Football commitment coming Thursday on KSR?
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Think you're on the right track here.
Yup, the KSR commitment and multiple future casts today made it easy to see
Derek Terry, Steve Wiltfong, and Bill Kurelic all put in crystal ball predictions for Kiyaunta Goodwin to UK today.
Derek Terry also put one in for Jackson Smith.
A kicker doesn’t really move the needle for me but it’s an important position. I know zero about the kid?
Looks like his only other offer is from EKU according to Rivals. Not to be mean, but is UK offering a scholarship or PWO?
He is a scholarship guy. Rated as perhaps the #1 Kicker in the nation. His father Andy Smith was an All SEC Punter at Kentucky.
This young man rated as Number 1 kicker in high school this year - deserves a scholly - lol!
Go Big Bl;ue!
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Oh, okay! Wasn’t familiar so looked him up on Rivals and had him as a unrated with the offer from EKU. Threw me off!
Yeah, obviously Rivals, 247, etc aren't really in the business of properly rating and reporting on Kickers and Punters.
I doubt that Matt Jones would allow a junior to come on his show to make a PWO decision.
Schools tend to wait until kickers are seniors before extending offers. He was the first-team all-state kicker in 2019 (sophomore), 2020 (junior), and will likely be so again in 2021 (senior). He has been on the radar of several elite programs, but he is deeply connected to UK, so the writing has been on the wall for awhile. If a school is actually looking for a kicker in this clalss, then they can offer a scholarship out of respect, but elite schools hate getting turned down by kickers.
Among the many holes and shortcomings of the services is a failure to rate/rank great kickers.
It wouldn't be too tough.
Find out who the best Aussie punter is each year and give him 5 Stars and a 6.1 rating.
Then for American kickers, check out the organizations, like linked, above, for assigning stars/ratings.
Kicking is one-third of the game, the game is actually named football, so the services need to spend an hour rating and ranking (ie, stealing info from those who know.)
He's the only "5*K, 5*P" in America, according to the link. Whether "P" stands for placekicker or punter, he can clarify in his interview.
A great all around kicker is a vital piece of the puzzle .
Wonder if UK will go for Corbin's Jacob Baker the following year. He's right up there with Smith. Smith may has a stronger leg by 2-3 yards but Baker has great accuracy and range up to 55 yards. We shouldn't be hurting on special teams for quite a while.
I didn't know about the Corbin kid, but Smith made a 50 yarder in the middle school state playoffs as an 8th grader. Sounds like they're both great kickers
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Thanks!! Kickers are as important as any position on the team!
Don't think schools give out K or P scholarships every year. I'll hazard once every 2-3 years for each.
We've had shit placekickers for 2 years and some of y'all are throwing a fit because we gave the best kicker in the country a scholarship. Can't win...
His dad, Andy, was an All-SEC punter for the Cats
I actually think it was 64 yarder in a loss to Corbin in the middle school title game. Two damn fine kickers.
Don't know but I'm guessing PK, really like this guy's KOs too. The new Aussie punter will likely punt for the next 2-3 years.
That is old school Bill Curry approach. Schnellenberger stole David Akers from Tate’s Creek because UL offered a scholly and UK offered a PWO. What kid wants to be considered less than when others know he is a scholarship athlete? Those days are gone for schools who want to win.
When Schnelly left UL, Akers probably would have transferred to UK, but UK evidently told him he would have to pay for his RS transfer year. And, we wonder why we were such losers.
