09 TX K Nicholas Tausch (ND Verbal 6/17/08)

[SoCalDomer]

Kicker
Jesuit High School, Dallas, TX

Height: 6 foot-1
Weight: 180 lbs.

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Statistics
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Schools of Interest
Notre Dame

 

[SoCalDomer]

Chris Sailer's kicker rankings: :: Chris Sailer Kicking :: Top Recruits 2003

Nicholas is an outstanding kicker. He has separated himself from the pack. Kicks effortlessly off the ground and gets huge hang time on his kickoffs. A fine young man with great work ethic. Has everything it takes to kick at the D1A level. Also showing that he has the ability to punt. Definite scholarship pick. Offer now!!!!!

 

[Irishlew]

he sounds like a great prospect, i'm pulling for Hopkins though. Hopkins has that dimension of putting the ball out the back of the endzone on every kickoff. If we don't get him, i would love to have Tausch.

 

[irishmarine]

it sounds like that a pretty popular opinion

 

[cjoiner40]

nick tausch now has an offer

 

[SoCalDomer]

Reports are he was offered today and committed on the spot.

 

[sportallyr]

Welcome aboard Nicholas! It will be great to have a stud kicker next year and for years to come. I'm glad we got Nicholas instead of "what's his name." After the recent defections, I really want guys who want to be here for the right reasons!

 

[WeisWeisBaby]

I LIKE IT, I LOVE IT, I WANT SOME MORE OF IT!!!!

You DA MAN Tausch, no hesitation, here is a kid that loves ND and I say we have him kick every play as soon as he gets here... I don't care about passing, I don't care about rushing, let's just get this kid out there with TRob and watch them kick field goals all day long

 

[irishmarine]

yyeeeeeesssssss we got him. that solidifies our special teams. this is great news

 

[WeisWeisBaby]

Rumor has it this kid kicks 85 yard field goals every morning before he wakes up

 

[irishmarine]

well i heard this kid wants to [play center just so he can be closer to trev

 

[irishmarine]

and kick.

 

[Synoptico]

I was hoping for Hopkins but I wonder if Tausch's enthusiasm will be a bigger benefit in the long run. Here's hoping he helps out on the recruiting trail with Lolata, Banks, Mike Jones, Nixon, and all the others!!!!

 

[IrishGrizz]

Welcome aboard, Mr Tausch. Probably broke Golics record for fastest commit after receiving an offer.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Great news. keep them coming Charlie! Go Irish!

 

[ColinKSU]

Welcome aboard, Mr Tausch. Probably broke Golics record for fastest commit after receiving an offer.

I believe Kerry Neal holds that record, friend.

 

[BDIrish4ever]

Welcome aboard, Nick! You can find some early playing time if you want to "take" it.

 

[irishmarine]

thats his job. kick the ball far and through the uprights. stick to those two things and youll have a great time at notre dame

 

[Irishlew]

any video of our new recruit?

 

[ndlb41]

happy to have this one commit! i was really happy to see he didn't have to think about it n just did it on the spot

 

[ND22SB]

From the sound of how good the punter and kicker are this really helps the special teams. Has there ever been a time that ND has recruited such a talked about kicker and punter in the same year (I don't recall)? This doesn't hurt how many scholorships we have to give, to what we need...does it?

 

[Junkhead]

Congrats to Tausch. With 3 scholarship kickers, hopefully one will shine!

 

[greenandblue]

If he can make extra points he already has won the starting job With two special teams players committed CW is trying to fix the only spots on the team that may have been worse than the offense last year. I never thought i would be so happy to have a kicker and punter commit but i am very happy

 

[IrishinTN]

No viedo but here are 2007 stats:
extra points - 15 of 16
Field Goals - 5 of 9
made: 40, 32, 30, 27, 25

Also says 18 kickoff touchbacks, but they had more than one kicker and no breakdown of who kicked what.

 

[Irishlew]

more then one kicker?

that is very strange if he's supposed to be a top 5 prospect in the country.

 

[irishmarine]

why would they have two kickers? maybe one had a stronger leg but the othr was more accurate.....who knows

 

[SoCalDomer]

are you guys talking about on Nick's HS team?

if so, there's no recruiting or drafting so you don't control how many kids want to be on the team and are kickers.

At my HS, the varsity team suited 3 kickers IIRC. There was the starter, the JV starter and one more back-up. Then there was even a punter. And we were not a big school.

 

[IrishinTN]

Well, all I can tell you guys is this:

Tod Pfaffenberger 20 of 21 extra points, 2 of 7 FG- made: 42, 39

 

[WeisWeisBaby]

Rumor has it this kid has made a 63 yard field goal in practice, and he has tons of time to get some meat on those bones and get some more strength in those legs...he'll be a beast, count on it.

 

[Irishlew]

are you guys talking about on Nick's HS team?

if so, there's no recruiting or drafting so you don't control how many kids want to be on the team and are kickers.

At my HS, the varsity team suited 3 kickers IIRC. There was the starter, the JV starter and one more back-up. Then there was even a punter. And we were not a big school.

that's not entirely true, Catholic Private schools can recruit. Most HS teams have one PK, i found it strange that a guy many are considering the #2 PK in the country would have to split time. I can understand another guy doing the punting, but why FG's?