I don’t think Mahoney ever kicked off though? Pretty sure Arceo did for a few years, so maybe him?
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It is in fact possible to reach the endzone.
Yes. Returners have been proving that against us all year.
Next few years are going to be weird when it comes to walk ons getting scholarships. Basically we'll have six classes packed into 85 spots after next year.
I guess I’m dense. Isn’t a top notch kick off specialist as valuable as a fourth or fifth string LB or DB?
It's about allotment. Special teams gets 3. Kicker punter and long snapper. If he wins the FG job in the spring
Interesting read about kickoffs.
sites.dartmouth.edu
With College Football’s New Kickoff Changes, is Returning the Kick Really Worth the Risk?
Matthew Schnell ’22 Introdution I am watching week five of the college football season. The Michigan Wolverines face off against the Northwestern Wildcats. Michigan takes the opening kickoff …
sites.dartmouth.edu
Yes, you are absolutely correct. The “fourth and fifth string” DB and LB’s are also walkons.
Our third stringers—and some second stringers as the season progressed—were all true freshmen who more or less redshirted.
If I were to take a wild guess, CMC is saving the scholarship for a FG kicker, maybe a grad transfer.
I’m wondering if they promised him one after X amount of years. He had a walk on offer from his home school so I would assume we had to say something to bring him to ISU.
Someone posted in another thread that seniors returning for the extra COVID year won't count against the 85
Does anyone have his high school stats as a FG kicker?
I agree with others, if the kid can kick it into the endzone, he is worth a scholarship. As a preferred walkon they can test him out for a couple games before they give him one.
I agree with others, if the kid can kick it into the endzone, he is worth a scholarship. As a preferred walkon they can test him out for a couple games before they give him one.
Yes, this year's seniors. But after that we're back to 85 and we'll have players from six different classes to squeeze in as I said, "after next year ".
Example: 2022 roster will have
2022 actual true freshmen
2021 covid true freshmen
2020 covid rs freshman and true soph
2019 covid rs soph and true jrs
2018 covid rs jrs and true srs
2017 covid rs srs
What's really going to get weird in grad transfers. Say you have a bright kid that got a full year of AP classes in HS. They could easily graduate after a covid year, a true freshman year and a rs freshman year. Bam, grad transfer with three years of eligibility left.
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Interesting read about kickoffs.
With College Football’s New Kickoff Changes, is Returning the Kick Really Worth the Risk?
Matthew Schnell ’22 Introdution I am watching week five of the college football season. The Michigan Wolverines face off against the Northwestern Wildcats. Michigan takes the opening kickoff …
I realize it was from March of last year, but that was a good read. Thanks for posting.
I found it interesting that teams turned the ball over at a slightly higher percentage than they scored. From the article:
One explanation for why there appears to be better field position can be explained by touchdown returns. In the rare instance of a team scoring off of the kickoff, which occurs only 0.9 percent of the time, the team technically starts at the 100 yard-line, skewing the distribution slightly to the right. Kickoff returns for a touchdown may make teams more enticed to bring it out in the first place. The risk of turnovers is another reason teams should not return kicks. Teams fumbled the kickoff away approximately 1 percent of the time.
Giffords (1979-82) got to use a block and had wide posts (23'4") for his whole career.
Career: 28/39 (.718) inside 40
Shudak (1987-90) got the block for his first 2 years, along with the wide posts for all 4.
Career: 38/45 (.844) inside 40
Stewart (1991-94) had no block and the current "narrow" posts (18'6") all 4 years.
Career: 25/35 (.714) inside 40
Kohl (1995-98) got 1 year on the turf, and 3 on grass.
Career: 22/30 (.733) inside 40
Assalley
Career: 34/41 (.829) inside 40
