Actually, I hope you're right. As much as I'd hate to have more schollies wrapped up in kickers, I think it's the biggest hit or miss area in recruiting and something we can't afford to screw up.
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Actually, I hope you're right. As much as I'd hate to have more schollies wrapped up in kickers, I think it's the biggest hit or miss area in recruiting and something we can't afford to screw up.
I only looked at a few, but the FG video clips I saw on Kohl's site all showed guys kicking off a tee like in hs. I would be skeptical of any rankings or results that are not based off of ground level kicks. Most guys simply can't make a successful transition which makes it so difficult to evaluate kickers.
There are two things that impress me about Guyer. One is that, like HGPuck says, he wants to be a Cyclone. When the going gets tough, and it will for any kicker, he will be more likely to hang in there and not throw it in and transfer like many kickers do. The other is that Kohl mentions that he has some potential as a punter. Even if he is not the primary guy, you always need to have a backup available. He might be able to save a spot on the travel roster.
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Is Gray going to transfer right away to whichever school he chooses or does he have to wait till summer?
Is Gray going to transfer right away to whichever school he chooses or does he have to wait till summer?
There are a ton of head coaches that don't know how to evaluate a kicker. That's why they employ Special Teams coaches who DO know how to evaluate a kicker.
Guys a couple of things you need to realize here:
1) Guyer tore his ACL before his junior year and only kicked in a couple of games I believe. Those stats from the Kohl camp were prior to this senior season I believe and don't show his progress to where he is now
2) He went down to Texas a week or two ago and was kicking off the grass. I guess he was booming kicks and looked very very good. Good enough that a couple other schools offered and Iowa State saw him as well, thus the offer.
I have seen him kick since he was a sophomore. Not only does he have a great leg but he has great heigth on his kicks. Easily the most impressive kicker I have seen in high school. I think he will be a great player for us
1) Guyer tore his ACL before his junior year and only kicked in a couple of games I believe. Those stats from the Kohl camp were prior to this senior season I believe and don't show his progress to where he is now
2) He went down to Texas a week or two ago and was kicking off the grass. I guess he was booming kicks and looked very very good. Good enough that a couple other schools offered and Iowa State saw him as well, thus the offer.
I have seen him kick since he was a sophomore. Not only does he have a great leg but he has great heigth on his kicks. Easily the most impressive kicker I have seen in high school. I think he will be a great player for us
I think kicker is the most important need we have to address this year. Every other position we have potential guys at, kicker up until Guyer we had absolutely nobody to do it! So yea!
Does Guyer play soccer? If so can we ask him not to so he doesn't get hurt right before coming here like Mahoski did.
What other schools have made an offer to him?
Also, I don't see any stars with his name on rivals. How come Iowa gets a 2 star recruit for kicker and we don't? I don't think just wanting to be a cyclone is enough, you gotta have what it takes to win games as a kicker.
The zero stars more often than not means he hasn't been evaluated by the recruiting services. No reason to worry.
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First of all, I am an expert about recruiting (internet message board certified)! Based on Guyer's picture alone, I can tell you he will be a 1st team All-American by 2009. Guyer's neck is at least 1/4" wider than Shaggy's (not to give my secrets away but come on we are all experts right :smile
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