult place to play and we had a great record during my tenure as a player.”
Following his career at AU, Keeley returned as a graduate assistant coach before earning his master’s degree in School Counseling in 2010. From there, Keeley worked at the Office of Residence Life at Alfred for a year, before beginning his career at Canisteo-Greenwood Central School District in Canisteo, NY, where he is currently the head football coach and school counselor.
