Andrew Kessler

Andrew Kessler is an NFL player agent at the Irvine, California based agency Athletes First. He has been an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor since 2004, and he has been a part of blockbuster NFL contracts for numerous NFL players over the course of his career.
Biography
Kessler was born in New York City in 1980, to his parents Jeffrey and Regina. Jeffrey L. Kessler, is a prominent lawyer, specifically known for his work in sports law. Andrew Kessler attended Pomona College in Claremont, California where he played four years of football and graduated with a degree in English.
Professional Career
He started his career representing NFL players upon his graduation from Pomona in 2003 when he began working with Tom Condon and Ken Kremer at IMG Football. He worked with Condon and Kremer from June of 2003 through April of 2006 at IMG Football, and then from April of 2006 through October of 2007 at CAA Sports where all three of them moved together in the spring of 2006. During this time Kessler attended law school at the University Of Texas School Of Law and graduated from there in May of 2007. In November of 2007, Kessler joined Athletes First, the football focused representation agency founded by and ran by NFL player agent David L. Dunn. Kessler is currently directly involved in the representation of current Athletes First Clients Mark Sanchez, Aaron Ross, Earl Thomas, Jamaal Charles, Shaun Phillips, Brian Waters, Chester Pitts, and Keith Rivers amongst numerous others. Throughout his career he has been involved in negotiating the contracts for 28 1st Round NFL Draft Picks.
Kessler currently lives in Southern California with his wife Alison, who he married in January of 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Little White Wedding Chapel. Kessler is an avid tennis player.

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