One of my co-workers has a son who punts for NIU. He attended the same kicking camp at ND last year w/ Eric Schmidt where they became friends. My co-worker had heard about his struggles & said they were surprised that he was getting a chance to kick b/c he’s known more for his punting. I told them ND has indeed struggled and Schmidt has not looked good in all 3 phases of the kicking game. Is this Rendell’s final season of eligibility? If so, maybe he was their long term solution at punter &/or kick off and they didn’t expect to need him for FG/XP this season. Gotta think they go hard after some of the great young kickers who are in other programs this year.