'14 CO K/P JK Scott (Alabama Verbal)

[dublinirish]

No surprise. I knew this offer was coming a month ago.

he's been on my radar for a long time, top of my list too.

 

[SoIll]

This is a young man that our coaches have seen fit to offer a scholarship to play football for the University of Notre Dame. All the comments about his appearance are unnecessary and irrelevant. He is the number 1 rated kicker in the country. We tend to overlook the importance of field position and the kicker/punter's role in shortening the field for our offense and lengthening the field for our defense. With Brindza's tenure limited it is vital that we have a stable of dependable kickers/punters ready to step in when he leaves. Can we get some information on his punting, field goal percentage, or kick-off distance and get away from the comments about his appearance?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XmvALMaiEw4/T137Fm0pJpI/AAAAAAAABaQ/5VzBil38Edk/s200/what_the_****3.jpg

 

[phork]

Committed to Alabama.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Notre Dame offered top kicker/punter JK Scott from Denver earlier this weekend. Today Alabama offered and he committed to the Tide.</p>— Irish Illustrated (@NDatRivals) <a href="https://twitter.com/NDatRivals/status/343886064173326337">June 10, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[STLDomer]

Committed to Alabama while at their camp. Interesting Chris Sailer of Chris Sailer Kicking & Punting (where he is ranked #1 as BGIF refrenced above) was at the camp......

 

[notredomer23]

Well, that escalated quickly.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Drat

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

He probably saw what we were saying on here and is mad at us. We need to learn to behave ourselves.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Is there another Kicker/Punter on our board?

 

[irish1958]

He kicks at 5000 feet; it will be interesting to see what he does at sea level.

 

[BGIF]

Is there another Kicker/Punter on our board?

There's one in school.


http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/201...gnoli-notre-dame-preferred-walk-verbal-3.html

He also kicks 50 yd FGs and kicks off.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

There's one in school.


http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/201...gnoli-notre-dame-preferred-walk-verbal-3.html

He also kicks 50 yd FGs and kicks off.

Great. I'm not sure if I knew that. Thanks BGIF

 

[pumpdog20]

Saban's job has to be rough.

 

[T Town Tommy]

He kicks at 5000 feet; it will be interesting to see what he does at sea level.

He must have kicked well enough in T Town since Bama offered. And last time I checked the only thing at 5000 feet in T Town is Nick Saban's ego. RTR

 

[BGIF]

He must have kicked well enough in T Town since Bama offered. And last time I checked the only thing at 5000 feet in T Town is Nick Saban's ego. RTR

That RollToiletRoll has really caught on!

 

[T Town Tommy]

That RollToiletRoll has really caught on!

Thanks to Elijah Hood we will now endure those three little words being misspelled at every away SEC game on our schedule - Vandy excluded.

 

[IrishLax]

Thought experiment... if you were a specialist, knowing how few K/P make it in the NFL, and how little money you make even if you do, would you choose:

A) Alabama to go win some rings
B) A school like Duke to go get an elite degree knowing your football team will never amount to anything

 

[RDU Irish]

But if you make it, you can kick for about thirty years. Plus think of all the money you save on face mask bars.

I would go somewhere that offered a four year scholarship and get a good degree. Miss a few field goals in big games and see if Saban keeps you around, let alone get hurt and cut.

 

[T Town Tommy]

If you are good enough to be ranked that high in high school why not go to a program that offers both if you have the grades? There are plenty of schools that fall in that category. Stanford, ND, Michigan, are just the first three that comes to mind.

 

[NDohio]

Thought experiment... if you were a specialist, knowing how few K/P make it in the NFL, and how little money you make even if you do, would you choose:

A) Alabama to go win some rings
B) A school like Duke to go get an elite degree knowing your football team will never amount to anything

Good question. If you are able to make it to the NFL, you may not make a great yearly salary(in comparison), but you will play a lot longer than the typical NFL player. It also seems like once yoiu are in the league you will be recycled from team to team if you are ever cut/released.

By all accounts this particular kid is top level. In his case I may roll the dice in hope of making it to the NFL.

In most instances I would say get the Duke education though.

 

[RDU Irish]

Duke may be a good call b/c you will punt the ball more than just about any team in the country.

 

[WestCoast]

I hope the coaches have a DT/QB/K back-up plan.

 

[BGIF]

Thought experiment... if you were a specialist, knowing how few K/P make it in the NFL, and how little money you make even if you do, would you choose:

A) Alabama to go win some rings
B) A school like Duke to go get an elite degree knowing your football team will never amount to anything

C) Notre Dame so I could do it all.

 

[anarin]

Thought experiment... if you were a specialist, knowing how few K/P make it in the NFL, and how little money you make even if you do, would you choose:

A) Alabama to go win some rings
B) A school like Duke to go get an elite degree knowing your football team will never amount to anything

I guess it really comes down to how good you are. I'd say Duke to have your fallback, plus you know they aren't scoring many td's. Field Goals baby!!