James Evans. From New Zealand. Class of 2021. Full Scholarship.
Punter Commit.
- Thread starter fkfootball
- Start date
What's up with the recruits from the south pacific? How do you recruit those kids? Just off of video and stats?
The school he is coming out of specializes in punters for US colleges. Same place our current Punter Whitehead (only 1 year left) came from. MN just signed one from same school too. Love the investment of a great punter for five more years.
They get tape, talk all over phone & zoom and this school is the Harvard of punting for HS kids who all grew up playing Aussie rules FB which has a lot of kicking anyway.
This seems like a good recruiting strategy. Offer a scholarship to ones of these kids with an aussie rules background every 4 years to be your punter. Whitehead has worked out pretty well.
It is good to get another ST player on scholarship as a punter to take over after Whitehead graduates. Bring in special teams players has worked out well for IU with Whitehead and Wracher; I hope James works out as well.
snowling
Hall of Famer
Welcome James. Looking forward to watching you kick'n it with The Hoosiers !!!
snowling
Hall of Famer
Really good use of a scholarship. When was the last time any of us worried about the long snap/kicking/punting phase of the game? In other words, how surprised were all of us when Logan missed those kicks in the Bucket game & Gator Bowl?
I disagree. Justus only got the yips near the end of the season, he was money the first 9 or so games. I think our kicker next 3 yrs Campbell is going to be lights out, and our LS Wracher is one of best in country. Add the new Aussie kick school punter and Coach Allen has totally put his money where his mouth is in terms of special teams specialits/excellence.
As far as kickers go, I think IU has really put together a good track record since I can remember. The first IU kicker I remember is Andy Payne. Since then we've had Austin Starr, Mitch Ewald, Griffin Oakes, and Logan Justus. Pretty darn good run.
Similar threads
