Kesich was born and raised in
Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and attended
Oak Creek High School. In his high school career, he finished with 96% of his kickoffs which resulted in a touchback. He earned all-conference and all-region honors in 2018 and 2019 and was also a finalist for the Wisconsin Sports Awards Kicker of the Year Award in 2019. He was rated a five-star recruit and committed to play
college football at the
University of Minnesota as a
walk-on. == College career ==